Category Archives: British Columbia
More than half of Vancouver Airbnb hosts use income to pay rent, mortgage: study
VANCOUVER - The home-sharing service Airbnb says it doesn't believe it's having a negative impact on rental vacancies in Vancouver. A new report released by the company today based on 2015 statistics ...
Jul 07, 2016
Vancity report shows Vancouver rental market too pricey for young workers
VANCOUVER - Canada's largest credit union is warning that young workers who have long since abandoned hope of owning a home in the Vancouver area are now being priced out of the city's rental market. ...
Jul 07, 2016
Much needed new health centre in Sun Peaks delayed
SUN PEAKS, B.C. - The process of developing a new health centre in Sun Peaks has hit a snag, but the town’s mayor is confident the project will be back on track soon. Al Raine says construction ...
Jul 07, 2016
Homes catch fire on Indian Arm near Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Fire inspectors searching for the cause of a fire this morning that destroyed one home and may have destroyed a second. According to Global News, the fire broke out early this morning in B...
Jul 07, 2016
Former RCMP spokesman back in court.
VANCOUVER - The former spokesman for the R-C-M-P in British Columbia is expected to be back in court today. Tim Shields is charged with sexual assault for alleged misconduct between 2009 and 2010 that...
Jul 07, 2016
B.C. woman, 69, suffers cuts in bear attack
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A woman suffered cuts to her face Wednesday evening when she was attacked by a bear in Maple Ridge, B.C. An official with the Provincial Health Services Authority Carol Boutin says...
Jul 07, 2016
A look beyond his books: Dr. Seuss secret artwork displays author’s private mind
VANCOUVER - Late at night, with the world asleep, Theodor Seuss Geisel to his studio would creep. The author and illustrator stashed his unfinished prose and unrolled artwork that nobody knows. The wo...
Jul 07, 2016
B.C. woman, 69, suffers cuts in bear attack
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A woman suffered cuts to her face Wednesday evening when she was attacked by a bear in Maple Ridge, B.C. An official with the Provincial Health Services Authority Carol Boutin says...
Jul 07, 2016
Physician watchdog makes it easier for B.C. doctors to prescribe addiction drug
VANCOUVER - The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia is relaxing its regulations covering access to a drug that can help treat heroin addiction. On its website, the college says phys...
Jul 06, 2016
Anti-robot project explores human relationship with technology in AI future
VANCOUVER - Inside a warehouse in a secluded part of Vancouver, engineers and fabricators are building a two-storey tall, 3.5 tonne racing robot with four steel legs and a massive battery pack in its ...
Jul 06, 2016
