B.C. News

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Federation of Labour is demanding jail time for employers if their negligence causes the death of a worker. The call from B.C.

Police say factors include construction, bike lanes

VANCOUVER — A woman survived a six-hour overnight swim and the body of a man was later found washed ashore on an island in the Strait of Georgia after a speedboat carrying two capsized late Saturday, according to a navy official.

VANCOUVER — They might well have been the two smartest women in the Sun Run field. They were undeniably the fastest.

VANCOUVER — When Paul Kimugul saw the rain Saturday night, he was worried. Then, when he awoke Sunday morning and went for his warm-up jog, he found the conditions perfect. That didn’t last long.

Changes to the temporary foreign worker program that made it easier for employers to hire from abroad in recent years were a factor in rising unemployment rates in B.C. and Alberta, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report released Thursday.

Bill could be changed or withdrawn, Norm Letnick says after daylong meeting with farmers’ group

Protesters marched from Parkwood Mall to the courthouse on Wednesday to demand a provincial inquiry into two sawmill explosions and fires.

Research shows the population is health and growing, says UBC marine mammal expert

VICTORIA — The organization representing B.C. farmers and ranchers has withdrawn its support for proposed changes to the Agricultural Land Reserve. The B.C.