Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s $36-billion hydro plan opens clean power economic opportunities, says premier
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says a planned 10-year, $36 billion expansion of British Columbia's electrical system will open economic opportunities and ensure ample power to supply the province's grow...
Jan 17, 2024
Driver hurt after car plunges from multi-storey parking lot at University of B.C.
VANCOUVER - A driver has been rescued after their car plunged through a concrete wall in a multi-storey parking lot at the University of British Columbia. Matthew Trudeau with the Vancouver Fire Rescu...
Jan 17, 2024
City protests paramedic costs
City taxpayers are paying for paramedics, despite that being a provincial jurisdiction. Over the past 20 years, the use of municipal firefighters responding to ambulance calls has increased by more th...
Jan 17, 2024
Mayor of Delta, B.C., condemns lack of notification from FortisBC on odorous gas leak
DELTA, B.C. - The mayor of Delta, B.C., is calling the lack of communication from FortisBC "an egregious oversight" after the utility didn't notify the public for more than four hours after a leak at ...
Jan 17, 2024
Snow shuts Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley schools as alerts blanket southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - All public schools in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been closed today, as heavy snow falls across a wide swath of southern British Columbia. Some universities and colleges in ...
Jan 17, 2024
Eby announces $36-billion plan to expand B.C.'s electricity system
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - B.C. Premier David Eby has announced a push to expand the province's electricity system that could see billions in extra spending on infrastructure projects. Eby made the announc...
Jan 16, 2024
Skaters take rare chance to hit the ice in B.C. cold snap, but face safety warnings
VANCOUVER - Andrew Mar was lacing up at Trout Lake in Vancouver, where a cold snap has been giving residents a rare chance to enjoy what Mar calls the "peak of Canadiana" - outdoor skating. "This neve...
Jan 16, 2024
Eby says planned Prince George hydrogen project will cut emissions, increase jobs
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. He says the project by Ch...
Jan 16, 2024
Man convicted over hit-and-run crash that injured two B.C. police dog handlers
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties say a 34-year-old man has been found guilty of four charges after a hit-and-run crash that injured two police dog service officers in 2019. Police say Jason Kirupakaran was co...
Jan 16, 2024
B.C. funds plans for northern centre to provide health services for youth
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Long-awaited plans for a centre providing mental-health and addictions services for children and youth in northern British Columbia have received a boost from the provincial gove...
Jan 16, 2024