Category Archives: British Columbia

Chief says grave search at B.C. residential school brings things 'full circle'
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Chief Robert Michell says relief isn't the right word to describe his reaction as the search begins for unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school he attended in ...
May 15, 2024

B.C. First Nation to reactivate judicial review of DFO's salmon farm virus policy
VICTORIA - A British Columbia First Nation says it is reluctantly preparing to take legal action to challenge Fisheries Department salmon farm policy as it loses faith in federal plans to remove the o...
May 15, 2024

B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online. A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representat...
May 15, 2024

Power restored after squirrel causes outage affecting thousands: Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro says power has been restored after a large outage caused by a squirrel impacted thousands of people in the downtown area. The company's outage map showed the disruption started at 10:23 ...
May 15, 2024

Wildfire service warns winds may fan 'aggressive' blazes in B.C.'s north
FORT NELSON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says gusty winds could fan "aggressive fire behaviour" in the north, where out-of-control blazes have forced several thousand people to flee the...
May 15, 2024

SD91 Nechako Lakes to be part of child care pilot initiative
BRITISH COLUMBIA- The Province has announced that three school districts in B.C. will be set up to have fully integrated before- and after-school care by next fall semester. The initiative will see ex...
May 15, 2024

Author Alice Munro's death 'bittersweet' at Victoria bookstore that carries her name
VICTORIA - Justina Elias says she didn't know about the connection legendary Canadian writer Alice Munro had to the Victoria, B.C., bookstore that bears her name, but she quickly found out. Elias, who...
May 15, 2024

Local MP applauds new heat pump rebate
BRITISH COLUMBIA- Local MP Taylor Bachrach (Skeena-Bulkley Valley) is welcoming the news that the feds and the Province are boosting heat pump rebates in B.C., just months after his motion in the Hous...
May 14, 2024

B.C. needs dedicated, cross-government wildfire strategy: former minister
A former British Columbia forests minister says the province is on the right track as it responds to worsening wildfires, but the scale of the challenge is so great, it's falling behind and needs to p...
May 14, 2024

B.C. First Nation surveys school site as it hosts meeting on unmarked graves
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A First Nations community in B.C.'s northern Interior that is hosting a gathering of Indigenous groups involved in the search for unmarked graves says it's conducting a geophysic...
May 14, 2024