Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Liberal leader calls for audit of B.C. Housing
The leader of the B.C.'s official opposition is calling for an independent audit into B.C. Housing."[We] are calling for a full, independent transparent audit [of B.C. Housing]," B.C. Liberal leader K...
Nov 22, 2022
B.C. government 'doing everything' it can to stop spread of bird flu, minister says
VICTORIA - Farmers in British Columbia's Fraser Valley are facing "intense disease pressure," with an avian flu outbreak in commercial farms that the agriculture minister says is concerning. Lana Poph...
Nov 22, 2022
Opposition demands audits of B.C. housing providers as Eby lays out more home plans
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberals are calling for independent audits of two social housing providers as Premier David Eby marks his first days in office by setting out plans to tackle ...
Nov 22, 2022
B.C. premier wins labour praise for poking Ontario, rejecting notwithstanding clause
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's new premier won enthusiastic approval from delegates to a BC Federation of Labour convention in Vancouver while taking a pointed jab at his Ontario counterpart. David Eb...
Nov 22, 2022
Canada's tourism spending may recover sooner than expected: Destination Canada
VANCOUVER - Tourism spending in Canada is expected to recover sooner than previously anticipated. Destination Canada published its latest tourism outlook today, which says it predicts tourism spending...
Nov 22, 2022
Okanagan MLA says cancer patients waiting too long for care
An Okanagan Liberal MLA is pressing the NDP government to immediately fix what she called the "unacceptably long and sometimes tragic wait times" that cancer patients in British Columbia face. In the ...
Nov 22, 2022
Man suspected in Prince Rupert, B.C., shooting dies of self-inflicted injuries: RCMP
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - RCMP in Prince Rupert, B.C., say a man has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, hours after shooting and killing a woman in the north coast city. A statement from the Prince R...
Nov 22, 2022
Vancouver city council to vote on motion allocating funding for more police, nurses
Vancouver city council is expected to vote on a motion today launching a flagship promise by the city's new mayor to hire more police and mental health nurses, but the idea facing pushback. Mayor Ken ...
Nov 22, 2022
Seven commercial poultry flocks in B.C.'s Fraser Valley have bird flu: ministry
VICTORIA - Seven commercial poultry farms in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have been quarantined because they've tested positive for a highly infectious avian flu. A statement from the B.C. Ministr...
Nov 21, 2022
RCMP cordon off downtown Merritt block
For the fourth time in less than a week, RCMP have an increased presence in the community of Merritt.A block of Quilchena Avenue has been cordoned off by police and a tactical unit has arrived on scen...
Nov 21, 2022
