Category Archives: British Columbia
Realtors in Vancouver warn of dramatic sales slump as September data expected
VANCOUVER - Sales of detached houses continued to fall dramatically in Vancouver last month and even hit a 10-year low in one neighbourhood, real estate agents say as data for the month of September i...
Oct 03, 2016
Weekend snowfall breaks record in northeastern B.C., with 23 centimetre dump
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - Residents in northeastern British Columbia are enjoying a slight respite from snowy weather, but flurries could return Tuesday as winter makes an unseasonably early appearance in...
Oct 03, 2016
Grounded boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station now off rocks near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - A vessel belonging to a whale-watching company is no longer stranded on rocks off Vancouver Island. A spokesman with Jamie's Whaling Station in Tofino, B.C., says the Stellar Sea has be...
Oct 03, 2016
Boat owned by Jamie’s Whaling Station runs aground near Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. - Another boat owned by a whale-watching company in Tofino, B.C., ran into trouble off the coast of Vancouver Island over the weekend. The Canadian Coast Guard has issued a release saying...
Oct 02, 2016
Daphne Odjig, whose art blended Ojibwa with Picasso and Van Gogh, dies at 97
KELOWNA, B.C. - An elder of Canadian aboriginal artists whose work appeared in galleries around the world has died. Daphne Odjig was born in northern Ontario and had been living in Kelowna, B.C., wher...
Oct 02, 2016
First Nations use royal visit as platform to talk reconciliation, environment
VANCOUVER - As the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge toured British Columbia and the Yukon over the past week, they heard impassioned speeches on reconciliation and saw protest T-shirts emblazoned with sl...
Oct 02, 2016
Prince William and Kate thank Canada for hospitality as tour winds down
VICTORIA - The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge expressed their gratitude Saturday for the welcome they received as they wrapped up their tour of B.C. and Yukon by bringing attention to social and mental...
Oct 01, 2016
B.C. says Petronas is not considering sale of proposed LNG terminal
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government says the main stakeholder in a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal is not considering selling its stake in the multibillion-dollar project. The M...
Sep 30, 2016
War canoe takes Prince William and Kate to Haida Gwaii as royal tour winds down
HAIDA GWAII, B.C. - Prince William and Kate arrived at a small village off the coast of B.C. on Friday in a replica 15-metre Haida war canoe, ferried to the remote island by paddlers wearing T-shirts ...
Sep 30, 2016
Suspect arrested after missing Japanese ESL student found dead in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The mysterious disappearance of a Japanese woman studying English in Vancouver is now a police investigation into her death. Police announced Friday that the body of 30-year-old Natsumi Ko...
Sep 30, 2016
