Category Archives: British Columbia
Grocery stores cleaned out by panic-shoppers; BC Truckers Association says no need to panic
KAMLOOPS - As highways between the Interior and the Lower Mainland remain closed for repairs, concern is growing about how local grocery stores will receive meat and produce deliveries.Shoppers have a...
Nov 17, 2021
B.C. pot sector bracing for delivery challenges and shortages after extreme weather
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Canada's cannabis industry is bracing for supply chain challenges after extreme weather in B.C. flooded some marijuana facilities and forced the evacuation of many communities hosti...
Nov 17, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 17, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): --- 10:23 Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the federal government is sending Canadian Forces personnel ...
Nov 17, 2021
Abbotsford, B.C., residents urged to flee low-lying area as flood risk escalates
VANCOUVER - Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., say residents of the low-lying Sumas Prairie area south of the city face a significant risk to life and must get out immediately. An evacuation order was iss...
Nov 17, 2021
B.C. storm disrupts supply chain, could have lasting impacts on economy: experts
VANCOUVER - Highway and railway closures caused by severe storms in British Columbia will have a significant and lasting impact on the province's economy, the president of the B.C. Chamber of Commerce...
Nov 17, 2021
Rogers Communications says Joe Natale has left, Tony Staffiery named interim CEO
VANCOUVER - Rogers Communications Inc. says Joe Natale has left as president and CEO. The company said in a release late Tuesday that he has been replaced by Tony Staffieri in the interim as it search...
Nov 16, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor emphasizes COVID-19 precautions heading into holiday season
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says officials are considering the "harmonization" of COVID-19 restrictions across the province heading into winter. Dr. Bonnie Henry says the b...
Nov 16, 2021
Economic rights not limitless, Appeal Court hears in B.C. old-growth logging case
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing protesters opposed to old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island told a British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing that there are limits to a company's economic an...
Nov 16, 2021
Body of woman recovered from mudslide area
The first fatality connected to the mudslides in British Columbia has been confirmed by RCMP.The body of a woman from the Lower Mainland has been recovered from the mudslide which occurred across High...
Nov 16, 2021
Helicopters rescue 275 stranded motorists, efforts now turn to debris field
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Rescue crews will spend Tuesday searching for people who may have been trapped in debris from mudslides on a British Columbia highway, after helicopters worked to ferry out 275 people ...
Nov 16, 2021
