News/Canada/British Columbia (Page 68)

British Columbia The B.C. Lions exhaled on Saturday at their sold-out home opener show that featured a concert from rapper 50 Cent. Game was buoyed by performance from rapper 50 Cent at B.C. Place Stadium Gemma Karstens-Smith · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 16, 2024 1:38 AM EDT |Continue Reading

British Columbia Canada rugby sevens captain Olivia Apps is back with the team after being treated for a cougar bite in a B.C. provincial park. Olivia Apps suffered a cougar bite while hiking in Vancouver Island’s Strathcona Provincial Park last weekendThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 14, 2024 5:39 PMContinue Reading

British Columbia Conuma Resources near Tumbler Ridge, B.C. repeatedly failed to monitor waste water flowing into fish-bearing streams and failed to limit particulate released into airshed, the province has found. Conuma Resources repeatedly failed to monitor waste water flowing into fish-bearing streams, province finds Andrew Kurjata · CBC News ·Continue Reading

British Columbia The province says the 2,000 square-kilometre addition to the Klinse-za Park will make it the largest provincial park established in the province in a decade. Nearly 2,000 square kilometres added to Klinse-za Park in northeastern B.C. near ChetwyndThe Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 14, 2024 2:39 PM EDTContinue Reading

British Columbia·Go Public Seniors’ group CARP says it’s quitting Big Tobacco sponsorships after response from fired up membersAfter getting an earful from CARP members, the advocacy group for older people says it will no longer accept sponsorship from tobacco companies and is giving the money it received from Rothmans, BensonContinue Reading

British Columbia B.C. may join N.L. in challenging feds over equalization paymentsThe B.C. government is considering joining Newfoundland and Labrador’s court case against the federal government over equalization payments. Ontario received $421 million in equalization funding last year while B.C. got nothing Katie DeRosa · CBC News · Posted: JunContinue Reading

British Columbia The City of Victoria is going to court to permanently ban a local property management company from running short-term rentals anywhere in the city, claiming the business has been advertising and operating Airbnbs in a popular area of the downtown core without the proper licences. Claims business is renting 4 downtownContinue Reading

British Columbia Gig workers in B.C. to be paid minimum of $20.88 an hourBritish Columbia has become the first province in Canada to provide a minimum wage and other protections for people who work through gig-based apps like Uber, DoorDash, Skip the Dishes and Lyft. Province says pay minimums for ‘engaged time’Continue Reading

British Columbia The boyfriend of slain Salmon Arm, B.C., woman Ashley Simpson has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of parole for 12 years, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. Derek Favell had pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree murder in the death of Simpson, who went missing inContinue Reading