Category Archives: British Columbia
Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
VANCOUVER - British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on the Fraser River to map its effects and assess the risk of future slides on salmon. The landslide in Nov...
May 12, 2022
Former B.C. premier says Canada has taken a back seat to others in LNG market
VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says Canada's natural gas industry is losing ground internationally because of government over-regulation, while Australia makes more gains in...
May 12, 2022
Higher interest rates push homes sales in B.C. back toward normal: association
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the sharp increase in mortgage rates is pushing the province's home sales down "a path to normalizing," although it estimates a balanced m...
May 12, 2022
Plane that crashed with fugitives was overweight, heading for Toronto: Witness
VANCOUVER - A woman who knew the pilot of a fatal flight that killed two men wanted in separate murder plots says he told her he was heading for Toronto and was concerned about the plane's weight. The...
May 12, 2022
Mediated talks collapse, strike continues in lengthy Sea-to-Sky transit dispute
VANCOUVER - A quick return of bus service in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky corridor from Squamish to Pemberton isn't expected after mediated talks broke down between transit workers and their employer. Talks on W...
May 12, 2022
Small flock in Comox Valley is B.C.'s 7th to test positive for avian influenza
VICTORIA - A small poultry flock in British Columbia's Comox Valley has tested positive for the avian flu, the first case on Vancouver Island. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release tha...
May 11, 2022
B.C. drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia's Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed it dropped two dozen COVID-19 violation tickets against three Chilliwack, B.C., pastors who continued in-person worship se...
May 11, 2022
Marriage proposal in B.C. legislature gets a 'Yes' from fiancée, cheers from MLAs
VICTORIA - Politicians ask a lot of questions in British Columbia's legislature, but for New Democrat member Rick Glumac, his question posed Wednesday was especially important. Glumac, the member for ...
May 11, 2022
Police probe homicides of husband and wife in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police have identified a husband and wife, both in their 70s, as homicide victims in Abbotsford, B.C. Investigators say 77-year-old Arnold De Jong and 76-year-old Joanne De Jong wer...
May 11, 2022
B.C. man who killed mother with an axe found not criminally responsible
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has found a man who suffers from a mental disorder is not criminally responsible for the axe slaying of his mother. Kevin Webster was charged with th...
May 11, 2022