British Columbia

How to stay safe when driving your motorized wheelchair

FORT St. JOHN-RCMP in Fort St. John are reminding motorized wheelchair drivers of the rules of the road and simple safety tips in order to stay safe, as weather gets warmer.Drivers of motorized wheelc...

Jul 13, 2020

UNBC and other B.C. universities help tackle challenges faced by rural communities

PRINCE GEORGE-Three interior universities are participating in research projects to help aid the complex problems faced by British Columbians living in remote and rural areas of the province.The Unive...

Jul 13, 2020

8 positive tests: Four sites in Kelowna, B.C., now linked to COVID-19 exposures

KELOWNA, B.C. - Health officials are monitoring several cases of COVID-19 exposure in Kelowna, B.C., and say they've identified two more locations where people may have contracted the r...

Jul 13, 2020

Demonstrators call for end to police violence at rally for B.C. nursing student

VANCOUVER - Shayla Raine ended her kickboxing class on January 20 to a flood of text messages asking what was going on in her apartment. The University of British Columbia Okanagan student rushed home...

Jul 11, 2020

B.C. man prepares to be first to receive double-hand transplant in Canada

VANCOUVER - When Rick Thompson's doctor told him a surgical team was going ahead with his double-hand transplant in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, his first reaction was surprise....

Jul 11, 2020

25 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and one new death

VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is confirming 25 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. today, though for the thirty-first day in a row, none in the Northern Health region.That brings the...

Jul 10, 2020

Shareholders approve SSR Mining-Alacer Gold deal to merge operations

VANCOUVER - Shareholders in SSR Mining Inc. and Alacer Gold Corp. have endorsed a no-premium deal to merge operations. The Toronto-listed companies say 99.9 per cent of the votes cast by Ala...

Jul 10, 2020

Job numbers show cautious optimism with long road ahead: B.C. finance minister

VICTORIA - Statistics Canada's labour force survey for June shows 118,000 people in B.C. found jobs and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 13 per cent. Finance Minister Carol James says the&n...

Jul 10, 2020

First Nations Health Concerns

PRINCE GEORGE - According to the First Nations Health Authority 89 its members died of fatal overdoses between January and May. That's up 93 per cent over the same period last year. Provincial health ...

Jul 10, 2020

Rough road built to Old Fort, B.C., after slide ripped out only access route

OLD FORT, B.C. - A temporary access road has been built to the northeastern British Columbia community of Old Fort after a slow landslide last month tore out a section of the only road to do...

Jul 10, 2020