B.C.
Survey says 75% of B.C.’s jobs in next decade will need post-secondary education
BURNABY, B.C. – The latest labour market survey for British Columbia says 75 per cent…
Rogers Sugar asks for mediation to help bring end to refinery strike
VANCOUVER – Rogers Sugar Inc. says it has asked for mediation to help bring an…
B.C. minister’s memo on ‘big and shiny’ affordability plan lands in Opposition hands
VICTORIA – A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself…
Richmond, B.C., man faces multiple charges in $10M cryptocurrency home invasion theft
RICHMOND, B.C. – Police in Richmond, B.C., say multiple charges have been laid against a…
City of Penticton lifts evacuation order for homes threatened by precarious rock
PENTICTON, B.C. – The City of Penticton, B.C., says it’s lifting an evacuation order for…
B.C. Director of Civil Forfeiture claims 10 properties owned by alleged drug dealer
VICTORIA – The B.C. government wants 10 properties in Prince George forfeited for their alleged…
Mayor says release of child sex offender Brian Abrosimo in Surrey is ‘outrageous’
SURREY, B.C. – Surrey’s mayor says it’s “outrageous” that a sex offender who abducted and…
Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars from feds to grow transit
VANCOUVER – Metro Vancouver mayors say they need billions of dollars over the next few…
Automatic gunfire, armed soldiers in Vancouver this weekend for urban training
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver-based light infantry unit of the Canadian Army is asking residents to…
Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.
PENTICTON, B.C. – Residents of a mobile home park in Penticton, B.C., must wait another…
B.C’s speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to…
RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. – A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna,…
B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP’s plans
VICTORIA – Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition…
Crane lowers three injured workers to safety after Vancouver scaffolding collapse
VANCOUVER – Ongoing work at a construction site in downtown Vancouver has been stopped and…
Canadian astronaut Kutryk bound for space station, colleague to back up moon flight
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Canada’s newest astronauts were given marching orders Wednesday, with one bound for…