Category Archives: British Columbia
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
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