CityNews - Vancouver (5 hours ago)
Gas prices jumped over the past week, hitting over $2.14 per litre in Metro Vancouver. The conflict in Iran is causing severe turbulence at the pumps and could keep pushing prices up, according to experts at En-Pro. In the Greater Toronto Area, prices jumped eight cents to $1.78 per litre Sunday. That price should hold […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (9 hours ago)
VANCOUVER — An affidavit filed by Rosita Fatemi said her meeting with Arezou Soltani and Mehdi Ahmadzadeh Razavi took place in a parking lot in the Park Royal mall in West Vancouver, the heart of British Columbia’s Iranian community. The document said she and her two fellow founding directors of a B.C. non-profit society opposed […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (9 hours ago)
A mudslide triggered by heavy rainfall in Coquitlam, B.C., has left several residents displaced and searching for answers, with some locals pointing to major construction projects on the slope above the site as a possible factor. The city says it's too early to determine what contributed to the slide.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (A day ago)
No injuries have been reported after a fire enveloped a barn in Aldergrove Saturday, fire crews tell 1130 NewsRadio. Township of Langley Fire Chief Cory Parker says crews were called to the area of 256th Avenue near 28th Street shortly after 5 a.m. The blaze was particularly difficult to fight, Parker says, in part because […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
A new study from the University of British Columbia is raising concerns about the environmental impact of artificial turf fields across Metro Vancouver, which, it says, is leaching a chemical into municipal stormwater systems that's deadly to coho salmon.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
The City of West Kelowna has issued a precautionary "do not consume" drinking water advisory for roughly 300 residences after a potential breach of one of its reservoirs. Testing needed to ensure the water's safety is expected to last through the weekend.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
Police say two suspects have been charged with kidnapping after a home invasion in East Vancouver this week. The Vancouver Police Department responded to a 911 call about the incident around 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. Police say a 62-year-old man was allegedly taken from his home and forced into a vehicle. Thirty minutes later, the suspect […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
Northern Lights College celebrated the opening of a new health lab at their Fort St. John, B.C., campus this week. The six-bed training classroom is a dedicated space for nursing and health-care students, part of a larger strategy to train professionals locally.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (3 days ago)
"We have an urgent need for change in British Columbia, and we need more people with the courage to make that change happen,” says Caroline Elliott. “That's why I've decided to seek the leadership of the B.C. Conservative party.” Her campaign is taking aim at the NDP government of David Eby. “Our province has been […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
After more than a decade in operation and housing thousands of workers, the half-billion-dollar Site C work camp on the hills of the Peace River near Fort St. John will close on March 31. Questions remain on the future of the facility's assets, which includes 21 three-storey dorms, a movie theatre, gymnasium, fitness centre and cafeteria.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
Cecil Mercer and Stephen Nyce say in their lawsuit that the pipeline project is interconnected with the Ksi Lisims floating natural-gas facility and marine export terminal near Prince Rupert, B.C., which has been dubbed a nation-building project by the federal Liberal government.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (4 days ago)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has begun issuing fines and launching investigations into major grocery chains accused of misleading shoppers by promoting imported food as Canadian — a move that comes one year after the “Buy Canadian” movement surged across the country. In a statement to CityNews, the CFIA publicly listed five food...
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