Chuck Chiang
About Chuck Chiang
Reporter with The Canadian Press
AI wildfire early detection system is like a fire alarm in the forest, says chief
Vernon Fire Chief David Lind likens the Interior B.C. city's new artificial-intelligence-driven wildfire detection system to a fire alarm in the forest.
B.C. may join N.L. legal challenge to federal equalization payments, Eby says
British Columbia Premier David Eby has found an ally in his claims of unequal funding from the federal government: Newfoundland and Labrador.
Premier David Eby announces major hydrogen project expected to create 300 jobs
The Canada Infrastructure Bank is providing a $337 million loan to support the $900 million project by hydrogen company HTEC, which involves plans to build up to 20 hydrogen refuelling stations, with 18 of them in B.C. and the others in Alberta.
Court backs transition to Surrey municipal police force
The B.C. Supreme Court has quashed a bid by the City of Surrey to halt a transition to a municipal police force, with the judge ruling the province has a right to exert authority over municipalities.
Why Richmond B.C. wants nothing to do with supervised drug consumption site
Plans for supervised consumption sites sometimes result in a community backlash but the response in the Metro Vancouver community of Richmond, population 210,000, has been intense and protracted, lasting long after authorities said in mid-February that a proposal to explore the idea had been scrapped.
Animals stressed by B.C.'s extreme temperature swings
University of British Columbia bee researcher Alison McAfee says the extreme highs and lows are particularly dangerous to bumblebee populations since "false springs" could make queens emerge prematurely from hibernation.
Metro Vancouver bus strike snarls commute for 300,000 people
Today is day two of a 48-hour strike launched by more than 180 unionized transit supervisors after contract talks with the Coast Mountain Bus Company broke down over the weekend.
Conservation group protects bears, wolves, cougars with hunting rights purchase in B.C. rainforest
A conservation group says its latest purchase of exclusive hunting rights in a British Columbia rainforest is a major step toward protecting the area's wildlife, but hunters say the move is an "abuse" of the licensing system.
Warm winter weather leaves many B.C. ski trails bare
Warmth related to the El Niño climate phenomenon this week has pushed temperatures to record highs in regions including Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria, the Sunshine Coast and the Okanagan.
Christmas Day tent fire in downtown Vancouver claims life of one man
In the concrete bowels of Canada Place in downtown Vancouver, below a luxury hotel and near the berths of ocean liners, are the charred signs of a Christmas Day tragedy.