Monday, December 23, 2024
Police say a 33-year-old man from Calgary has died after going swimming with friends in Cultus Lake near Chilliwack, B.C. RCMP said officers were called just before 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, after reports of a man drowning in the lake near Entrance Bay. Read...
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision that ruled bankruptcy will not erase $19 million in penalties owed by stock manipulators. Thalbinder (Thal) Singh Poonian and his wife, Shailu (Sharon) Poonian, owe the penalties to the...
VANCOUVER — British Columbia Attorney General David Eby has announced his bid to become the province's next premier, saying he has secured the support of a large majority of New Democrat members of the legislature. Eby's announcement ends weeks of...
The Victoria Police Department is taking a drastic step and declaring what amounts to a 'state of emergency' due to COVID-19 staffing concerns. According to the Victoria City Police Union, current and expected staffing shortages from the Omicron variant of...
Home sales in Metro Vancouver reached a record high in 2021 with experts saying the pandemic played a significant role. According to the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, home sales in 2021 increased by 42.2 per cent compared to...
VICTORIA - From the speculation and vacancy tax to the foreign buyers tax, B.C.'s current measures designed to improve housing affordability haven't managed to slow a market that's often considered a cash cow. Now, a West Coast think tank argues...
Another 3,795 cases of COVID-19 and three related deaths have been recorded across British Columbia, the province announced Friday in its last pandemic update of 2021. The latest numbers from the Ministry of Health pushed B.C.'s seven-day average for COVID-19...
British Columbia’s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, sat down with CTV Vancouver Island's Rob Buffam for a look back at the tumultuous year that was 2021. The conversation ranged from expected hospitalizations due to the Omicron variant of concern...
A Vancouver homeowner will not have to pay a tax bill worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, a B.C. judge decided. The homeowner is no longer on the hook for $340,000 racked up through the city's Empty Homes Tax. In the...
The B.C. Nurses' Union is voicing concerns about the possibility of some COVID-19-positive health-care workers being asked to continue working in B.C. The idea was announced Wednesday by provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during the afternoon news conference. “Yes, we...
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