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Category Archives: British Columbia

NDP, Liberal, Green candidates to debate climate change in B.C. election forum
VANCOUVER - The first debate to be announced during British Columbia's election campaign won't be among the leaders, but it will focus on a major issue in the campaign. New Democrat candidate George H...
Corey Fischer Oct 02, 2020
Vancouver home sales surge 56.2 per cent to record level in September
VANCOUVER - The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold.  The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 3,643 were sold i...
Oct 02, 2020
B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Office of the Wet'suwet'en were in British Columbia Supreme Court Thursday seeking an order quashing the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a pipelin...
Oct 01, 2020
B.C. Covid update Thursday: 82 new cases
New COVID-19 cases took a bit of a dip on Thursday.Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 82 new cases for a total of 9,220.That total came after two days of over 100 new cases.Two of the new cases are in Interio...
Corey Fischer Oct 01, 2020
NDP promises to overhaul long-term care in B.C. over the next 10 years
VANCOUVER - The NDP is promising to spend $1.4 billion to improve the long-term care system in British Columbia with party Leader John Horgan saying the COVID-19 pandemic exposed failures in the care ...
Oct 01, 2020
B.C. Covid update: 125 new cases
The Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions continue to see the majority of new COVID-19 cases in B.C. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, announced 125 new cases on Wednesday, with two o...
Corey Fischer Sep 30, 2020
B.C. mayors call on all parties to commit to 'new fiscal relationship' with province
VANCOUVER - The mayors of British Columbia's 13 largest cities are calling on all provincial parties to commit to further action related to mental health and substance use, affordable housing, public ...
Sep 30, 2020
Elections BC probes NDP complaint over Liberal candidate's mail-in ballot requests
PORT MOODY, B.C. - Elections BC is investigating a complaint made by the NDP against a B.C. Liberal candidate in the provincial election that claims personal information was collected for the purpose ...
Sep 30, 2020
Federal government lawyer asks judge to dismiss youths' climate change lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the Canadian government says a lawsuit filed by 15 youth across the country should be dismissed because their claims about the harms of climate change are too broad. Joseph Ch...
Sep 30, 2020
Judge urged to keep Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing moving
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is trying to fight their case against charges she faces in the United States in a Canadian co...
Sep 30, 2020

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