Category Archives: British Columbia
Eby doubles down on foreign worker program criticism as B.C. approvals drop sharply
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby is doubling down on his criticism of the temporary foreign worker program, calling out a Vancouver Starbucks and a Boston Pizza outlet in Richmond, B.C., ...
Sep 09, 2025
Safety board investigates after second train derailment in B.C. within a week
CALGARY - The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a derailment in British Columbia involving a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train. It's the second time this month a CPKC train has been involv...
Sep 09, 2025
Vancouver Chinatown stabbing suspect Donnelly testifies, tells of finding God
VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver's Chinatown in 2023 is testifying at his trial, telling the court how he found religion. Blair Donnelly, who has pleaded...
Sep 09, 2025
From wages to pickets, here are 5 things to know about B.C.'s public service strike
Job action affecting public service workers in British Columbia has entered its second week. Here are five things you need to know about the dispute. WHAT'S BEHIND THE JOB ACTION? The BC General Emplo...
Sep 09, 2025
Union says 4,000 workers on 22 pickets as B.C. public service strike expands
Picket lines by British Columbia's public service employees are expanding to 22 sites involving more than 4,000 workers in an escalation of their labour dispute with the province. Among the new picket...
Sep 09, 2025
Vancouver-based Teck Resources and Anglo American announce $70 billion tie-up
In what's shaping up to be the world's biggest mining deal of the past decade, Teck Resources Ltd. has agreed to a tie-up with London-headquartered Anglo American PLC to create a copper-focused giant ...
Sep 09, 2025
New Vancouver policing district for Downtown Eastside as task force results unveiled
VANCOUVER - Plans are underway to establish a new policing district in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, after a temporary task force in the neighbourhood produced what police are calling "significan...
Sep 08, 2025
Police say remains identified as missing B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham
MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide investigators say human remains that were found at a home in Maple Ridge, B.C., last month have been identified as those of Jessica Cunningham, who was reported missing in July....
Sep 08, 2025
B.C. orders some farmers to stop using water to protect endangered chinook salmon
VICTORIA - The provincial government has ordered some farmers and other users in southern B.C. to turn off their water taps, because "severe low flows" are threatening endangered chinook salmon. Rande...
Sep 08, 2025
Three charged with helping fugitive murderer Rabih Alkhalil escape B.C. jail
SURREY - RCMP say charges have been laid against three men who allegedly helped convicted double murderer Rabih Alkhalil escape a British Columbia pretrial centre in 2022. But police say they can't co...
Sep 08, 2025
