Author Archives: Greg Fry
Statistics Canada says population growth rate in 2023 was highest since 1957
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country posted its highest annual population growth rate in more than six decades last year. The agency says the population grew 3.2 per cent, its fastest pace sinc...
Mar 27, 2024
Lower mainland gangs causing increased crime in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Since the New Year began Prince George has seen no shortage of crime, as in that time span there has been four homicides, an armed carjacking, an armed robbery, and more. Well known cr...
Mar 26, 2024
Trudeau says premiers complaining about carbon price didn't pitch better ideas
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against premiers who are asking him to cancel an upcoming increase to the federal carbon price, saying they have not proposed better ideas to fig...
Mar 26, 2024
Lawsuit accuses B.C. gas utility of deceiving consumers over environmental impact
VANCOUVER - An environmental group is suing British Columbia natural gas utility FortisBC, accusing it of "greenwashing" its product through advertising, making the company seem more environmentally f...
Mar 26, 2024
Canadian bridges are safe, officials say after U.S. bridge rammed by ship, collapses
MONTREAL - Canadian authorities are trying to reassure the public about the safety of bridges in the country following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Md., early this morning after it was ramme...
Mar 26, 2024
Environment Canada issues dust advisory for Houston, B.C., joins Burns Lake
HOUSTON, B.C. - Environment Canada has added a dust advisory for Houston, B.C., in response to "high concentrations of coarse particulate matter" that it says is most prominent near busy roads. The we...
Mar 26, 2024
Forced-labour watchdog cites B.C. mining company, who says claims are nonsensical
Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog says a Vancouver-based mining company has allowed forced labour to occur at its gold mine in the Xinjiang region of China, even though the firm lost control of the p...
Mar 26, 2024
Child dies in fall through ice at lake in B.C.'s Cariboo region
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C., say a child has died in a plunge through the ice on Tyee Lake, in the province's Cariboo region. Police say it happened Saturday when the utility...
Mar 25, 2024
Bell CEO summoned to committee over job cuts after not finding time to appear
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament have summoned the head of Bell Canada to testify next month about the company's decision to cut thousands of jobs across the country. CEO Mirko Bibic was originally invi...
Mar 25, 2024
Taseko Mines signs deal to consolidate its ownership of the Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER - Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent interest in the Gibraltar mine it does not already own from Dowa Metals & Mining Co. Ltd. and Furukawa Co. Ltd. The company...
Mar 25, 2024