Category Archives: British Columbia
Immigrant investment has impact on Vancouver housing market: researchers
VANCOUVER - Researchers in British Columbia say they've found empirical evidence linking immigration to real estate prices for the first time. A study spearheaded by business professor Andrey Pavlov o...
Jun 29, 2016
Advocate urges staffing level review of B.C. seniors' homes in aggression report
VICTORIA - British Columbia's advocate for seniors has recommended the provincial government review staffing levels in elderly care homes after examining hundreds of incidents of residents harming eac...
Jun 29, 2016
Aggressive wildfire roars to life near Tunkwa Lake
KAMLOOPS - A wildfire has popped up west of Kamloops in the area of Tunkwa Lake. Fire Information Officer Rachel Witt says the blaze was likely started by a lightning storm that ripped through the are...
Jun 29, 2016
B.C. to end self-regulation of real estate industry
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s real estate industry no longer deserves the privilege of self-regulation and will have that authority stripped away, Premier Christy Clark announced after a damnin...
Jun 29, 2016
B.C. privacy commissioner orders province to disclose soil contamination tests
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is being ordered to disclose soil test results related to a contaminated aquifer by the provincial privacy commissioner. Elizabeth Denham says the Freedom of Information...
Jun 29, 2016
Fishery closures suggested in federal proposals to save West Coast killer whales
VANCOUVER - Strategic fishery closures and marine habitat protection are part of a proposed plan by the federal government to protect the threatened killer whales off Canada's West Coast. The recovery...
Jun 29, 2016
Architectural walking tours explore urban history in Victoria, Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Architectural Institute of B.C. is offering guided walking tours in Vancouver and Victoria throughout the summer. From Vancouver's densely populated West End to trendy Yaletown, the to...
Jun 29, 2016
Higher speed limits lowered crashes on some B.C. highways: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Transportation Ministry says crash rates have dropped or are unchanged on 19 of 33 sections of highway where speed limits were increased in 2014. But speed limits will be...
Jun 28, 2016
Judge considers future of Victoria courthouse homeless encampment
VICTORIA - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on the fate of a homeless camp on the grounds of the Victoria courthouse. Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson said Tuesday that he needs t...
Jun 28, 2016
Federal housing minister says Canadians will be consulted on housing strategy
VICTORIA - Canada's housing minister says he and his provincial and territorial counterparts are working toward the country's first national housing strategy in four decades. Jean-Yves Duclos said Tue...
Jun 28, 2016
