Category Archives: British Columbia

Environment Canada warns heavy snow expected for coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says inland sections of the central and south coasts of British Columbia should prepare for significant snowfall early this week. It says there is also potential for sno...
Jan 07, 2024

Third shooting in three days in Coquitlam, B.C., sends man to hospital
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Mounties in Coquitlam, B.C., say a third shooting in as many days has left a man with life-threatening injuries. They say officers responded to a call around 4:15 p.m. Saturday and f...
Jan 07, 2024

Quebec teachers hopeful but weary as students return to school after strikes
Montreal high school art teacher Marion Miller says she's looking forward to welcoming her students back to class on Tuesday for the first time since her union went on unlimited strike Nov. 23. "I thi...
Jan 07, 2024

Environment Canada warns B.C. drivers of snowfall in West Kootenay, North Thompson
VICTORIA - Environment Canada says heavy snowfall is expected in areas of British Columbia as a strong Pacific low pressure system moves across the province. The weather agency is warning people drivi...
Jan 06, 2024

Jarislowsky Fraser to back Browning West request for Gildan shareholder meeting
MONTREAL - Investment manager Jarislowsky Fraser says it will support a move by U.S. investment firm Browning West to replace five directors at Gildan Activewear Inc. in an ongoing fight over who shou...
Jan 05, 2024

South Asian communities grapple with extortion threats in B.C., Ontario, Alberta
VANCOUVER - It started with a voice mail demanding payment of some kind, then a series of missed phone calls, later came the gun shots targeting the home of a Metro Vancouver business owner whose fami...
Jan 05, 2024

Vancouver Police say man posed as dad, trying to take five-year-old girl from daycare
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man posing as a parent tried to take a five-year-old girl from a home daycare, in what they call a "troubling" case. They say the incident happened on Dec. 13, wh...
Jan 05, 2024

Homicide team takes over case of a missing man from Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has stepped into a missing person case involving a B.C. man whose disappearance police now say is suspicious. The team says in a news rele...
Jan 05, 2024

Home sales hoped to improve in 2024
High interest rates are being blamed for the drop in home sales throughout the region, but a possible rate drop could spark a resurgence in the Spring, according to the Vancouver Island Real Estate Bo...
Jan 05, 2024

Snowfall warning triggers travel advisories for two B.C. highways
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation has issued travel advisories for two major highways in the province as up to 20 centimetres of snow starting today is in the forecast for the ...
Jan 05, 2024