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Vancouver offshore shell facilitator Fred Sharp handed US$52.9-million judgment for fraud

Vancouver offshore shell facilitator Fred Sharp handed US$52.9-million judgment for fraud

The West Vancouver resident never responded to charges from the U.S. SEC.
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B.C. forestry company, union, northern town blast province for handling of timber supply

B.C. forestry company, union, northern town blast province for handling of timber supply

Conifex, United Steelworks, District of Mackenzie say ‘Mackenzie was singled out in a bad way’
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No more waiting at the altar: B.C. wedding boom looms

No more waiting at the altar: B.C. wedding boom looms

Industry revenue up in B.C. but still down $96 million compared with pre-pandemic levels

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Producers facing more challenges than just weather this spring

Producers facing more challenges than just weather this spring

Price of fuel and B.C.'s carbon tax cutting into the bottom line: "Between incredibly high fertilizer prices, fuel prices, parts prices, and seed, we’re going to be spending in the area of $6000 per hour. We’ve never spent this kind of money before.”
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Mediated talks collapse, strike continues in lengthy Sea-to-Sky transit dispute

Mediated talks collapse, strike continues in lengthy Sea-to-Sky transit dispute

VANCOUVER — A quick return of bus service in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky corridor from Squamish to Pemberton isn't expected after mediated talks broke down between transit workers and their employer.
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'Best interest of B.C.': Horgan upbeat after first visit to Site C

'Best interest of B.C.': Horgan upbeat after first visit to Site C

The $16-billion project on the Peace River, started in 2015, is now more than 55% completed and ramping up for an eighth year of construction.
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CFIA issues bird flu control zone covering most of Kelowna

CFIA issues bird flu control zone covering most of Kelowna

B.C. has relatively few outbreaks compared to other provinces like Alberta and Ontario.
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Small flock in Comox Valley is B.C.'s 7th to test positive for avian influenza

Small flock in Comox Valley is B.C.'s 7th to test positive for avian influenza

VICTORIA — A small poultry flock in British Columbia's Comox Valley has tested positive for the avian flu, the first case on Vancouver Island.
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B.C. drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders

B.C. drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — British Columbia's Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed it dropped two dozen COVID-19 violation tickets against three Chilliwack, B.C.
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Avian flu found in small Comox poultry flock

Avian flu found in small Comox poultry flock

A small poultry flock in the Comox Valley has tested positive for the highly pathogenic or disease-causing H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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