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3 days ago | 
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Glen Korstrom |Wolfgang Depner |Jeremy Hainsworth
B.C. drivers are continuing to travel far less frequently to Washington State through border crossings near Vancouver than they did one year ago. Data from the Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse show a 46.7-per-cent plunge in the number of southbound crossings at the Peace Arch, Pacific Highway, Lynden and Sumas points of entry in May: to 113,997 such crossings from 213,714 in the same month in 2024.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Kathy Michaels |Nicholas Johansen |Alanna Kelly |Wolfgang Depner
An American lawyer stripped of his security clearance by U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadians need to be "vigilant" about attacks on political freedom south of the border. Mark Zaid, a speaker at the Web Summit Vancouver tech conference, said he never expected to get "attacked" by a sitting president over the work he's done in his three decades practising law, representing clients from the worlds of intelligence and national security.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Kathy Michaels |Nicholas Johansen |Alanna Kelly |Wolfgang Depner
Alanna Kelly / Lodestar Media - | Story: 553293Conservation officers are heading to Texada Island after a grizzly bear has been spotted for a second time. Residents of Texada Island were warned about a large grizzly bear on the island on Wednesday. The bear, an adult male with a yellow ear tag, was first spotted in Shehtekwahn Bay, across from Powell River.
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1 week ago | 
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Laura Brougham
Controversial legislation to fast-track infrastructure projects in British Columbia goes to a final vote in the legislature on Wednesday night, after attracting condemnation from First Nations leaders and environment and business groups. Speaker Raj Chouhan is expected to cast the deciding vote in favour of the government’s Bill 15.
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1 week ago | 
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Laura Brougham
British Columbia’s chief electoral officer has issued a report he says pushes back against “false narratives” about the 2024 provincial election, as the Opposition BC Conservatives continue to call for an independent review. Anton Boegman says the falsehoods include claims about many non-citizens voting, widespread multiple voting and extensive fraudulent use of mail-in voting.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Josh Dawson |Rob Gibson |Wolfgang Depner |Jeff Bell
The Canadian Press - | Story: 552816British Columbia's longest-serving ombudsperson has announced he will retire from his role in early 2026. Jay Chalke has been in the role for a decade and oversaw the implementation of new responsibilities under B.C.’s Public Interest Disclosure Act, which provides secure channels for public employees to report serious workplace wrongdoing.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Josh Dawson |Rob Gibson |Wolfgang Depner |Jeff Bell
The Canadian Press - May 27, 2025 / 2:47 pm | Story: 552816British Columbia's longest-serving ombudsperson has announced he will retire from his role in early 2026. Jay Chalke has been in the role for a decade and oversaw the implementation of new responsibilities under B.C.’s Public Interest Disclosure Act, which provides secure channels for public employees to report serious workplace wrongdoing.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Josh Dawson |Rob Gibson |Jami Makan |Wolfgang Depner
The son of a B.C. developer is being sued by a construction company that did millwork for financially troubled Thind Properties Ltd. that allegedly went unpaid and was backed by the son’s personal guarantee. In a notice of civil claim dated May 22, Mercroft Construction Ltd. is seeking $111,771 plus interest of $10,493 from Paul Thind, who allegedly provided a personal guarantee for money owed to Mercroft in regard to Thind Properties’ embattled Highline project in Burnaby’s Metrotown.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Josh Dawson |Rob Gibson |Wolfgang Depner |Sandor Gyarmati
- | Story: 552769The construction of a new span over an existing railway means Highway 1 between Lytton and Spences Bridge will be shut down to traffic for three nights in the next week. In a news release, the Ministry of Transportation and Transit advised that motorists can expect three overnight closures on Highway 1 between Lytton and Spences Bridge for the construction of a new bridge over the CPKC railway.
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1 week ago | 
castanet.net | Rob Gibson |Wolfgang Depner |Sandor Gyarmati |Nono Shen
Contentious British Columbia legislation to speed up infrastructure projects is heading toward passage unchanged after a government amendment to improve consultation with First Nations failed. The amendment was proposed by Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma, but it failed in the committee state after Green Rob Botterell voting against it, saying it didn't go far enough.
