Category Archives: British Columbia

Search for missing ball python, one month after it slithered off near Victoria
VICTORIA - Police say a large snake is missing somewhere in a Victoria-area neighbourhood. Victoria police issued a statement saying the nearly 1.4-metre long ball python was reported missing Tuesday....
Aug 04, 2020

3 more cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 146 in B.C.
VICTORIA-Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Northern Health region over a four day period, provincially there are 146 new cases of those four are epi-linked.The three new cases brings th...
Aug 04, 2020

B.C. allows private pot retailers to sell products online for in-store pick-up
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says new rules for private cannabis retailers will allow pot to be reserved and paid for online, but customers still have to pick up...
Aug 04, 2020

Federal government announces wildlife conservation fund for southeastern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The federal government is investing $2 million over four years to support species at risk and habitat protection in southeastern British Columbia. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of envi...
Aug 04, 2020

Pot for pick up: Cannabis products purchased online can be picked up in store
VICTORIA-Newly amended provincial regulations will allow private cannabis retail store (CRS) licensees to sell non-medical cannabis products online for in-store pick-up.This amendment comes after a re...
Aug 04, 2020

Province accelerating overdose prevention and treatment supports amidst pandemic
VICTORIA-The province is providing more supports for British Columbians struggling with addictions in an attempt to accelerate the response to increasing overdose deaths in B.C.More people will now ha...
Aug 04, 2020

Surface of Mars shows scars of glaciers just like Canada's High Arctic: study
VANCOUVER - The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new study. Published Monday in the journal N...
Aug 04, 2020

Wildfire prompts evacuation alert for 43 properties northwest of Princeton, B.C.
PRINCETON, B.C. - Residents of 43 properties in British Columbia's southern Interior have been told to be ready to leave on short notice as a wildfire flares nearby. The Regional District of Okanagan ...
Aug 04, 2020

Wildfire worries in Kamloops Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - Concern over potential wildfires is growing throughout the Kamloops Fire Centre. Hot dry weather has seen the fire danger rating grow from moderate to high through much of the region in the...
Aug 03, 2020

Two injured after plane crashes in interior B.C. parking lot
NELSON, B.C. - Two people were injured after a plane crashed and ended up in a grocery store parking lot in Nelson, B.C., on Monday morning. Nelson Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Michael Daloise...
Aug 03, 2020