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A day after B.C.’s NDP government scrapped a tax rebate that was a signature plank in the party’s election campaign, Premier David Eby is defending the decision. With the B.C. budget just weeks away, Finance Minister Brenda Bailey announced Thursday that the $500 per person/$1,000 per household tax rebate was being put on hold amid…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vancouver’s governing municipal political party has booted one of its city councillors from caucus. In a statement issued Friday, ABC Vancouver said it had expelled Coun. Rebecca Bligh. “While she remains a Vancouver City Councillor, it has become clear that she is not aligned with the shared…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum is fermenting a lot of stress at Burnaby’s Dageraad brewing. “I’m worried,” co-owner Ben Coli told Global News. “I’m worried about the future of the economy in general, and I am worried about what this is going to mean for my…
Scientists at the University of British Columbia have discovered a new type of brain cell they believe plays a critical role in humans’ ability to recognize and remember objects. The research, published this week in the journal Nature Communications, dubbed the highly-specialized neurons “ovoid cells.” The cells activate every time we encounter something new, kicking…
The Liberal Party of Canada will choose its next leader — and by extension, the country’s next prime minister — on March 9. As the leadership race heats up, two of the frontrunners made campaign swings to British Columbia, where they spoke with Focus BC about their visions for the country. Here is a little…
British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s hopeful a trip to Washington, D.C., will help convince U.S. decision-makers to step back from the brink on tariffs. But he said regardless of the outcome of the mission he’s undertaking with other Canadian premiers, the relationship between the two countries has permanently changed. 1:48 U.S. aluminum, steel…
Travellers could find themselves whisked from downtown to Vancouver to Bowen Island and the Sunshine Coast within two years, under a new proposal for an electric ferry line. The proposed Greenline ferry service, announced on Friday, would carry foot passengers from the Harbour Green dock in Coal Harbour to Bowen in 40 minutes and to…
The B.C. government is dismissing calls from one of its biggest public-sector unions to fold the Crown corporation responsible for the care of vulnerable people and to retake direct control of its work. The B.C. General Employees Union (BCGEU), which represents workers at Community Living BC (CLBC), says the Crown corporation is a bloated bureaucracy…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size If you’ve ever visited Victoria, B.C., odds are good you’ve been to the Strathcona Hotel or one of its several associated businesses. The six-storey hotel, 70-room hotel shares a property with several nightlife and music venues including the well-known Sticky Wicket pub and rooftop patio, Big Bad…
The victim of a stabbing in Vancouver’s Yaletown neighbourhood on Friday says he’s “disappointed” in the justice system after his accused attacker was released on bail. Jeremy Kim was stabbed outside his apartment building near Mainland and Hamilton streets just before 1 a.m. after a confrontation with two teenagers. The attack left him with multiple…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Last year saw British Columbia record the fewest deaths due to toxic drugs since 2020, according to new data from the B.C. Coroners Service. But the death toll remains high, with 2,253 lives lost last year. The coroners service said the number of deaths was a 13-per…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man who fatally stabbed a Surrey teen outside his high school two years ago won’t spend any additional time behind bars. The offender, whose identity is covered by a publication ban because he was a minor at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to manslaughter…
The now-delayed but still looming threat of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods has reignited the debate about removing barriers to trade within Canada. Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre seized on the issue Monday, releasing a seven-minute video claiming “it’s actually easier for our businesses to sell to other countries than to other Canadian…
Liquor from American red states will make its way back onto the shelves at BC Liquor stores — but there’s no “huge rush” to get them there, B.C. Premier David Eby said Monday. The reprieve on retaliatory measures came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “pause” 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threat was “never about fentanyl” but rather based on an intention to force Canada to join the United States, B.C. Premier David Eby said Monday. Eby made the comments in response to an 11th-hour border deal to “pause” Trump’s threatened 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods. “Even despite today’s…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Vancouver city councillor is proposing an urgent motion to get the city on board with “Team Canada” efforts to buy Canadian in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Green Coun. Pete Fry is calling on council to initiate an “urgent high-level review” of…
All four assaults happened after dark near BC Place and Rogers Arena on April 27 and April 29 in 2023. Source link
A B.C. man is facing Motor Vehicle Act charges over a North Vancouver drive-thru crash that left a worker with serious hot oil injuries last year. The collision happened at an A&W on Marine Drive in March 2024. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Construction is once again set to ramp up on Metro Vancouver’s notoriously beleaguered North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant. Major construction on the sewage facility has been stalled since the regional district fired the former primary contractor amid a dispute over progress and costs. 1:59 Fired wastewater plant…
