Category Archives: British Columbia
Potentially explosive wood dust metre-deep at one B.C. mill: WorkSafeBC
VANCOUVER - The latest statistics from WorkSafeBC show some lumber mills appear to be ignoring risks caused by dangerous buildups of potentially explosive wood dust. The agency has posted administrati...
Apr 05, 2016
Tentative deal reached for B.C. Nurses
VICTORIA - British Columbia's nurses union has reached a tentative five-year contract agreement with the Health Employers of B.C. Health Minister Terry Lake says the deal covers 42,000 nurses and is i...
Apr 05, 2016
Mountie killed in two-vehicle crash near Victoria
LANGFORD, B.C. - Canada's public safety minister is expressing his sympathies over the death of a police officer killed in a crash while on duty near Victoria. Ralph Goodale relayed his condolences to...
Apr 05, 2016
B.C. construction worker takes on Trump, defends immigrant workers
VANCOUVER - A Mexican-born construction worker says he hung his native country's flag high above Vancouver to remind Donald Trump that his compatriots built a 63-storey tower that carries the billiona...
Apr 05, 2016
20,000 litres of diesel fuel spill into B.C. river after transport truck crash
PRINCETON, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says about 20,000 litres of diesel fuel from a transport truck have spilled into the Similkameen River south of Princeton. The truck was invol...
Apr 04, 2016
B.C. New Democrats urge federal environmental body to withhold LNG approval
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition New Democrats are urging a federal environmental agency to withhold approval of the proposed the $36-billion liquefied natural gas project near Prince Rupert. ...
Apr 04, 2016
WestJet faces potential class-action lawsuit over alleged workplace harassment
VANCOUVER - A former WestJet flight attendant has launched a second lawsuit against the airline, alleging it doesn't provide a harassment-free workplace for its female employees. Mandalena Lewis filed...
Apr 04, 2016
No respite for property sales in Vancouver-area’s scalding housing market
Vancouver's blistering housing market continued to stun purchasers and elate sellers in March with record-breaking figures released from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver. Numbers released Mo...
Apr 04, 2016
Fatal motorcycle crash in the Shuswap
CHASE, B.C. - Police in Chase are still investigating after a fatal hit and run in the Shuswap yesterday. A 60-year old male resident of Chase died in the accident, involving a motorcycle and a pickup...
Apr 04, 2016
Cold-fX makers misled public, case should receive class-action approval: lawsuit
VANCOUVER - The makers of Cold-fX are in court fighting allegations they ignored their own research and misled consumers about the short-term effectiveness of the popular cold and flu remedy. Valeant ...
Apr 04, 2016
