British Columbia

Vancouver dumps 'living wage' policy, effectively cutting wage for lowest-paid staff

VANCOUVER - Nearly six years after Vancouver became the largest city in Canada to commit to a living wage, councillors voted to end the initiative. In a closed-door meeting in January, council approve...

Mar 03, 2023

Trudeau 'surprised' that B.C. firm talks about selling cocaine

VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he was "as surprised as" British Columbia Premier David Eby after a firm received Health Canada licence amendments to produce and sell cocaine. Trudeau sa...

Mar 03, 2023

Three men killed in southeast B.C. avalanche were from Germany: news agency

INVERMERE, B.C. - Three victims of a deadly avalanche in southeastern British Columbia have been identified as German citizens. The German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur says the mayor of the mun...

Mar 03, 2023

Micro mobility revolution races ahead, as policymakers and police try to keep up

VANCOUVER - Since Gabriel Kwok started riding an electric unicycle on Vancouver's streets nine months ago, he estimates he's logged about 2,000 kilometres on the briefcase-sized vehicle. The 21-year-o...

Mar 03, 2023

Members of an Afghan refugee family killed in multi-vehicle crash in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Three members of a family that had newly arrived from Afghanistan were the victims of a multi-vehicle crash in British Columbia's Interior on Wednesday. Premier David Eby says the deaths i...

Mar 02, 2023

B.C. firm gets approval from Health Canada to make and sell cocaine

LANGLEY, B.C. - Health Canada has granted a British Columbia cannabis company the right to possess, produce, sell and distribute cocaine. Adastra Labs says in a news release that Health Canada gave it...

Mar 02, 2023

B.C. to ask Ottawa for money laundering law changes after case fails to yield charges

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says she will lobby the federal government to amend Canada's financial crime law after a multi-year money laundering investigation by police failed to pr...

Mar 02, 2023

Greater Vancouver home sales up 77% from Jan., down 47% from last year: board

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says February's home sales were up 76.9 per cent from January, but down 47.2 per cent from the year before. The board says sales for the month to...

Mar 02, 2023

At least one dead, several injured in avalanche in southeastern B.C.

INVERMERE, B.C. - RCMP confirm at least one person has been killed in an avalanche in southeastern British Columbia, about 150 kilometres southwest of Banff, Alta. Cpl. James Grandy says several other...

Mar 02, 2023

Climate activists splash Royal B.C. Museum's mammoth 'Woolly' with pink paint

VICTORIA - A centrepiece of the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Woolly the mammoth, was defaced with pink paint by protesters trying to draw attention to climate change. A statement issued by the new c...

Mar 01, 2023