Author Archives: Greg Fry
Powerful storm hits B.C. south coast, thousands without power but no reported damage
VANCOUVER - Wind warnings and special weather statements remain posted for Vancouver Island and British Columbia's inner south coast, but it appears the region has dodged significant damage from a pow...
Oct 25, 2021
B.C. lifting venue capacity limits across much of the province as COVID-19 cases ease
VICTORIA - British Columbia is set to lift capacity restrictions on gatherings across much of the province today. Many B.C. residents will now be allowed to attend events like hockey games, concerts a...
Oct 25, 2021
Sen. Forest-Niesing hospitalized despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19
OTTAWA - Sen. Jose Forest-Niesing is in hospital after contracting COVID-19, despite being fully vaccinated. Her office says the 56-year-old Sudbury senator is no longer in intensive care and is hopef...
Oct 22, 2021
Memorial to residential school victims removed from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - A Parliament Hill memorial for Indigenous children who never returned from residential schools has been dismantled. The memorial - pairs of children's shoes, stuffed toys, messages and other ...
Oct 22, 2021
Fatal rollover claims life of Quesnel man
QUESNEL - A man from Quesnel was killed in a single vehicle rollover this week on the Quesnel Hixon Road. It happened Monday afternoon when the driver and single occupant failed to negotiate a corner....
Oct 22, 2021
Canada considers what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses
OTTAWA - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children. Roughly 6.6-million doses have been ...
Oct 22, 2021
Green Party to drop legal action against Annamie Paul as discussions drag on
OTTAWA - Green Party executives are planning to drop a legal challenge against their leader that brought tensions between senior officials and Annamie Paul to a boil last summer. Two senior party memb...
Oct 22, 2021
Reshaping COVID benefits, Rogers rumble and film set tragedy: In The News for Oct. 22
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 22, 2021
Pineview residents still concerned following West Coast Olefins' scrapped project
PRINCE GEORGE-West Coast Olefins announced on Wednesday that it's going to scrap its $5.6 billion dollar polyethylene plant for the BCR industrial site. The CEO cited confusion and misinformation surr...
Oct 21, 2021
B.C. Forest Practices Board chair says proposed changes to forestry policy 'a start'
VANCOUVER - The chair of British Columbia's forest watchdog says he was pleased to see a bill introduced with proposed changes to the Forest and Range Practices Act that could "reassert the public int...
Oct 21, 2021