Category Archives: British Columbia
Whistler Blackcomb's $345-million plan includes indoor water play area, townhomes
WHISTLER, B.C. - The Whistler Blackcomb mountain resort is planning a renaissance over the next few years that would include real estate developments in the later phases and a price tag of about $345 ...
Apr 06, 2016
Survivors sue tour company over Tofino whale-watching tragedy, allege negligence
VANCOUVER - Two men who survived last year's fatal capsizing of a whale-watching boat off Vancouver Island have launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against the tour company. Brothers Dirk and Chr...
Apr 05, 2016
Turbulent battle as Golden, B.C., fights to save local river rafting industry
GOLDEN, B.C. - Tourism officials in the southeastern B.C., town of Golden say letters of support are flooding in as they fight for access to the Kicking Horse River. Canadian Pacific Railway (TSX:CP) ...
Apr 05, 2016
B.C. judge refuses to order homeless from grounds of Victoria’s law courts
VICTORIA - Cheers erupted at a homeless camp in Victoria on Tuesday when residents heard British Columbia's Supreme Court had rejected the government's bid to take down their tent city. "We won, we wo...
Apr 05, 2016
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
