In The House podcast: Pressure mounts on Horgan government to solve transit labour woes
The NDP government feels the pressure from a planned strike by bus drivers in Metro Vancouver, the premier sets a new “federal lead” MLA on cell-pRead More…
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Catalytic converter thefts on the rise, Coquitlam Mounties warn
Mounties are warning the public about a serious spike in catalytic converter thefts in Coquitlam. Read More …read more Source:: Vancouver SunRead More…
Vaughn Palmer: Bains bristles at suggestions he’s doing nothing to resolve transit dispute
VICTORIA — Labour minister Harry Bains got off to a reassuring start Wednesday with a cautious response to the prospect of a full-blown shutdown nexRead More…
WorkSafeBC crane conference lifts bar for safety in booming highrise construction sector
Though it happened across the border, April’s collapse of a tower crane in Downtown Seattle wasn’t far from the minds of B.C.’s crane community WednesRead More…
Picasso painting gets more than $9M at Heffel auction
A Pablo Picasso painting sold for $9,183,250 at a Heffel auction in Toronto on Wednesday, the second highest price ever for a work of art at a CanadiaRead More…
John Mann, Spirit of the West frontman and Canadian music legend, dead at 57
John Mann, the lead singer of Vancouver folk-rockers Spirit of the West, has died. Read More …read more Source:: Vancouver SunRead More…
A message of hope: Rumana Monzur, whose husband tried to kill her, tells victims of abuse they have options
When Rumana Monzur was a little girl growing up in Dhaka she dreamed of becoming a pilot. Read More …read more Source:: Vancouver SunRead More…
B.C. plans to legislate overturned limits on court experts in ICBC cases
VICTORIA -— B.C.’s attorney general says he plans to use new legislation to reinstate limits on medical expert reports in automobile crash cases thaRead More…
B.C. plans to legislate overturned limits on court experts in ICBC cases
VICTORIA -— B.C.’s attorney general says he plans to use new legislation to reinstate limits on medical expert reports in automobile crash cases thaRead More…
B.C. business leaders discuss falling competitiveness and promoting diversity
There is an increasing gap between the amount of investment per worker in B.C. compared with other parts of Canada, the U.S. and other countries such Read More…
Closed B.C. beaches serve up worst of paralytic shellfish poisonings
Poorly informed seafood poachers are risking their lives and those of others by skirting official harvesting closures. Read More …read more Source:Read More…
Ian Mulgrew: Government in denial over medicare crisis
The B.C. government just doesn’t want to admit how wide and deep the crisis of waiting for diagnostic and surgical services in this province really isRead More…