Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. long-term care changes aim to give residents and families more say in policy
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's giving long-term care residents and their families a more direct line of communication with decision-makers on issues that affect them, after many expressed fr...
Nov 03, 2022
Inmate, 58, dies in B.C. prison 40 years after receiving indeterminate sentence
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A former Fort Nelson, B.C., resident has died in prison, 40 years after he was handed an indeterminate sentence for two second-degree murders. Darcy Sidoruk was 18 years old in 1982...
Nov 03, 2022
New storm brings rain, wind and snow to several regions of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The latest in a series of vigorous mid-fall storms is bringing wind, rain and snow to large sections of British Columbia. Snow or rainfall warnings are posted across most of souther...
Nov 03, 2022
Hootsuite announces second round of layoffs in four months amid restructuring
VANCOUVER - Social media company Hootsuite Inc. says it is laying off five per cent of its staff, just a few months after it laid off 30 per cent as part of a global restructuring. Spokeswoman Tonja A...
Nov 02, 2022
Witness tells B.C. mayor's mischief trial that car may not have broken foot bones
SURREY, B.C. - An engineer has told the trial of a British Columbia mayor charged with public mischief that broken bones may not be the result if someone's foot is run over by a car. Dennis Chimich, a...
Nov 02, 2022
New wastewater plant for B.C.'s shishalh Nation brings environmental, economic gains
SECHELT, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance a badly needed wastewater treatment facility. A statement from the...
Nov 02, 2022
Vancouver home sales down 46% from last year, 13% from September: board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales continued to plunge in October, falling 45.5 per cent from the year before and 12.8 per cent from September. Last month sales tot...
Nov 02, 2022
Funeral to honour RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang in Richmond, B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - Thousands of first responders, including from Washington state and as far away as Ontario, are expected to gather in Richmond, B.C., for today's funeral of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang. T...
Nov 02, 2022
Dozens of recommendations in overdose and drug toxicity report by B.C. MLAs
VICTORIA - An all-party committee at British Columbia's legislature has released a report on drug toxicity and overdose deaths that calls for dozens of urgent steps from the province to address the de...
Nov 01, 2022
Lawyer for B.C. mayor charged with public mischief suggests client treated unfairly
SURREY, B.C. - A lawyer representing Surrey, B.C., Mayor Doug McCallum suggests RCMP decided early into an investigation that his client deceived police by saying his foot was run over in a grocery st...
Nov 01, 2022