B.C. News

B.C.’s solicitor general has delayed the rollout of intersection speeding cameras so that the government can gather more information on the behaviour of motorists.

B.C.’s solicitor general says he’s extremely concerned that the United States might bar provincial government employees from travelling across the American border because they work in the province’s new legal cannabis branch.

VANCOUVER — Shell Canada Ltd. has given up its ocean exploration rights off northern Vancouver Island, clearing the way for the creation of Canada’s first protected marine area under the Canada Wildlife Act.

WHISTLER — B.C.’s Passenger Transportation Board has decided to allow taxi companies to apply to expand their fleets by 15 per cent in an effort to provide better service to the public.

VANCOUVER — Private clinics offering MRI diagnostics will be allowed to bill patients directly for six more months while the provincial health care system ramps up its own MRI services.

VANCOUVER — Richmond police are investigating two separate incidents of lonely lovers being targeted through a Chinese dating app.

The B.C. government has abruptly replaced its top forestry official amid what it calls changing priorities for its forest policies.

The northeastern corner of British Columbia and central Alberta are preparing to jump straight from summer into winter-like weather with Environment Canada issuing snowfall warnings and special weather statements for the areas.

B.C. Hydro misled the province’s independent regulator about an expensive technology program, thereby avoiding scrutiny on how it spent millions of dollars in public money, according to a report by the B.C. Utilities Commission.

Health officials say passengers travelling on the 7 p.m. B.C. Ferries sailing to Mayne Island from Tsawwassen last Friday may have been exposed to measles.