VANCOUVER - Wildfires have ravaged 27 structures in Telegraph Creek, representing 30 to 45 per cent of buildings in the small northwestern British Columbia community, officials say. Tahltan Band Chief...
CKPG News Aug 07, 2018
VANCOUVER - An endangered killer whale that has prompted an international rescue effort won’t receive antibiotics by dart or by fish if it’s found in Canadian waters. While veterinarians a...
CKPG News Aug 07, 2018
VANCOUVER - Hot air coming up from the Unites States has prompted Environment Canada to issue special weather warnings for several areas of southeastern B.C. The warnings are for the regions of Shuswa...
CKPG News Aug 07, 2018
PENTICTON, B.C. - Justin Trudeau celebrated the B.C. Day holiday Monday at a summer picnic in a park with about 3,000 people in Penticton, of whom many wanted to pose for a selfie with the prime minis...
CKPG News Aug 06, 2018
An evacuation order was issued Sunday evening for part of British Columbia’s Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako as a nearby wildfire rages on. Regional Board Chair Bill Miller said an intense ...
CKPG News Aug 06, 2018
DELTA, B.C. - Drum beats and chanting followed Justin Trudeau to Delta, B.C., on Sunday, as anti-pipeline protesters attempted to disrupt the prime minister’s speech at a Liberal Party of Canada...
CKPG News Aug 06, 2018
Justin Trudeau mingled with hundreds of friendly people at two family-focused events on Vancouver Island, but the prime minister was also reminded of the strong opposition his government faces over th...
CKPG News Aug 05, 2018
VANCOUVER - A new radio telescope has allowed space watchers to see bursts of light travelling from a far-away galaxy in a discovery they say could open new doors in understanding the universe and the...
CKPG News Aug 05, 2018
COMOX, B.C. - Scientists in British Columbia used whale whisperer tactics Thursday to coax a large male killer whale out of a busy marine harbour by playing recorded sounds of other orcas to the anima...
CKPG News Aug 03, 2018
UNION BAY, B.C. - Anna Stady has never met a bear she didn’t like, but that doesn’t mean she wants one in her kitchen. The 95-year-old Vancouver Island woman says she shooed a black bear o...
CKPG News Aug 03, 2018