Category Archives: British Columbia
Heavy rain, snow, ease drought in some B.C. areas as forecasters watch rising rivers
VANCOUVER - Drought levels across southern British Columbia have been scaled back for the first time in weeks as a series of powerful storms have drenched the region, including one due to deliver as m...
Nov 04, 2022
Telus reports $551M Q3 profit, up from $358M a year ago, raises quarterly dividend
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a profit of $551 million in its latest quarter, up from $358 million in the same quarter last year. The telecommunications company says it wi...
Nov 04, 2022
B.C. in time change 'holding pattern' as seasonal fall back approaches
Here we go again: spring forward, fall back. Another round of seasonal time change will mean another hour of sleep from the rollback of clocks at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, but also another bout of fru...
Nov 03, 2022
B.C. long-term care changes aim to give residents and families more say in policy
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's giving long-term care residents and their families a more direct line of communication with decision-makers on issues that affect them, after many expressed fr...
Nov 03, 2022
New council program to enhance input of B.C. long-term care residents & families
B.C.'s long-term care sector will be seeing improvements that will give residents and families more input into issues that affect their daily lives.Health Minister Adrian Dix has announced the provinc...
Nov 03, 2022
Inmate, 58, dies in B.C. prison 40 years after receiving indeterminate sentence
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A former Fort Nelson, B.C., resident has died in prison, 40 years after he was handed an indeterminate sentence for two second-degree murders. Darcy Sidoruk was 18 years old in 1982...
Nov 03, 2022
New storm brings rain, wind and snow to several regions of British Columbia
VANCOUVER, Wash. - The latest in a series of vigorous mid-fall storms is bringing wind, rain and snow to large sections of British Columbia. Snow or rainfall warnings are posted across most of souther...
Nov 03, 2022
Hootsuite announces second round of layoffs in four months amid restructuring
VANCOUVER - Social media company Hootsuite Inc. says it is laying off five per cent of its staff, just a few months after it laid off 30 per cent as part of a global restructuring. Spokeswoman Tonja A...
Nov 02, 2022
Witness tells B.C. mayor's mischief trial that car may not have broken foot bones
SURREY, B.C. - An engineer has told the trial of a British Columbia mayor charged with public mischief that broken bones may not be the result if someone's foot is run over by a car. Dennis Chimich, a...
Nov 02, 2022
New wastewater plant for B.C.'s shishalh Nation brings environmental, economic gains
SECHELT, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation has signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with Canada Infrastructure Bank to finance a badly needed wastewater treatment facility. A statement from the...
Nov 02, 2022
