Workers fell into water while lowering rescue boat on Spirit of Vancouver Island
Just ahead of the long weekend, BC Ferries has been forced to cancel four sailings on its busiest route between Vancouver and Victoria.
Workers fell into water while lowering rescue boat on Spirit of Vancouver Island
Just ahead of the long weekend, BC Ferries has been forced to cancel four sailings on its busiest route between Vancouver and Victoria.
Some B.C. First Nations are welcoming the Federal Appeal Court's ruling to quash the approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project Thursday morning.
"The Squamish Nation celebrates the court's ruling in favour of our Indigenous rights," the nation said in a statement shortly after the decision came down.
The B.C. school district responsible for the community school on Hornby Island says it's working to determine a plan for the start of the school year after a fire burned at least one third of the school early Sunday.
Firefighters from Hornby Island Fire Rescue and Denman Island Fire Rescue battled the blaze for 12 hours at the Hornby Island Community School.
Case would be 1st example of a province going after opioid makers for costs — expert
British Columbia will sue multiple pharmaceutical companies in an effort to reclaim health-care costs incurred during the ongoing opioid crisis, an expert being consulted on the case said.
B.C. Wildfire Service says gear isn't appropriate for fires near village
Protesters gathered in Burns Lake, B.C. Saturday after firefighters who arrived from Alberta were told their gear wasn't appropriate to fight fires burning south of the village.
J-50's condition still not improving after 1st dose on Aug. 9
Scientists who are trying to treat an ailing killer whale off the Washington state coast are looking at injecting the animal with a second dose of antibiotics and a deworming drug.
For the past few weeks, the endangered female orca known as J-50 has been at the centre of an international rescue effort. She was last spotted Friday.
BY Tom Choy
Vancouver, British Columbia
“The important thing is this: to be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become.” Charles Dickens
Newly installed Vancouver Consul General Madam Maria Andrelita Austria recently addressed the members and directors of the Philippine Canada Trade Council in Burnaby, BC. Madam Austria declares, “It is our utmost concern and goal to meet all the Fil-Canadians in Vancouver and BC to find out about their concerns and issues.”