Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. and Washington state to collaborate on flood-risk and salmon habitat initiative
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has finalized an agreement with Washington state and several First Nations to work together on flood-risk mitigation and salmon habitat restoration f...
Oct 20, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Premiers ask Ottawa for COVID-19 small business loan extension
VICTORIA - Canada's premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to extend the repayment period for a year for interest-free loans to small businesses and...
Oct 20, 2023
India defends actions after Ottawa's alleges precedent-setting diplomatic move
OTTAWA - India is defending its diplomatic actions a day after Ottawa announced it had pulled most of its envoys from the country over what it called a precedent-setting diplomatic threat. India's Min...
Oct 20, 2023
Health expert says B.C. overdose crisis needs expanded, dignified treatment focus
VICTORIA - A British Columbia health expert says the province needs more overdose prevention sites and a renewed commitment to decriminalization as it tries to curb drug poisonings that kill six peopl...
Oct 19, 2023
Judge probes eight-month wait in federal minister's owl protection recommendation
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge says he's "wrestling" with why the minister responsible for protecting the northern spotted owl waited eight months to recommend an emergency protection order to cabi...
Oct 19, 2023
Atmospheric river passes in southern B.C., but area rivers still rising
VANCOUVER - Rainfall warnings across Vancouver Island and the inner south coast have lifted in most areas, but the effects of British Columbia's first atmospheric river of autumn could take a little l...
Oct 19, 2023
Tentative deal ends job action by teaching support staff at Simon Fraser University
BURNABY, B.C. - The union representing instructors, teaching assistants and other education support workers at Simon Fraser University says it has reached a tentative agreement, ending a strike that b...
Oct 19, 2023
Escalating theft and violence aside, London Drugs not considering closures: president
VANCOUVER - London Drugs president Clint Mahlman says the company has no plans to close stores due to escalating violence and theft, though the issue has reached a "crisis point" for Canadian retailer...
Oct 18, 2023
Man fined and banned from hunting after illegal killing of Roosevelt Elk near Chemainus
NANAIMO - The illegal capture and harvesting of a large elk proved costly for a Vancouver Island man. Kyle Emrys Watson-Harley was fined $5,100 and banned from hunting for two years following a senten...
Oct 18, 2023
Environmental group challenges federal action on protecting endangered spotted owl
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is in Federal Court in Vancouver challenging what it describes as Ottawa's failure to protect the endangered northern spotted owl despite an "imminent threat" to its...
Oct 18, 2023