B.C. News

Unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave would have been terminated on Jan. 15.

Robert John Lawrence admitted to illegal insider trading and was fined $200,000.

VICTORIA — The unusually early influenza outbreak that resulted in the deaths of six children and youth in British Columbia last month is on the decline, but the provincial health officer says another wave of infections is expected within weeks.

A record number of male spongy moths — formerly known as gypsy moths — were trapped in B.C. last year, indicating they could become established if the spraying is not completed, says the Forests Ministry.

Hard times in forestry sector creating uncertainty for future of B.C. mills

Despite recognizing B.C.’s role as Canada’s economic gateway to the Asia-Pacific, the policy direction of government’s new cabinet under Premier David Eby appears to come up short in supporting that recognition with substance, one observer said.

In the post-COVID era, B.C. saw its trade policy shift substantially, not only towards diversification but also using social/environmental sustainability as a key selling point.

VICTORIA — The B.C. government is planning an insecticide spraying program this spring to target invasive spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths.

The detainee found dead in the Surrey immigration holding centre on Christmas Day was a Taiwanese national described in media reports there as a cryptocurrency marijuana ring mastermind.

VANCOUVER — Flood watches are up for several regions of Vancouver Island and the inner south coast as another day of heavy rain, combined with snowmelt and a leap in freezing levels, could push some southwestern British Columbia waterways over their