Category Archives: British Columbia
Residents to return to Vancouver's homeless encampment after city cleared the site
VANCOUVER - Residents forced out of a Vancouver homeless encampment will be allowed back in this week after the city completed a cleanup of the site. The City of Vancouver says in a statement that res...
Apr 03, 2024
Speed limiting devices to become mandatory on heavy B.C. commercial trucks
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Transportation Ministry says commercial trucks above a certain weight will soon be required to be fitted with technology to limit how fast they travel on provincial roa...
Apr 03, 2024
Greater Vancouver home sales down nearly 5% in March as prices rise: board
VANCOUVER - Greater Vancouver's real estate board says the number of homes that changed hands in March fell from the previous year, as total sales were nearly one-third lower than the 10-year average....
Apr 03, 2024
Rescuers launch feeding plan for killer whale calf stranded in remote B.C. lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - Plans to save a killer whale calf stranded in a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island for almost two weeks have been elevated to attempts to feed the young animal. Federal...
Apr 03, 2024
West Fraser and Mercer International dissolve joint venture in Cariboo Pulp and Paper
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. and Mercer International Inc. are dissolving their 50/50 joint venture in Cariboo Pulp and Paper. Vancouver-based West Fraser will be the sole owner and operator of ...
Apr 02, 2024
B.C. to ban some 'personal use' evictions, stop rent increases over new children
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is making changes to rental laws, stopping bad-faith evictions, protecting families who add a child and helping landlords who have problematic tenants. Premi...
Apr 02, 2024
B.C. records net loss of more than 8,600 in interprovincial migration in 2023
VICTORIA - British Columbia had more people moving out to other provinces in 2023 than those coming in the opposite direction for the first time in more than a decade, according to figures from Statis...
Apr 02, 2024
B.C. introduces bill for First Nations land acquisition, holding rights
VICTORIA - British Columbia's government has introduced a bill that would give federally recognized First Nations the legal right to acquire and hold land in the province. B.C.'s Ministry of Indigenou...
Apr 02, 2024
Court hears bid to toss Ibrahim Ali's first-degree murder verdict over delays
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl is asking a judge to stay the jury's verdict over unreasonable delays in getting the man to trial. Ibrahim Al...
Apr 02, 2024
Stranded orca calf remains in B.C. lagoon, breaching at regular intervals
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A stranded killer whale calf is showing signs of regular activity as it breaches every seven to 10 minutes in a lagoon near the northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos. The two ...
Apr 02, 2024