B.C.

B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
VANCOUVER – B.C.’s government has ordered that flavoured nicotine pouches only be sold from behind…

Canfor Pulp Products announces sale of Taylor pulp mill for $7 million
VANCOUVER – Canfor Pulp Products Inc. says it’s entered an agreement to sell its Taylor…

Eby astonished as trucking firms ask court to lift bans over B.C. overpass crash
VANCOUVER – Two trucking firms are taking the B.C. government to court to get their…

Finning reports Q4 profit down, hit by foreign exchange loss
VANCOUVER – Finning International Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago…

Rate cut timing ‘difficult to foresee’ amid inflation pressures: BoC deliberations
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada isn’t sure when it will be able to start…

Jewish groups decry Robinson’s cabinet exit, as Eby slams ‘hateful’ office vandalism
VICTORIA – B.C. Premier David Eby has criticized what he’s calling the “hateful” vandalism of…

Minister backs shift away from privately owned rooming hotels after B.C. fire inquest
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s housing minster says the province needs to shift away from accommodating…

Suspect charged in Nigeria over sextortion of B.C. boy who died: Surrey RCMP
SURREY, B.C. – For just a few minutes last year, police say a Metro Vancouver…

Don’t look to the BoC to solve Canada’s housing and economic woes, Macklem says
OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is laying out the limits of monetary…

Strong start to home sales in 2024 unlikely to delay BoC rate cuts: economists
TORONTO – A surge in home sales across Canada’s largest markets to kick off 2024…

End public funding of privately owned rooming hotels, says B.C. fire inquest jury
BURNABY, B.C. – The jury in a coroner’s inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that…

B.C. Crown counsel group raises safety concerns, Eby says no move for courthouse
VANCOUVER – Premier David Eby says the government is not currently considering the relocation of…

B.C. minister Robinson stepping down over remarks that angered pro-Palestinian groups
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s Post-Secondary Education Minister Selina Robinson is stepping down over her remarks…

Crypto mining company loses bid to force BC Hydro to provide power
VANCOUVER – A cryptocurrency firm has lost a bid to force BC Hydro to provide…

Ex-councillor buys 108-year-old newspaper in Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – A former councillor in Prince George has purchased the city’s only…