Federal ministers and British Columbia Premier David Eby are urging the province’s port workers and employers to find a way to avert job action after the workers’ union issued a 72-hour strike notice and said its members were ready to walk out on Saturday. The strike notice issued Wednesday by the International Longshore and Warehouse…
Eby ‘Profoundly Worried’ as B.C. Port Union Issues Strike Notice Covering 7,400 Staff
BC to Launch Website to Book Appointments With Pharmacists to Treat Minor Ailments
In an attempt to ease some of the pressure on British Columbia’s health-care system, Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residents to see pharmacists for treatment of minor ailments. The website will go live Thursday morning to allow residents to book appointments for one…
BC Port Union Issues 72-hour Strike Notice Affecting More Than 7,000 Workers
The union representing port workers in British Columbia says it has issued 72-hour strike notice and its members are ready to walk off the job on Saturday. The strike notice affects more than 7,000 terminal cargo loaders at B.C. ports. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada says its members voted 99.24 per cent in…
Lytton, BC, Sues CN, CP Rail and Transport Canada Over 2021 Fire That Razed Village
The Village of Lytton, B.C., and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District are suing Canada’s two national railways and Transport Canada, alleging they were negligent to let trains pass through the town during the deadly 2021 heat dome, before the community was razed by wildfire. The notice of claim says a train passed through the village 18…
Tackling BC’s Largest Ever Wildfire Means Letting Some of It Burn, Province Says
Mark Healey, an incident commander with the BC Wildfire Service, says he took a 2 1/2 hour flight over the southern flank of the enormous Donnie Creek fire in northeastern British Columbia. “I never saw either end of the fire,” says Healey, who’s in the middle of a two-week stint managing what is B.C.’s largest…
CSIS Warned BC Sikh Temple Leader of Assassination Threat Before Killing: Lawyer
A close associate of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says his friend was warned by Canadian intelligence officials about being targeted for assassination by “mercenaries” before Nijjar was gunned down in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday. New York-based lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun says in a statement he spoke with Nijjar by phone the day before…
No Time for ‘Games’: BC Solicitor General Gives Deadline for Surrey Policing Report
British Columbia’s solicitor general accuses the City of Surrey of playing games around its decision to retain the RCMP as its policing agency. Mike Farnworth issued a statement saying he became concerned last Wednesday after learning a report on the future of policing in the city that hadn’t been shared with the province was nevertheless…
Residents in Northern Alberta Area Affected by Wildfire Expected to Return Home
Residents forced to leave their homes in a community in northern Alberta are being allowed back in with a phased re-entry plan. The Rural Municipality of Wood Buffalo says an evacuation order, which was issued on May 30 in response to the Rocky River wildfire, remains in place at this time. However, Alberta Wildfire says…
Whistler Is an Alpine Playground in Every Season
In a region renowned for its stunning scenery, Whistler is truly in a league of its own. Just a two-hour drive north of Vancouver up the winding Sea-to-Sky-Highway, this picturesque mountain resort comprises two mountains, Whistler and Blackcomb, and between them lies Whistler Village. From its rugged mountain peaks and lush forests to its glacier-fed…
RCMP Say No Critical Injuries in Crash of Bus With 30 Aboard Near Prince George, BC
Mounties say no critical injuries have been reported among 30 people on a charter bus that crashed on a forest service road north of Prince George, B.C. RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Cooper said Friday that numerous ambulances and police officers have been dispatched to the site. “It took us some time to get out there because…
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