News/Canada/British Columbia (Page 48)

British Columbia A B.C. Supreme Court judge has issued an order to establish a buffer zone around Vancouver’s biggest Sikh temple this Saturday to prevent anticipated confrontations between protesters and Indian consulate officials. Police used ‘decoy plan’ in 2023 to avoid confrontation between protesters and officials at Gurdwara Jason ProctorContinue Reading

British Columbia WorkSafeBC claims a “systemic failure to manage workplace health and safety” has plagued Vancouver’s multi-billion dollar Oakridge construction site, according to court documents obtained by CBC. Claims contained in court document are ‘baseless’ and ‘without merit,’ prime contractor EllisDon says Jason Proctor · CBC News · Posted: NovContinue Reading

David Eby will be premier, but the results of B.C.’s provincial election still aren’t completely finalized. A pair of judicial recounts next week will determine whether the B.C. NDP forms a majority or minority government. Forty-seven seats are needed in order to form a majority and right now the NDP is electedContinue Reading

British Columbia A Syilx Okanagan woman has filed a lawsuit against church authorities and the Canadian government alleging she was physically and sexually abused as a child at a Catholic-run Vernon, B.C., school. Laurie Wilson claims she was physically and sexually assaulted by staff and white students at St. James ParishCBCContinue Reading

British Columbia An Alberta woman was denied a medically assisted death in Vancouver this past Sunday after an injunction was granted barely 24 hours before she was scheduled to die. The woman was scheduled for an assisted death in Vancouver on Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. Karin Larsen · CBCContinue Reading

British Columbia British Columbia’s sizeable South Asian Canadian population is gearing up to celebrate by sharing good food and lighting lamps ahead of the annual Diwali celebration. Multiple cultures observe annual South Asian ‘festival of lights,’ celebrating triumph of good over evilCBC News · Posted: Oct 30, 2024 8:00 AMContinue Reading

British Columbia A sea lion has been freed off the coast of Vancouver Island after getting so entangled in netting that rescuers say it’s possible he hadn’t eaten in weeks or months. Rescuers say the case was one of the most severe entanglements they’d ever seen Ashley Joannou · The Canadian Press ·Continue Reading

British Columbia The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has warned of a possible measles exposure at airports in Vancouver, Toronto and Fredericton on Oct. 16. Passenger from Manila travelled through 3 airports Oct. 16-17, later tested positive for measles in N.B.CBC News · Posted: Oct 29, 2024 2:19 PM EDT |Continue Reading

British Columbia Absentee ballots that will be counted Monday could hold the key to the provincial election in British Columbia. Elections B.C. says it will provide hourly updates. More than 22,000 absentee ballots are being counted Monday, 9 days after election dayCBC News · Posted: Oct 28, 2024 10:04 AMContinue Reading