Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. dairy milk testers on strike, call for fair mileage compensation: union
BURNABY - The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action. The union says it represents dairy production technicians employed by Lactanet, and they began...
Nov 28, 2025
Trans Mountain poised for expansions as pipeline fills up
CALGARY - The chief executive of Crown-owned pipeline operator Trans Mountain Corp. says the Alberta-to-British-Columbia conduit has been running at almost full capacity lately, and expansions it and ...
Nov 28, 2025
Woman breaches B.C. hospital neonatal care unit, makes contact with three infants
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating after an unidentified woman gained access to a neonatal intensive care unit and made "skin-to-skin contact" with three babies before she was removed....
Nov 28, 2025
'Prime conspirator' arrested for shootings at Kap's Café in B.C., Indian police say
SURREY - Police in Delhi say they've arrested the "prime conspirator" behind a series of extortion-linked shootings at a B.C. caf, who they say fled to India after being charged with multiple offences...
Nov 28, 2025
CIBC analysts cast doubt on private sector taking on new B.C. pipeline any time soon
CALGARY - Analysts at CIBC Capital Markets say they don't expect the private sector to take the lead on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline so long as the British Columbia government and First Nations ...
Nov 28, 2025
Hodgson says it's 'premature' to draw conclusions about fate of B.C. tanker ban
OTTAWA - Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Thursday it's "premature" to draw conclusions about the potential removal or adjustment of the West Coast tanker ban, since no p...
Nov 28, 2025
Two more grizzlies captured, to be assessed after attack on B.C. schoolchildren
BELLA COOLA - Two more grizzlies have been captured on British Columbia's central coast as conservation officers continue to look for the bear that attacked a group of schoolchildren and their teacher...
Nov 27, 2025
B.C. community health workers vote in favour of strike mandate: union
BURNABY - The BC General Employees' Union says members of the Community Bargaining Association, representing certain health-care workers, have voted 92.3 per cent in favour of strike action following ...
Nov 27, 2025
Police clear Vancouver Island protest camp, forestry activities to resume
LAKE COWICHAN - Police on Vancouver Island say an area where protesters set up camp in August in an effort to block old-growth logging has been cleared, allowing the forestry company to resume its ope...
Nov 27, 2025
B.C. lowers deficit projection to $11.2 billion on higher quarterly tax revenues
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's now projecting an $11.2 billion deficit this fiscal year, still a record but down from a projected $11.6 billion in its last quarterly report. The ...
Nov 27, 2025