Vancouver Rundown

Close to 400 jobs are being lost as Howe Sound’s pulp and paper mill, along with a wood chipping facility, are closing forever. Domtar says it’s closing the Port Mellon mill and Bayview Fibre facility due to reduced demand from Asia. The operations will wind down through to October. The Truck Loggers Association calls it a serious setback for B.C.’s coastal forest sector and ...

Crews are now fighting a small but growing wildfire near Chilliwack Lake. It broke out Wednesday afternoon, prompting an initial call-out for the area’s volunteer firefighters. The fire is now in the hands of the BC Wildfire Service. Temperatures have been over 30 degrees in the area with more hot and dry weather in the forecast for Thursday and Friday.

An evacuation order is over as residents in or near Summerland return home - many to find their houses damaged or destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire. According to the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen, nearly 150 structures were hit as the fast moving wildfire swept through the area early this month. The wildfire is still burning and those who have returned are stil...

Vancouver civic party OneCity wants to reboot the Vancouver Economic Commission - an office that was shut down by the ABC-led council three years ago. It’s plan to set up an entrepreneur liaison office is part of the party’s five-point plan to make new Vancouver business ‘easier, faster and cheaper.’ OneCity is also proposing to use taxpayer money for a multitiered micro-gran...

B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey is about to give more details about her future after revealing she has cancer. Bailey says her cancer is in the early stages and she has been discussing her path forward with Premier David Eby. The Vancouver-South Granville MLA comes from the tech sector where she co-founded girl and women oriented video game studio Silicon Sisters. Earlier...