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CN Rail warns of 'catastrophic impacts' as it seeks anti-flood barrier in Jasper park
CN Rail warns flooding could have "catastrophic impacts" on cross-country services in legal action it has filed to force Parks Canada to consider a protective barrier for its main line through Jasper National Park.
$60M donation will fund cardiovascular institute at Vancouver General Hospital
The head cardiologist at Vancouver General Hospital says a $60 million donation toward a new cardiovascular health institute and innovation fund will have a life-saving impact around the world.
B.C. man who got $8M for wrongful conviction says he'll be penniless if made to pay sex assault damages
Ivan Henry was convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault in 1983, but was released after and then acquitted in 2010 due to wrongful conviction. Now, he faces the prospect of paying damages in a civil suit brought forward by five victims.
Court orders B.C. to pass law giving French school board expropriation powers
The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new French-language schools.
'I'm just destroyed': 3 members of family from Colombia died in alleged attack on Vancouver festival, son says
Metro Vancouver resident Alejandro Samper says he lost his mother Glitza Maria Caicedo, his father Daniel Samper, and his sister Glitza Daniela Samper in the alleged attack.
UBC professors taking school to court over 'political' actions by administration
A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court Monday claims UBC is breaching the University Act through the use of Indigenous land acknowledgments, equity and inclusion initiatives and by taking positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
After Chinese company divested from Calgary lithium firm, mystery firm stepped in
The federal government is going to court to force a Toronto company to sell a $34-million stake in a Calgary-based lithium firm that it bought off a Chinese company.
3 B.C. RCMP members seek recusal of conduct board over 'disparaging' email
Three RCMP officers stationed in Coquitlam, B.C., who face possible dismissal over their participation in allegedly racist and derogatory group chats, want a code of conduct board panel replaced over an email referring to the Mounties as the "three amigos."
B.C. Labour Relations Board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee
The B.C. Labour Relations Board says Starbucks wrongfully made "threats of adverse consequences" against an employee for her unionization activity, but found the company had a "legitimate business reason" to close down its only unionized location in Vancouver.
B.C. police cite privacy rights as investigators probe contents of chat groups
The fate of an investigation by B.C.'s Police Complaint Commissioner into officers' WhatsApp chats, which were found to include "pornographic images" among other things, could have implications for police across the country.