Category Archives: British Columbia

Disaster survivors bring pleas for climate change action to Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Meghan Fandrich's voice shakes as she recalls grabbing her five-year-old daughter and fleeing their home as flames descended on the village of Lytton, B.C., in 2021. Darryl Tedjuk is quiet as...
Jun 06, 2024

Police in B.C. arrest two for theft of $2.5M worth of stolen vehicles
VANCOUVER - Two men face more than a dozen charges each after British Columbia's provincial auto crime team recovered 29 high-end vehicles valued at $2.5 million. RCMP say in a news release that they ...
Jun 06, 2024

D-Day veteran from Abbotsford, B.C., to receive France's highest honour
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Second World War veteran who landed at Normandy on D-Day 80 years ago will be presented with France's highest decoration in a ceremony in Vancouver today. Joseph Vogelge...
Jun 06, 2024

B.C. teachers' union denies Holocaust education group funds, recognition: advocates
VANCOUVER - Jewish organizations say the British Columbia Teachers' Federation has denied specialist recognition of a Holocaust education group, making it ineligible to receive union funding as a teac...
Jun 05, 2024

Wildfire plan wants 50% of Canadians to act in response to climate change by 2025
CRANBROOK, B.C. - Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country. B.C. F...
Jun 05, 2024

B.C. appoints chief scientific adviser for complex mental health, addiction needs
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has announced the appointment of a chief scientific adviser to address a "growing population" of people who survived an overdose but were left with life-altering brain inj...
Jun 05, 2024

Lululemon sees Q1 net income hit $321M, revenues up 10%
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its net income reached US$321 million in its first quarter, up from US$290 million a year earlier. The Vancouver-based apparel retailer's net revenue for the ...
Jun 05, 2024

B.C. seniors feel 'invisible and forgotten,' new seniors advocate says
VICTORIA - Seniors in British Columbia are feeling "invisible and forgotten" as their advocate says they are falling thorough the cracks in existing provincial support systems. In his first report as ...
Jun 05, 2024

Weather window may help search for three missing mountaineers: B.C. RCMP
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police and rescue teams hope a window of good weather will help the search for three mountaineers lost since Friday on Mount Garibaldi in British Columbia. A Squamish RCMP spokeswoman...
Jun 05, 2024

Cybersecurity standards emerging in Canada as ransomware business booms
The ransomware business is booming in Canada. Recent victims have included large corporations such as retailer London Drugs, as well as the City of Hamilton, Ont., and the government of Newfoundland a...
Jun 05, 2024