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02.10 / 06:13

British Columbia safe ‘Critically important’: B.C. needs safe places to inhale drugs, coroner says

Nearly two-thirds of overdose deaths in British Columbia this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of supervised consumption sites in the province offer a safe place to smoke, and the chief coroner says that needs to change.

12.04 / 10:37

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Canadian province of British Columbia is seeking to regulate electricity use by crypto miners, due to their “unchecked growth.”

12.09 / 15:49

British Columbia international students International Should international students be capped? Here’s what Canada’s provinces say

As Canada continues to grapple with a housing crisis, the conversation is increasingly turning to international students coming into the country.

20.08 / 02:17

Citi MET Highways Southern country Evacuations British Columbia British Columbia wildfires intensify, doubling evacuations to over 35,000

Canada's western province of British Columbia intensified further on Saturday, doubling the number of people under an evacuation order to 35,000 from a day earlier, as authorities warned of difficult days ahead. The province declared a state of emergency on Friday, to access temporary authoritative powers to tackle fire-related risks, as out-of-control fires ripped through interior British Columbia and partially shut down some sections of a key transit route between the Pacific coast and the rest of western Canada, and destroyed many properties. «The current situation is grim,» Premier Daniel Eby told reporters on Saturday, saying some 35,000 people are under an evacuation order, and a further 30,000 were under evacuation alert.

20.08 / 02:01

British Columbia British Columbia wildfires intensify: Authorities warn of difficult days ahead

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19.08 / 13:49

Citi Progressive Southern country British Columbia British Columbia residents on high alert as wildfires force state of emergency

By Chris Helgren

13.08 / 07:39

Citi Parke Celebrity show British Columbia Canada: Hindu temple desecrated in British Columbia; 3rd incident this year

A temple was vandalised on Saturday in Canada's British Columbia with anti-India and pro-Khalistan posters pasted on its front gate and rear wall. The objectionable posters were pasted in front of the Lakshmi Narayan Mandir. The matter had been reported to the Surrey detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police or RCMP, according to the president of the temple Satish Kumar.

07.08 / 14:01

Action cover British Columbia British Columbia port workers ratify contract offer, ending Canada labor dispute

British Columbia’s port workers have voted almost 75% in favor of a contract offer, ending weeks of turbulent job action that stopped billions of dollars’ worth of goods from being shipped in Canada

30.07 / 05:51

Action British Columbia Port workers in Canada's British Columbia reject contract offer leaving ports hamstrung by dispute

Port workers in the province of British Columbia have voted to reject a mediated contract offer meant to end a labor dispute that stopped goods moving in and out of harbors, including at Canada’s busiest port in Vancouver

20.07 / 17:25

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with top officials after the longshore union renewed a 72-hour strike notice

30.06 / 13:05

UPS Strategy British Columbia pension British Columbia pension mulls $2-billion private equity asset sale to free up cash

British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI) is mulling the sale of US$2 billion in private equity assets in the secondary market to raise capital for other investments, according to people familiar with the matter.

22.12 / 09:25

Adoption Electricity Bitcoin British Columbia Power Crypto miners British Columbia to halt new power connections for crypto miners

A state-owned electric utility provider in the Canadian province of British Columbia is set to halt all new electricity-connection requests from cryptocurrency miners for a period of 18 months.

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