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3 days ago | 
castanet.net | Wolfgang Depner |Brieanna Charlebois |Jami Makan |Adam Campbell
The Conservative Party of British Columbia has quietly begun voting on the leadership of John Rustad in a marathon process that could last about six months. Rustad says in-person voting has already taken place in at least two ridings and he expects the ballot to be completed in December, once members in all 93 B.C. ridings have taken part.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Kathy Michaels |Chelsea Powrie |Adam Campbell
The B.C. government is now actively recruiting healthcare workers from the United States, announcing a new $5 million initiative Friday. In a press conference from Colwood, Minister of Health Jodie Osborne announced the new recruitment campaign for doctors and nurses in Washington state, Oregon and parts of California. The campaign was launched on June 2, and includes video, audio, digital, social media and print placements south of the border, encouraging health professionals to move north.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Kathy Michaels |Chelsea Powrie |Adam Campbell |Brieanna Charlebois
Heavy equipment at one Metro Vancouver’s biggest container ports is now running on fully renewable fuel. Global Container Terminals Inc. announced Thursday that renewable fuels at GCT’s Vanterm terminal have replaced diesel across heavy-duty equipment like container handlers, said vice-president of public affairs Marko Dekovic. The initiative started as a pilot in August 2024 and ramped up progressively to this point, he said.
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3 weeks ago | 
castanet.net | Chelsea Powrie |Sarah Crookall |Brendan Kergin |Adam Campbell
A 21.5-acre island on Canada's very west coast has hit the market. Located just off Tofino (which itself is located on Vancouver Island's west coast), Neilson Island (also known as Bond Island) has been listed for an even $10 million. The large island, which sits less than one kilometre from the resort community of Tofino, is a single property with just a house and a guest cabin. The main house is tucked away in the dense forest with views of the ocean through the trees.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Abby Luciano |Nick Laba |Adam Campbell
One person has died and another has been seriously injured after a TransLink bus driver struck two pedestrians Wednesday afternoon at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal in West Vancouver. The West Vancouver Police Department confirmed officers were called to the scene at around 3:30 p.m. Images from the scene show an articulated bus straddling the sidewalk outside the terminal.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Nick Laba |Adam Campbell |Jeremy Hainsworth
No one is saving the only home base for paramedics in West Vancouver. As West Van’s ambulance station is overcome with rot, the staff and emergency vehicle dedicated to serve residents in the municipality are now spending their down time in North Vancouver at the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites – on a property that’s slated for redevelopment. The building at 1542 Fulton Ave.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Adam Campbell |Jeremy Hainsworth |Roxanne Egan-Elliott |Graeme Wood
B.C. tech companies specializing in wildfire mitigation are diversifying their trading partners amid economic uncertainty with the U.S.“We’ve always had a vision of a global scale,” said Voxelis Canada Corp. CEO Colin O’Neill. “But we've prioritized discussions with some EU-based partners, as well as Australia.” The Vancouver-based company manufactures VoxVision, a device covered with cameras and backed by an AI software platform that is attached to firefighting helicopters.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Adam Campbell |Jeremy Hainsworth |Roxanne Egan-Elliott |Graeme Wood
A B.C. man has been given a five-year jail sentence for sexually assaulting two girls. Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Jennifer Oulton gave her reasons for sentence in the case of Daryl Gordon Braithwaite, 64, May 27, saying his moral blameworthiness in the case was high. “Daryl Braithwaite has a sexual interest in female children,” Oulton said. Braithwaite was convicted on July 19, 2024, on two counts from a four-count court information sworn Feb. 10, 2023.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Jeremy Hainsworth |Alanna Kelly |Adam Campbell |Stefan Labbe
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sentenced a man convicted of breaking into a Richmond home and attempting to sell a stolen rifle to an undercover police officer to five years in prison. Li Fu Alex Ni was found guilty after trial by jury of two offences, Justice Peter Edelmann said in a newly released April 14 sentencing decision. The first related to breaking and entering and stealing firearms from a residence on Broadmoor Boulevard Aug. 31, 2020.
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1 month ago | 
castanet.net | Adam Campbell |Alanna Kelly |Stefan Labbe |Burnaby Now
As Canada and the U.S. took divergent paths on immigration during President Donald Trump’s first administration, B.C.’s tech sector capitalized on high-skilled foreign talent hitting Vancouver rather than Silicon Valley. But a similar wave of tech talent has yet to reemerge in the province during Trump’s second administration, according to some industry sources. “People are in wait-and-see mode,” said Nathan Wawruck, director of permanent placement services in tech at Robert Half Canada Inc.
