Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. bus drivers won't cross picket line in event of strike by supervisors: union
VANCOUVER - A potential strike by more than 180 transit supervisors seeking a new contract in British Columbia's Lower Mainland could have a major effect on commuters next week, with the bus drivers' ...
Jan 19, 2024
Toronto Public Library gradually recovering from hack, more services back in Feb
TORONTO - Canada's largest public library system says more of its services are gradually being restored after an October cyberattack that brought down its website and likely exposed sensitive employee...
Jan 19, 2024
Metro Vancouver bus union warns of service shutdown without deal with employer
VANCOUVER - The union representing transit supervisors in British Columbia's Lower Mainland says it will be "withdrawing all services" on Monday if an agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company isn't m...
Jan 18, 2024
Winter weather shuts schools in B.C. again after Vancouver's snowiest day since 1996
VANCOUVER - Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after Vancouver saw its snowiest day in almost three decades, with schools shut for a second day and freezing ...
Jan 18, 2024
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER - Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections. A bul...
Jan 18, 2024
B.C. Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year, 5 on cold Jan. 12
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Coroners Service is reporting the outdoor deaths of 36 people during the early days of January when the province was in the grip of a record-breaking cold snap. Coroners ...
Jan 18, 2024
City looks to reduce policing costs
City Council has vowed to fight increasing policing costs according to Mayor Sharie Minions. RCMP costs account for 30% of the entire municipal budget and the city is looking for ways to decrease the ...
Jan 18, 2024
Driver killed after car plunged from second floor of UBC parkade building
VANCOUVER - Police have confirmed the driver of a car that plunged off the second floor of a multi-storey parkade building at the University of British Columbia was killed in the crash. University RCM...
Jan 18, 2024
Canadian-built underwater observatory transmitting data from around Antarctica
VICTORIA - A cache of scientific equipment that could fit in the back of an SUV has been lowered into the Southern Ocean, north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and is already streaming open-source data fo...
Jan 18, 2024
Genealogy test led to Ibrahim Ali's murder arrest, but methods face ethical debate
VANCOUVER - Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its value is clear for solving crime, the ethics debate has a long way to go, says an expert in the field. "Gen...
Jan 18, 2024