Category Archives: British Columbia
Smoke from distant fires in U.S. pose 'very high risk' for air quality in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Metro Vancouver, showing a very high risk to health due to wildfire smoke from Washington and Oregon. The a...
Sep 12, 2020
One entangled humpback whale off B.C. coast free of fishing gear
VANCOUVER - One of the three humpback whales entangled in fishing gear off the coast of British Columbia is now free, although the two other animals have not been located. The Department of Fisheries ...
Sep 11, 2020
App aims to save lives as pandemic isolates drug users
PRINCE GEORGE - As the pandemic continues, and social and physical distancing measures are being increased, drug users are at risk of overdosing while using alone.The pandemic restrictions have reduce...
Sep 11, 2020
132 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., one more in Northern Health
VICTORIA - There are 132 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia,including one more in Northern Health according to Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix.The...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. moves to end divisive old-growth forest policies, protects nine areas
HAZELTON, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it's taking a new and more all-encompassing approach to protecting the province's old-growth forests. Forests Minister Doug Donaldson says the gov...
Sep 11, 2020
Gang leader sentenced
Gang leader Jamie Bacon has been sentenced to 18 years in prison -- less time served -- for his part in six fatal shootings in a Surrey highrise 13 years ago. It means the 35-year-old client will spen...
Sep 11, 2020
$30M in improvements coming for B.C. logging road where two students died
VICTORIA - Improvements are coming to a narrow logging road on Vancouver Island where members of the local First Nations as well as two university students have lost their lives. Indigenous Relations ...
Sep 11, 2020
B.C. auditor general outlines costs of government's pandemic response so far
VICTORIA - A new report from British Columbia's auditor general says the largest amount the provincial government had allocated by mid-August in its pandemic response was for individual...
Sep 11, 2020
Fearless grizzly chows down on fallen fruit in busy B.C. neighbourhood
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A healthy adult grizzly bear spotted sauntering through a busy neighbourhood in a community north of Vancouver has been trapped and will be relocated far from human contact. The ...
Sep 11, 2020
Murky skies forecast as more smoke from U.S. wildfires drifts toward B.C.
VANCOUVER - Heat advisories have ended in British Columbia following several days of record breaking temperatures in some areas, but Environment Canada's advisories about wildfire smoke...
Sep 11, 2020