Category Archives: British Columbia

Toronto doctors aims to scale up youth suicide prevention program across Canada
VANCOUVER - Rising youth suicide rates have prompted doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to launch a clinical trial aimed at testing whether involving families in treat...
Sep 10, 2019

Mayor who faces sex assault charge has returned to duties in Port Moody, B.C.
PORT MOODY, B.C. - A mayor who stepped aside after he was charged with sexual assault has returned to work in Port Moody, B.C. Rob Vagramov said Monday that since he took a vo...
Sep 09, 2019

Red Dress Society holds 4th annual stand-in event
A stand-in event was held Sunday for the Prince George Red Dress Society as they remembered missing and murdered indigenous women along the Highway of Tears.The 4th annual event saw the Khast'an drumm...
Sep 09, 2019

2017 greenhouse gas emissions saw 1.2 percent increase
VICTORIA- The province released the annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions numbers for 2017 and they showed a 1.2 percent increase from 2016-2017.BC saw 64.5 million tonnes (Mt) of carbon dioxid...
Sep 09, 2019 ID 107012331 © Ian Dyball | Dreamstime.com

Over $13,000 raised from this year's Parkinson's Superwalk
The Parkinson Superwalk is the single most important fundraising event of the year for the Parkinson Society of BC. This years edition of the event in Prince George took place Saturday at Lheidli T'en...
Sep 09, 2019

Bird watchers, plant lovers, nature seekers find sanctuary at oasis in city core
SAANICH, B.C. - The bird watchers gather in the parking lot at the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, binoculars and cameras at their sides, chattering about their most recent siting of a tiny...
Sep 09, 2019

Parent Support Services Society celebrates grandparents at annual event
Sunday marked the 5th annual Grandparents Day in BC put on by the Parent Support Services Society.The Day is a celebration of Grandparents, and provides an opportunity to shed light on grandparents wh...
Sep 08, 2019

Warmer Fall predicted by Environment Canada
Despite a lackluster summer which saw cooler temperatures and plenty of moisture, mother nature could be making it up to Prince George and surrounding area with a warmer than normal fall.Environment C...
Sep 08, 2019 (photo credit to Jeromy Corrigan)

Lululemon says U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods to have little impact on retailer
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it doesn't expect U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports will hurt its atheleisure business because it sources relatively little of its goods from the Asian cou...
Sep 07, 2019

B.C. taxi industry challenges 'destructive competition' from ride-hailing apps
VANCOUVER - A coalition of nine taxi companies has asked British Columbia Supreme Court to quash policies it says were illegally created for ride-hailing companies but the province's tr...
Sep 07, 2019