Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.-based painter, educator, art champion Gordon Smith dead at 100
VANCOUVER - B.C.-based painter, philanthropist and educator Gordon Smith has died. Vancouver's Equinox Gallery says the celebrated artist, who dedicated his life to the arts and mentoring new tal...
Jan 20, 2020
Supporters of northern B.C. pipeline protest end blockade at ferry terminal
VICTORIA - BC Ferries says demonstrators opposed to a liquefied natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia ended a protest today that tied up traffic at a terminal ...
Jan 20, 2020
Extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou begins today in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A court hearing begins today in Vancouver over the American request to extradite an executive of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei on fraud charges. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou in 2018&...
Jan 20, 2020
Extradition hearing for Huawei executive begins in Canada
VANCOUVER - The first stage of an extradition hearing for a senior executive of Chinese telecom giant Huawei begins Monday in a Vancouver courtroom, a case that has infuriated Beijing, set off a diplo...
Jan 19, 2020
B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes
The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month.The multiple threats are deep...
Jan 19, 2020
B.C. forest industry grasps for hope amid seven-month strike, shutdowns, changes
VICTORIA - The crisis facing British Columbia's forest industry is intensifying as markets decline, mills shut and a strike involving 3,000 forestry workers enters its seventh month. Th...
Jan 19, 2020
Disrespectful that Horgan won't meet during northern B.C. tour: hereditary chief
HOUSTON, B.C. - One of five hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia says it's disrespectful that Premier John Horgan isn't plan...
Jan 18, 2020
Federal health minister says too early for broad drug decriminalization
VANCOUVER - Canada's health minister says talk about decriminalizing drugs to deal with the country's opioids crisis is premature until people have enough help to fight t...
Jan 18, 2020
Calls for dialogue as pipeline polarizes some in northern British Columbia
HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline project has polarized many communities across northern British Columbia in a dispute a Wet'suwet'en elder says he hopes will be res...
Jan 18, 2020
Resident hummingbirds suffer in British Columbia's frigid weather
BURNABY, B.C. - Harsh winter weather on British Columbia's south coast has frozen out the area's resident hummingbirds. The Wildlife Rescue Association says it has responded to more than 75 ...
Jan 17, 2020

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