Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says plans to dredge Burrard Inlet remain uncosted
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says plans to dredge Burrard Inlet remain in the preliminary stage with no costs currently attached to them. But the authority, which ...
The Canadian Press Nov 09, 2025

As U.S. wine sales in Canada plummet, local wineries look to capitalize on market gap
HALIFAX - Over the summer, Narek Nersisyan saw more tourists and day trippers at his family's winery, Holland Marsh Wineries in Newmarket, Ont. Nersisyan, the vice-president of sales and marketing at ...
The Canadian Press Nov 09, 2025

Police are investigating shots fired at Surrey home Saturday morning
VICTORIA - The Surrey Police Service is investigating after gunshots were fired at a residence. The service says officers responded to a call for possible gunshots fired at a home in the 17000 block o...
The Canadian Press Nov 08, 2025

100 Mile House Mayor says mill closure at the end of 2025 underscores need for reform
VICTORIA - The mayor of a community in B.C.'s Cariboo region says U.S. tariffs on the softwood lumber industry "are the icing on the cake" for an industry in need of fundamental reforms as it prepares...
The Canadian Press Nov 08, 2025

Official says test reveals no contamination of a local water system after derailment
VICTORIA - A local official said testing has revealed "no contamination" of a local water system on Kamloops Lake in B.C. after more than 80,000 litres of aviation fuel spilled on its shores in a trai...
The Canadian Press Nov 08, 2025

B.C. ostrich farm is 'ground zero for change' as family reels from shooting cull
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - With the flock of several hundred ostriches on the British Columbia farm co-owned by her mother shot dead in a cull ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency,...
The Canadian Press Nov 08, 2025

3 people kicked out of Canada in extortion probe in B.C., border agency says
VANCOUVER - The Canada Border Services Agency says it has removed three people from the country as part of its work within the B.C. Extortion Task Force. The agency says in a statement that it is also...
The Canadian Press Nov 07, 2025

Biggest landowner in Cowichan area wants Aboriginal title case reopened, in rare move
A company that says it is the biggest private landowner in the Cowichan Tribes' Aboriginal title area in Richmond, B.C., said it will ask the British Columbia Supreme Court to take the rare step of re...
The Canadian Press Nov 07, 2025

Carney tells business crowd a new pipeline project is 'going to happen'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney came close to telling a Bay Street audience Friday that he will secure a new pipeline for Alberta, offering his strongest endorsement of the idea yet. During an arm...
The Canadian Press Nov 07, 2025

B.C. government workers voting through to Thursday on tentative agreement
BURNABY - Members of the British Columbia General Employees' Union have begun voting on the tentative agreement reached last month with the provincial government. The union says in a statement that vo...
The Canadian Press Nov 07, 2025

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