News Items tag as: B.C. news

Post-election coalition with BC United not ruled out by BC Conservatives
May 28, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Any chance of BC's two right-of-centre parties coming to a pre-election agreement appears off the table, but that doesn't mean they won't join forces after the election.
Public Health investigates one person dead, and 66 confirmed cases of salmonella linked to cantaloupes
December 03, 2023 - 2:30 PM

The Public Health Agency of Canada is continuing to investigate the salmonella outbreak caused by cantaloupes.
Four lanes open on last phase of $600M Kicking Horse Canyon highway widening project
November 30, 2023 - 11:29 AM

The most difficult section of the Trans-Canada Highway widening project through the Kicking Horse Canyon east of Golden has reopened to four lanes of traffic.
BC landlord to pay year's rent after renoviction
July 22, 2023 - 7:00 PM
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A BC landlord was ordered to pay a year's worth of rent to former tenants after they were evicted and told the landlord would be moving in.
BC children subject of Amber Alert travelling with grandfather and mother's boyfriend
July 21, 2023 - 10:41 AM

Two missing BC children were last seen in Merritt more than a week before police issued an Amber Alert.
Charge dropped in shooting of Nanaimo vigilante at homeless camp
July 19, 2023 - 7:00 PM

A homeless man accused of shooting a Vancouver Island vigilante had his charges dropped after the BC Prosecution Service found there wasn't enough evidence to convict him.
BC massage therapist gets five-year ban for touching, assaulting patient
July 19, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A BC massage therapist was banned from practicing for five years after he was criminally convicted of assault.
Young British Columbians don't want to return to the office: survey
July 19, 2023 - 11:31 AM

One in five British Columbians who worked from home during the pandemic quit their jobs when asked to return to the office.
Some BC news outlets have been blocked by Meta
July 14, 2023 - 3:30 PM

BC news readers won't be seeing local stories show up on Facebook and Instagram as often as Meta tests its impending news blocks.
Vigilantes put Northern BC man in hospital because of 'rumours'
July 14, 2023 - 12:58 PM

One man is in hospital after a group of vigilantes targeted him in Northern BC.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 26. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

Shuttered Kelowna distillery loses another appeal over $60K unpaid wages
The owners of a shuttered Kelowna distillery have failed in their second attempt to overturn a ruling which ordered the company to pay a former staffer $60,000 in unpaid wages. In two separate April 24 BC Employment Standards Tribunal decis

North Thompson woman refused home insurance over cannabis plants loses human rights case
A North Thompson woman has lost a legal battle against more than a dozen insurance companies after she was refused coverage because she grew medical cannabis on her property. According to a May 2 BC Human Rights Tribunal decision, form

New Kamloops supportive housing site comes with $30M price tag
A new North Kamloops supportive housing project is slated for move-in by 2028. BC Housing is looking for contractors to build the 54-unit building and attached a $30.5 million price tag. That's according to procurement documents,

News Items tag as: B.C. news

Post-election coalition with BC United not ruled out by BC Conservatives

Public Health investigates one person dead, and 66 confirmed cases of salmonella linked to cantaloupes

Four lanes open on last phase of $600M Kicking Horse Canyon highway widening project

BC landlord to pay year's rent after renoviction

BC children subject of Amber Alert travelling with grandfather and mother's boyfriend

Charge dropped in shooting of Nanaimo vigilante at homeless camp

BC massage therapist gets five-year ban for touching, assaulting patient

Young British Columbians don't want to return to the office: survey

Some BC news outlets have been blocked by Meta

Vigilantes put Northern BC man in hospital because of 'rumours'

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