Author Archives: Greg Fry
The Exploration Place set to re-open October 29
PRINCE GEORGE - The Exploration Place will officially re-open on Saturday, October 29.The Exploration Place has been closed to the public since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum took...
Oct 19, 2022
BC NDP leadership hopeful Anjali Appadurai says report seeks her disqualification
VANCOUVER - The campaign of B.C. New Democratic Party leadership contender Anjali Appadurai says a report from the campaign recommends she be disqualified from the race. Campaign spokesman Erik Olesen...
Oct 19, 2022
RCMP officer killed at Burnaby homeless camp
BURNABY, B.C. - An RCMP officer in Burnaby, B.C., has been killed in what Solicitor General Mike Farnworth calls a terrible tragedy. Media reports say the female officer was stabbed to death at a home...
Oct 18, 2022
Health care tops list of complaints to B.C.'s ombudsperson: report
VICTORIA - Complaints about British Columbia's health-care system to the provincial ombudsperson have reached a 10-year high. Jay Chalke's annual report for 2021-2022 says the office received almost 1...
Oct 18, 2022
Wage protection against inflation part of BCGEU's three-year collective agreement
The biggest union representing public service workers in British Columbia has ratified a new collective agreement with the provincial government that includes wage protection against inflation. The B....
Oct 18, 2022
Drought, lack of rain, high temperatures and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: ...
Oct 18, 2022
Here's who is testifying next at Emergencies Act public inquiry
OTTAWA - An inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act to clear the "Freedom Convoy" protest in February is hearing first-hand testimony from top government and police officials....
Oct 18, 2022
NDP leadership hopeful Appadurai shakes up race in B.C., but faces disqualification
VICTORIA - Anjali Appadurai says she knows she's upset the New Democratic Party establishment, but that shouldn't keep her out of the race for the party leadership. The former federal NDP candidate en...
Oct 17, 2022
Parliament security took issue with city moving convoy trucks near Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - New evidence shows the Parliamentary Protective Service took issue with the City of Ottawa's plan to move "Freedom Convoy" protesters' semi trucks out of residential neighbourhoods and onto t...
Oct 17, 2022
Feds ask banks to help make carbon-price rebate deposits more clear
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there is more work to do with banks after another round of carbon-price rebates went out to Canadians without making it clear why they were receivi...
Oct 17, 2022