Category Archives: British Columbia
Frustration and pride in Canada after a year of legal pot
VANCOUVER - The weed is expensive, the selection is limited, the black market persists, and licensed stores are scarce. It's one year into Canada's experiment in legal marijuana, and hundreds of legal...
Oct 18, 2019
B.C. working to move away from established illegal pot industry: minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's solicitor general says the government has been working hard to transition away from the province's "well-entrenched" illegal marijuana industry. Mike Farn...
Oct 18, 2019
Victoria requests cruise ship visit cap while seeking limit on ship emissions
VICTORIA - A motion that could cap the number of cruise ships docking in Victoria's harbour has been approved by city councillors. Mayor Lisa Helps and two councillors proposed the moti...
Oct 18, 2019
Lululemon launches investigation into alleged worker abuse at supplier factory
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. is investigating reports of worker abuse at a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh that has supplied the athleisure retailer. "We take these allegations very serio...
Oct 17, 2019
'The more you test, the more you find': Recalls a sign of success, experts say
VANCOUVER - A wide-ranging recall of hundreds of beef and veal products from restaurants, grocery stores and hotels due to possible E. coli contamination is the latest in a slew of high-profile f...
Oct 17, 2019
Vancouver police charge man with break and enter, arson in university fire
VANCOUVER - Police say a 40-year-old man from Vancouver has been charged in an alleged arson that damaged an art and design university earlier this month. The Vancouver Police Department says Nathan M...
Oct 17, 2019
A&W reports sales growth, but net income falls short of expectations
VANCOUVER - A&W Revenue Royalties Income Fund saw sales growth in its most recent quarter, following a record performance in the same quarter last year. The fund says same-store sales, a key retai...
Oct 16, 2019
A year after pot legalization in Canada, it's a slow roll
VANCOUVER - It's one year into Canada's experiment in legal marijuana. Many residents remain proud of Canada for bucking prohibition, but a lot still buy cannabis on the sly. Access is limited and tax...
Oct 16, 2019
Pot use admission at U.S. border snagging Canadian boomers, says lawyer
VICTORIA - Canadians wanting to cross the U.S. border are being asked different marijuana questions than they were before cannabis was legal, says an American immigration lawyer who represents numerou...
Oct 16, 2019
Lululemon launches investigation into alleged worker abuse at supplier factory
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it has launched an investigation after learning about reports of worker abuse at a manufacturing facility in Bangladesh that supplies the athleisure retailer....
Oct 15, 2019

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