Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. NDP premier tells celebratory convention delegates tough decisions ahead
VICTORIA, B.C. - British Columbia Premier John Horgan kicked off his party's post-election convention today cheering on the New Democratic Party's rise to power after 16 years of Liberal governments, ...
Nov 04, 2017
Vancouver man missing since Halloween, may have been hiking Grouse Mountain
VANCOUVER - Rescue crews are searching for a man in the mountains north of Vancouver after he went missing on Halloween. Vancouver police say Carl Couture, 24, was last seen at his home in the city's ...
Nov 04, 2017
Environment minister confronts Rebel reporter about ‘climate Barbie’ name
VANCOUVER - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna confronted a reporter for The Rebel on Friday, demanding he make a commitment that the far-right website stop calling her "climate Barbie." The excha...
Nov 04, 2017
BC Hydro: Push electricity savings forward as the clocks fall back
KAMLOOPS – With daylight saving time coming to an end this Sunday morning there’s more to look forward to than simply an extra hour of sleep. As the days get colder and darker, BC Hydro sa...
Nov 03, 2017
Lucy Sager quits B.C. Liberal leadership race, throws support to Dianne Watts
TERRACE, B.C. - The field of hopefuls for the leadership of British Columbia's Liberal party has been cut by one. Businesswoman Lucy Sager from Terrace has dropped out of the race and says she is thro...
Nov 03, 2017
Eby speaks about ‘rooting out racism’ after posters appear at university
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says the appearance of discriminatory posters at the University of Victoria campus are reminders of the need to fight racism in its overt and subtle form...
Nov 03, 2017
Amazon to open second office in Vancouver: but no, it’s not the coveted HQ2
VANCOUVER - Amazon will open a second corporate office in Vancouver, doubling its employee count in the western city, but it has yet to announce where the tech titan's highly sought-after second headq...
Nov 03, 2017
Fire forces closure of Williams Lake mill
KAMLOOPS - Updated: Tolko Industries says a mill fire at its Lakeview operation in Williams Lake has been extinguished. The company says it will monitor the situation to ensure there are no flare-ups ...
Nov 03, 2017
B.C. unemployment rate remains in good shape
OTTAWA - The economy added 35,300 jobs in October but the unemployment rate crept higher, with more young people looking for work, Statistics Canada said Friday. The agency said the number of full-tim...
Nov 03, 2017
TSB says pilots should be tested for alcohol and drug use to prevent crashes
VANCOUVER - The airline industry and Transport Canada should develop a program requiring pilots to be tested for drugs and alcohol, the Transportation Safety Board said Thursday after releasing a repo...
Nov 02, 2017
