KELOWNA — The Okanagan city of Kelowna, B.C., is being allowed to opt out of rules limiting short-term rentals in time for this summer's tourism season. The one-time allowance comes as the province speeds up the process of allowing communities to opt out if they have rental vacancy rates of
Leaders in some of British Columbia's rural communities are calling on the provincial government to support changes to the temporary foreign worker program or businesses will have to start shutting their doors. Tiffany Hetenyi, executive director of the Fort St. John and District Chamber of Commerce, says business owners tell
KELOWNA — FortisBC says it is working to restore natural gas service to about 6,200 customers in British Columbia's Lake Country and north Kelowna area. The utility says in a statement that the service disruption could mean some customers won't have gas again until Sunday. It says technicians have to
Ross and Judith Urquhart have called Lytton, B.C., home for half a century, leaving only for as long it took to rebuild after a raging wildfire forced them to flee in 2021. "All the homes around us were burning and we had to just jump in the vehicle and get
MASSET — A British Columbia fishing guide has been fined $12,000 for exceeding his catch limits, then falsifying documents in an attempt to evade detection during an inspection. The Fisheries Department says the guide, based in Haida Gwaii, was convicted in a provincial court last month of making a false
TORONTO — Choice Properties REIT and KingSett Capital have signed a deal worth more than $9 billion to buy First Capital REIT and split up the trust's shopping centre-focused real estate portfolio. The cash-and-unit deal, valued at about $9.4 billion including debt, will see the two firms divvy up retail-focused
DELTA — Nestled in a series of unassuming industrial buildings in Delta, B.C., among companies specializing in plumbing supplies, ladders and fitness equipment, sits North America's first electrochemical lithium refining facility. It's an unlikely location for Canada to challenge China's hegemonic control of the refining of lithium, a critical mineral
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA crewmates to hold news conference Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his NASA crewmates are set to take part in a news conference today after the historic Artemis
VANCOUVER — Vancouver's council has approved a 250-room floating hotel on the city's waterfront that proponents say would bring more accommodation capacity and generate economic activity, despite concerns that it would mar water and mountain views. The application for the rezoning to allow the so-called floatel was brought by Vancouver
CALGARY — Canadian oil and gas producers are benefiting from the surge in commodity prices driven by the Middle East war, but they say it's not changing their investment plans in the near-term. The chief executive at oilsands giant Cenovus Energy says it's too early on in the crisis to
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's home sales trended down across the board in March in price, transactions and dollar volume in what realtors are calling a "very challenging economic environment." The B.C. Real Estate Association says 5,766 homes in the province were sold on the Multiple Listing Service system last month
VANCOUVER — It was a once-dominant force in British Columbia politics, but for more than a year and a half the party formerly known as the BC Liberals has been dormant — at least in the public eye. Now, a scandal over dirty tricks in the run-up to the 2024
VICTORIA — The American war with Iran isn't just a problem at the gas pump — B.C.'s minister of economic growth says fertilizer and pharmaceutical ingredients could also be in short supply. Ravi Kahlon says the federal government's move to suspend some taxes on fuel will likely be swallowed up
VANCOUVER — Gender-based violence is costing British Columbia an estimated $1.12 billion each year, says a new report commissioned by the provincial YWCA. The report, titled The Cost of Inaction: Measuring the Economic Impact of Gender-Based Violence in B.C., argues that investing in upstream services to prevent such violence will
RICHMOND — Ten people on a flight from Vancouver to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, were arrested over the weekend after police say their unruly behaviour created "safety concerns." RCMP say in a news release that the arrests happened on Saturday after officers were called to Vancouver International Airport for a
VICTORIA — An international group that sets the compensation formula for maritime oil spills doesn’t factor in the devastating cultural losses to First Nations, says an Indigenous leader whose Coastal B.C. nation has experienced a disastrous fuel spill. Marilyn Slett, the elected chief of the Heiltsuk Nation on British Columbia's
The CEO of Hootsuite has stepped down after spending the last several months defending a contract between the company and a controversial U.S. government department, making way for the firm's founder to return on an interim basis. Irina Novoselsky's departure and Ryan Holmes' return were both announced Monday in separate
