Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones is recommending shareholders of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. support the company's deal to buy U.S. automotive salvage company IAA Inc. In its assessment, ...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Court of Appeal has overturned guilty pleas and ordered a new trial for a man who it says was unaware the pleas would prevent him from claiming his Charter rights were v...

VANCOUVER - A report by Institutional Shareholder Services recommends shareholders of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. vote against the company's deal to buy automotive salvage company IAA Inc. The prox...

VANCOUVER - Avalanche Canada confirms two skiers have been caught and injured in separate slides east of Pemberton, B.C. The Avalanche Canada website says both events happened Saturday and each one in...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they are investigating a suspected homicide in the city's Killarney neighbourhood. The department says in a news release it received reports about a man who had bee...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation says the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt will be closed until at least Saturday afternoon due to extreme weather. The ministry says it's als...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A researcher says pet owners who dump their unwanted goldfish into British Columbia's waterways are putting native fish populations at risk. Brian Heise, an associate professor in the...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's extending an old-growth logging ban for part of the Fraser Canyon for another two years to help with the recovery of the endangered spotted owl. Th...

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...

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...