Category Archives: British Columbia
Crews still checking Vancouver building for possible victims after roof collapse
VANCOUVER - Eight people have been rescued from office space located below a collapsed rooftop parking lot in east Vancouver, but fire officials say it's still too early to tell if everyone is account...
Jul 15, 2022
BC Wildfire Service responds to blaze near fire-ravaged Lytton
LYTTON, B.C. - An aggressive fire was spreading Thursday just west of Lytton, B.C., the same community all but wiped out by a blaze last year. BC Wildfire Service reported the fire was about 1.7 kilom...
Jul 15, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Man acquitted in Air India bombing, shot dead: media reports say
SURREY, B.C. - Ripudaman Singh Malik, the man acquitted in the 1985 Air India terrorist bombing, appears to have been killed in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., according to several media outlets. Vancouve...
Jul 14, 2022
Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project approved, expected to be completed by 2028
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's transportation minister says the business plan and funding for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project has been officially approved. Rob Fleming says the project is expec...
Jul 14, 2022
Pre-campaign period for civic elections begins Monday
The pre-campaign period for the 2022 municipal elections in British Columbia begins Monday, July 18.The election advertising rules also come into effect on that day.Those rules include having third pa...
Jul 14, 2022
Overdose deaths for May reach new heights in B.C., says chief coroner
VICTORIA - The British Columbia chief coroner says the province is on pace to lose another record number of people to toxic drugs this year. There were at least 195 deaths from overdoses in May, the h...
Jul 14, 2022
Toxic drug deaths on record pace in B.C.
British Columbia is on pace to lose a record number of residents this year to overdose deaths due to toxic street drugs.The BC Coroners Service said there were 195 deaths in May, the largest number ev...
Jul 14, 2022
Old computer technology points the way to future of quantum computing
VANCOUVER - Researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum technology development that has the potential to leave today's supercomputers in the dust, opening the door to advances in fields including ...
Jul 14, 2022
City of Kamloops, B.C., says crews responding to CP Rail train derailment
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The City of Kamloops says crews are investigating a train derailment in the B.C. Interior community. The city says in a tweet that CP Rail has confirmed there were no hazardous goods ...
Jul 13, 2022
Tax credit available for energy retrofits
The B.C. Government has a new tax credit for building owners looking to make energy retrofits on their buildings.Building owners retrofitting multi-unit residential and commercial buildings, including...
Jul 13, 2022
