Category Archives: British Columbia
West Fraser announces temporary forestry production curtailments in B.C.
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says all mill activities will be curtailed temporarily for a week in June at five British Columbia sawmills due to weakening lumber prices and high log costs. T...
Jun 03, 2019
People's Party names North Okanagan-Shuswap candidate
VERNON, B.C. - The new People's Party of Canada has announced the candidate who will run in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding in this upcoming federal election.Kyle Delfing, described as a local entre...
Jun 03, 2019 Kyle Delfing (l) with Maxime Bernier (Image Credit: Facebook)
Cariboo man injured in Shuswap motorcycle crash
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP in the Shuswap say speed and alcohol have not been ruled out as factors in a single vehicle crash involving a motorcycle.Police say a male driver lost control of his bike and went ...
Jun 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Tough catch restrictions won't take bite out of B.C. salmon fishing experience
VICTORIA - The sign that welcomes anglers to Campbell River, B.C., "The Salmon Capital of the World," isn't going anywhere this summer despite tough, new federal catch restrictions protecting&nbs...
Jun 03, 2019
Canada announces new funding model to support women's equality globally
VANCOUVER - Canada's minister of gender equality has announced a new initiative aimed at creating a sustainable model to fund women's rights organizations in developing countr...
Jun 02, 2019
'Unusual mortality event' declared as grey whales wash up on west coast
VANCOUVER - Canadian and American scientists will study why an unusually high number of dead grey whales are washing ashore on the west coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says ...
Jun 02, 2019
Burnaby mayor wants more action on pipeline after meeting with Trudeau
BURNABY, B.C. - The mayor of Burnaby, B.C., says he met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to discuss his concerns about the risk of a fire at a tank farm in his city, which would be the ter...
Jun 02, 2019
Huawei pushes ahead with rural internet strategy in Canada despite controversy
VANCOUVER - As wildfires raged near the central British Columbia community of Lac la Hache, emergency officials struggled to transmit life-saving information to residents. Slow and spotty internet mea...
Jun 02, 2019
Rare white young killer whale swimming off the British Columbia coast
VANCOUVER - A rare white killer whale has been spotted off the coast of British Columbia. Jared Towers, an orca ecologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, says the young transient killer whale w...
Jun 01, 2019
Popularity of audio technology is a factor in decline of braille: experts
VANCOUVER - Experts say fewer people with poor eyesight are learning to read braille in North America, partly because audio books and voice technology are supplanting the written word. ...
Jun 01, 2019
