British Columbia

Canada bringing back visa requirements for Mexico to slow asylum claims

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will bring back visa requirements for people from Mexico because of a spike in asylum claims in recent years. Miller says Mexicans accounted for 1...

Feb 29, 2024

An AI 'hallucination' turned up in a B.C. court case. Experts say it's a wake-up call

Vancouver tech lawyer Ryan Black's work with video game companies put him in a position to watch the rise of artificial intelligence in the industry. Now he finds himself on the front lines again as h...

Feb 29, 2024

TSX moves lower Wednesday, U.S. stock markets continue to pare back from record highs

TORONTO - Canada's main index moved lower Wednesday, led by weakness in base metals, while U.S. markets also continued to move down from last week's highs. U.S. markets rose to record heights last wee...

Feb 28, 2024

Public Health Ontario staff awarded retroactive pay as Bill 124 compensation

TORONTO - Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25 per cent in pay increases to compensate for a provincial wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional and ...

Feb 28, 2024

Will B.C. learn lessons from other provinces before funding IVF?

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is joining seven provinces in paying for some of the cost of in vitro fertilization but scant details and long-standing inequities have raised questions about how the plan...

Feb 28, 2024

Heavy snow, winter storm bring hazardous driving conditions to B.C. highways

WHISTLER, B.C. - Environment Canada is warning of hazardous driving conditions on several stretches of British Columbia highways as a strong Pacific frontal system pushes into the Interior. A winter s...

Feb 28, 2024

B.C. Premier Eby apologizes to Doukhobors, for wrongs that 'echoed for generations'

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby has officially apologized in the Victoria legislature to members of the Doukhobor religious community, including children who were forcibly taken from the...

Feb 27, 2024

Province not effectively managing hazardous spills, says B.C.'s auditor general

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Environment is not effectively managing hazardous spills in the province, using a decade-old response plan and data that is not easil...

Feb 27, 2024

His son died in a 2021 B.C. crane tragedy. He wants to know why they still happen

VANCOUVER - When Chris Vilness heard about the crane accident that killed a construction worker in Vancouver last week, he was angry, and he didn't have to imagine what the woman's family was going th...

Feb 27, 2024

Safety board says broken wheel caused 61-car CN Rail derailment in B.C.

VANCOUVER - The Transportation Safety Board says a broken wheel set off a train derailment in B.C.'s Fraser Canyon, spilling six million kilograms of potash. In September 2020, 61 cars on a Canadian N...

Feb 27, 2024