Category Archives: British Columbia
David Eby to become British Columbia's NDP leader after leadership dispute
VANCOUVER - David Eby will be declared the leader of British Columbia's governing New Democrats today amid controversy around a leadership race where his only rival was disqualified. Eby says he share...
Oct 21, 2022
Interfor announces 17% lumber production cut in fourth quarter
BURNABY, B.C. - Interfor says it will reduce lumber production in the fourth quarter of 2022 due to reduced demand. The forest products company says it's reducing output by 17 per cent of its quarterl...
Oct 20, 2022
B.C. Taiwanese Canadian community pays tribute to slain RCMP officer Shaelyn Yang
VANCOUVER - Members of British Columbia's Taiwanese Canadian community are paying tribute to a Burnaby Mountie who was stabbed to death in the line of duty this week. William Tsai says he got to know ...
Oct 20, 2022
David Eby to be declared B.C. NDP leader on Friday, says party
VICTORIA - David Eby will officially be declared the leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party on Friday, clearing the way for him to be sworn in as premier. A statement from the party's chief electoral...
Oct 20, 2022
One man in custody as police investigate double homicide in Saanich, B.C.
SAANICH, B.C. - Two people have been found dead in Saanich, B.C., and police in the Vancouver Island municipality say the homicides appear to be connected. One man is in custody. Police say the public...
Oct 20, 2022
Fall set to finally reach B.C., as rain, skiff of snow forecast to replace heat
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says unseasonable heat in British Columbia is ending and rain or snow will arrive in some areas as early as Friday. The weather office says nine temperature records were...
Oct 20, 2022
Vancouver's Chinatown in a generational divide over Ken Sim's election as mayor
VANCOUVER - In Vancouver's Chinatown, baker Denny Wong is so enthusiastic about mayor-elect Ken Sim that he's already thinking about 2026. He says Sim visited his Hong-Kong-style bakery before last we...
Oct 20, 2022
A quick sketch of David Eby who will be British Columbia's next premier
VICTORIA - David Eby will be British Columbia's next premier after the party disqualified his only competitor Anjali Appadurai over what it says was improper conduct in co-ordinating a membership driv...
Oct 19, 2022
Vancouver task force on Indigenous rights releases report for city council
Vancouver could become the first city in Canada to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with a plan developed alongside the three First Nations on whose territo...
Oct 19, 2022
Homicide team identifies man, woman, found dead in vehicle in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Homicide detectives have identified the two people found dead in a vehicle in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the bodies of 2...
Oct 19, 2022