Category Archives: British Columbia
Ontario and British Columbia headed for a buyer's market, RBC says
TORONTO - A new report says high interest rates will continue to hold back homebuyers into the new year except in Ontario and British Columbia. The report by RBC says those purchasing real estate in O...
Dec 16, 2022
Contraband tobacco inhales 30 to 50 per cent of B.C. market, retailers, industry fear
VICTORIA - At first, Cory Holland thought government anti-smoking measures were working when he noticed tobacco sales at his British Columbia convenience store started to drop. Holland said he recalle...
Dec 16, 2022
B.C. disease centre says flu shows signs of decline, with no new deaths of children
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Centre For Disease Control says there are signs influenza is on a "steady decline" in the province, although case numbers remain high and positive test rates for respiratory syncy...
Dec 15, 2022
Union critical of Ottawa's plan to buy back Pacific salmon licences
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - The union representing British Columbia fishermen says a plan by the federal government to buy back commercial salmon fishing licences is underfunded, lacks transparency and doe...
Dec 15, 2022
Arrest prompts Vancouver police to warn about package theft by 'porch pirates'
Vancouver police say they've recovered everything from Nike runners to golf clubs in a months-long investigation into so-called porch pirates. Police say officers used a warrant to search a home last ...
Dec 15, 2022
Escaped inmate sentenced to life for the 'cold-blooded' murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - Friends and relatives of murder victim Martin Payne say they are haunted by the actions of "two selfish, reckless" people who chose their victim because his home was near the prison where ...
Dec 15, 2022
Personal health information 'disturbingly' vulnerable: B.C. privacy commissioner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's privacy watchdog says sensitive personal health records, from mental health to sexually transmitted disease histories, are "disturbingly" vulnerable to leaks. Information...
Dec 15, 2022
Jury finds escaped inmate guilty of the first-degree murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court jury in the trial of an escaped inmate accused of first-degree murder has found James Lee Busch guiltyin the death of a Vancouver Island man. However, wh...
Dec 14, 2022
Cold, dry weather threatens fish habitat but not power demand: BC Hydro
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's unusually dry fall weather has resulted in some of the lowest river levels on record on the South Coast. BC Hydro says the colder and drier conditions have forced it to ...
Dec 14, 2022
B.C. homicide team probes three murders within 24 hours
VANCOUVER - Police in southern B.C. are investigating three separate homicides over a 24-hour period. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says North Vancouver police were the first to be called...
Dec 14, 2022