Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - About three-quarters of the 40,000 litres of crude that spilled in a fiery tanker-truck crash near the B.C.-Alberta boundary burned after the accident, and crews are now working t...

VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. says negotiations with the United Steelworkers union in a long-running coastal B.C. strike ended without resolution on the weekend. The company ...

VANCOUVER - The union representing almost 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit employees announces the next steps in its job action against Coast Mountain Bus Company today as drivers resume an overtime ban,...

VANCOUVER - The chairman of a death review panel in British Columbia found himself facing familiar figures as he looked at the number of babies who died unexpectedly in their sleep in the province in ...

VANCOUVER - A "vindictive" and "malicious" decision by two British Columbia blueberry farmers to poison their fields rather than hand over the farm in a court-ordered sale has cost the two men almost ...

VANCOUVER - The Trans Mountain pipeline received $320 million in subsidies from the Canadian and Alberta governments in the first half of 2019, says a new report by an economic institute that analyzes...

VANCOUVER - A framed iconic photo in Dr. Brian Day's office shows Muhammad Ali raising a triumphant gloved hand as he stares down at his opponent splayed on the mat after a first-round boxing knockout...

VANCOUVER - A lawyer arguing in favour of a two-tier health care system in British Columbia says the government can't legally justify preventing patients from paying private doctors to alleviate their...

Oil and gas companies in B.C. will be forced to reveal to consumers how gas prices are set, as a result of legislation introduced by the NDP government.The fuel price transparency act will allow the B...

VICTORIA - A tanker truck that crashed and burned over the weekend near the B.C.-Alberta boundary was carrying 40,000 litres of crude oil. The Ministry of Environment in B.C. says much of the lost cru...