News/Canada/British Columbia (Page 71)

British Columbia Transport Canada has announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage and travel in the ongoing effort to protect the endangered species. Until December, vessels must slow down to a maximum of 10 knots in speed-restricted zonesThe Canadian Press ·Continue Reading

British Columbia B.C.’s Public Safety Minister says a cyberattack conducted by a state-sponsored actor last month may have hit nearly two dozen email boxes containing sensitive information on 19 government employees. Handful of inboxes contained sensitive information on 19 people but no evidence of misuse, Mike Farnworth says Jason ProctorContinue Reading

British Columbia B.C. United MLA Elenore Sturko defects to ConservativesAnother high-profile B.C. United MLA has crossed the floor to join the B.C. Conservatives, in the latest blow to the official Opposition. Sturko says Conservatives’ ‘grassroots movement’ can defeat NDP as she becomes party’s 4th MLA Katie DeRosa · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Partnership between CARP, Big Tobacco leaves senior fumingA B.C. senior was surprised to find Canada’s largest advocacy association for older adults, the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP), has teamed up with the world’s biggest tobacco companies to convene a focus group about alternatives to cigarette smoking. Ellen Gould joinedContinue Reading

British Columbia ‘Flagpoling’ is when a non-Canadian with a temporary status leaves Canada and re-enters within 24 hours to get same-day immigration papers. In-person applications at land border crossings can let applicants skip 3-month wait times Tessa Vikander · CBC News · Posted: Jun 02, 2024 6:10 PM EDT |Continue Reading

Usain Bolt, the sprinter. Scott Speed, the racing driver. And Jake Butt, the award-winning tight end. Sometimes you come across apt names for people that are simply too good to be true — names that are befitting of their jobs or where they end up in life. The idea of nominative determinismContinue Reading

British Columbia B.C. communities ravaged by flooding in November 2021 say they’ve been left high and dry after being denied disaster funding from the federal government, with no explanation why. No reason given why Merritt and Princeton’s applications for funding were denied, mayors sayCBC News · Posted: Jun 01, 2024Continue Reading

British Columbia The B.C. government says it is tripling funding for its program that offers free air conditioners to people with low incomes in anticipation of the onset of hotter and drier conditions in June. New funding aims to provide free air conditioners to around 19,000 more households in B.C.CBC NewsContinue Reading

British Columbia In a ruling posted earlier this week, Justice Carla L. Forth called the actions of the accused, Hayden Chokrev-Evans, “predatory.”  Judge says acts showed ‘high level of violence and callous disregard’ for the victim Maryse Zeidler · CBC News · Posted: May 31, 2024 7:07 PM EDT |Continue Reading