Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. universities focus on talks with encamped protesters as others take legal action
VANCOUVER - Some Canadian universities are taking legal action to end pro-Palestinian encampments on their campuses, but three schools in British Columbia are taking less confrontational approaches. T...
May 27, 2024
B.C. announces online building permit hub to speed up homebuilding across province
BURNABY - The British Columbia government says a new online "hub" will speed up building permit processes across jurisdictions. Premier David Eby says "slow and complicated" building permit processes ...
May 27, 2024
B.C. barely doing enough to help reduce poverty: Food Banks Canada
NANAIMO - British Columbia has been hit with a barely passing grade when it comes to poverty reduction efforts.A new report from Food Banks Canada is giving B.C. a grade of D+ when it comes to helping...
May 27, 2024
B.C. man charged with attempted murder after alleged knife attack: RCMP
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - Police say a man has been charged with attempted murder and other offences after he allegedly used a knife to slash cars, then attacked a motorcyclist riding in North Vancouver...
May 27, 2024
A&W Food Services signs long-term development deal with Pret A Manger
VANCOUVER - A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. has signed a long-term development agreement with sandwich chain Pret A Manger (Europe) Ltd. The deal follows a two-year trial period. A&W Food Ser...
May 27, 2024
Fort Nelson, B.C., evacuees heading home after being forced to flee wildfires
FORT NELSON, B.C. - Residents in Fort Nelson are able to go home today after being evacuated for more than two weeks due to wildfires. The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and the Fort Nelson Fi...
May 27, 2024
Evacuation orders in and around Fort Nelson, B.C., lift Monday morning: mayor
FORT NELSON, B.C. - Residents of Fort Nelson, B.C. and the Fort Nelson First Nation will be able to return home as of 8 a.m. on Monday morning, weeks after wildfires forced thousands to evacuate. Rob ...
May 26, 2024
Police say two people killed in plane crash near Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Mounties say two people have died following a plane crash near Squamish, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says police were able to access the remote crash site south of Squamish, on the...
May 26, 2024
As Canada warms, infectious disease risks spread north
It was 15 years ago that Ontario student Justin Wood started feeling sick. A keen soccer player, snowboarder and mountain biker, Wood said he didn't know the cause but he had to "back off from playing...
May 26, 2024
Plane crash reported in the remote outskirts of Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Mounties are investigating a report of a plane crash in the remote back country near Squamish, B.C. A statement from the RCMP says police were informed of an automatic crash notificat...
May 25, 2024