British Columbia

Lululemon beats expectations as Q3 profits increase 14 per cent to US$143.6 million

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. beat expectations as its net profit increased 14 per cent to US$143.6 million in the third quarter on higher revenues. The Vancouver-based clothing retailer, which...

Dec 10, 2020

CBSA chief says sharing of Meng's passcodes was 'serious' breach

VANCOUVER - A Canada Border Services Agency manager says she didn't launch an investigation into how Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's cellphone passwords were shared with RCMP, but she informed the off...

Dec 10, 2020

Health workers report burnout amid second wave, ask public to obey health rules

VANCOUVER - Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. But she says it rose to a new level as th...

Dec 10, 2020

Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband

VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...

Dec 10, 2020

Long-term care workers to get priority vaccination in B.C. to protect elderly: doctor

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says health-care workers in long-term care facilities and intensive care units will be the first to be immunized against COVID-19 with the Pfizer vaccine start...

Dec 09, 2020

CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request

VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou - an arrest that will be under court scr...

Dec 09, 2020

Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans

VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...

Dec 09, 2020

FBI wanted Meng's border exam report, travel history: CBSA airport manager

VANCOUVER - A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency at Vancouver's airport says the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked for a copy of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's border exam repo...

Dec 08, 2020

B.C. premier says nearly 4,000 high-risk people to be vaccinated next week

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 566 new cases of COVID-19, which the provincial health officer and health minister say is the "start of encouraging trends" in the progression of the virus. Ho...

Dec 08, 2020

Two Vancouver police officers charged with assault in arrest of a Black man

VANCOUVER - Assault charges have been laid against two Vancouver police officers after the arrest of a Black man in February 2018. The B.C. Prosecution Service said Tuesday that Const. Jarrod Sidhu is...

Dec 08, 2020