Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
British Columbia
New rules spell out details for want-to-be pot retailers in B.C.
VICTORIA – Local and Indigenous governments in British Columbia will have the power to deny…
Benefits like employer tips and RRSP contributions to be part of B.C. health tax
VICTORIA – The British Columbia government has released the fine print on its new employer…
Police in Prince George, B.C., say motorcyclist left hurt woman after crash
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Mounties in Prince George, B.C., say they are looking for a…
Communities still recovering one year after worst fire season on record in B.C.
CACHE CREEK, B.C. – Communities are still recovering from British Columbia’s worst wildfire season on…
Hospital employees’ union calls on B.C. to stop care home staff layoffs
COQUITLAM, B.C. – A union held a rally on Sunday to call on British Columbia’s…
Mauled by grizzly, Canada ranger drives to hospital
VANCOUVER – A badly injured park ranger in British Columbia says he survived a mauling…
Former Green party candidate on trial in Germany for denying Holocaust
VANCOUVER – A former federal Green candidate disavowed by the party for her anti-Semitic views…
Starbucks, citing ocean threat, is ditching plastic straws from all locations
Vancouver Starbucks locations will be the first in Canada to serve drinks without plastic straws…
Snake sighting, but still no success in finding missing python in Delta, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. – A missing pet python named Gypsy was spotted on the Canada Day…
Family sues trampoline park for negligence in death of British Columbia man
VANCOUVER – The family of a British Columbia man who died after somersaulting into a…
Western Canada transportation ministers to discuss Greyhound departure
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s transportation minister says she will speak with her western Canadian counterparts…
No bias, but auditor’s report says B.C. government’s asset sales need work
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general found no evidence of bid-rigging in an audit of…
Abbotsford, B.C., police make easy arrest after suspect helps to capture himself
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A 38-year-old man suspected of vehicle theft is under arrest in Abbotsford,…
Kamloops will be home to province’s first government-run recreational pot store
KAMLOOPS – B.C.'s first government-owned cannabis retail store will be setting up shop in Kamloops.…
Family proud of B.C. man who helped rescue boys from Thailand cave
VANCOUVER – A British Columbia-born diver who braved perilous conditions to help save 12 boys…
Aritzia reports 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth
VANCOUVER – Aritzia Inc. says it recorded its 15th consecutive quarter of comparable sales growth…
B.C. signs agreements with licensed producers to supply legal marijuana
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has announced the companies that will supply recreational marijuana after legalization…
Indigenous pipeline protesters take over B.C. park, displace campers
CLEARWATER, B.C. – An Indigenous group calling itself the Tiny House Warriors has moved into…
Surge in demand for paper, glass straws a boon for plastic alternatives firms
VANCOUVER – Phillip Jacobsen started selling compostable cutlery in 2011 and about six months later…
B.C. Crown says officer who used dog on ‘unpredictable’ suspect had no choice
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s prosecution service says a police officer who deployed a service dog…
B.C. real estate market tips to balance amid new mortgage rules: association
VANCOUVER – The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tighter mortgage rules and lower demand…
B.C.’s privacy boss hails top court ruling barring big tobacco from getting info
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s privacy commissioner says a ruling by Canada’s top court barring access…
CFIA inspects after video shows pigs crammed into transport truck in B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it will conduct inspections to gather…
Man pricked by syringe hidden in hollow fence post near downtown Victoria
Victoria police are urging the public not to stick their hands into places they haven’t…