Category Archives: British Columbia
Arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to seek stay of extradition proceedings
VANCOUVER - The defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says it plans to argue that she shouldn't be extradited to the United States because she hasn't violated sanctions under Canadian la...
May 10, 2019
Otter's long departure means koi can return to Vancouver Chinese garden
VANCOUVER - Koi are safe to swim again in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver that was once a hunting ground for an elusive otter. Three adults and 344 juvenile ornamental k...
May 10, 2019
Mountain Equipment Co-op appoints Best Buy Canada executive as CEO
VANCOUVER - Mountain Equipment Co-op has appointed a Best Buy Canada executive to head the outdoor gear retailer. Philippe Arrata takes over on July 2 from David Labistour, who is stepping down after&...
May 09, 2019
Tree replanting receives big boost in the Cariboo
WILLIAMS LAKE - Over the next two months about 22 million trees will be planted in the area scorched by wildfire in the Cariboo region.Reforestation efforts will be concentrated to the areas where the...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: Dreamstime / Pakorn Kumruen
$5 billion laundered through B.C. real estate in 2018, driving up home prices
VICTORIA - An independent report estimates that $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year and increased the cost of buying a home by five per cent. Som...
May 09, 2019
B.C. premier asks utilities commission to probe high price of gasoline
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan has asked the British Columbia Utilities Commission to investigate why gasoline in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island is so much more expensive than the rest of t...
May 09, 2019
Provincial crews watch Savona fire, contemplate burning ban for Kamloops Fire Centre
SAVONA, B.C. - Provincial wildfire crews have returned to the site of a grassfire near Savona Thursday. The human-caused fire was ignited yesterday near the Savona dump. Fire Information Officer Jody ...
May 09, 2019 Savona Dump Fire (Image Credit: Contributed / Karen Lachance)
'Smart Drugs' features experiment among those fuelled by need to succeed
VANCOUVER - Toronto filmmaker Ann Shin was so intrigued by an animator's tales about doing some of his best work with the help of "smart drugs" that she wanted to learn how they would work i...
May 09, 2019
Telus reports first-quarter profit and revenue up, raises dividend
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a first-quarter profit of $437 million, up from $412 million a year ago. The telecommunications company will now pay a quarterly dividend of ...
May 09, 2019
Man killed in fiery B.C. border crash identified as pastor, father of three
SURREY, B.C. - A man who was killed in a fiery crash near the Peace Arch border crossing in British Columbia last week was a pastor and father of three from Richmond. A friend identified him in a stat...
May 09, 2019
