Category Archives: British Columbia
Fort St John RCMP to start mental health partnership program
FORT ST JOHN - Starting Monday (June 27), mental health workers will attend mental health-related police calls with an officer, according to a news release from the Fort St John RCMP.The Car 60 progra...
Jun 25, 2022
Indigenous name given to Quesnel riverfront park
QUESNEL - The City of Quesnel and Lhtako Dene Nation have renamed Ceal Tingley Park to Lhtako Dene Park, in an effort to restore Lhtako Dene and Southern Carrier culture to Quesnel's waterfronts. A ne...
Jun 25, 2022
Northern Health encourages residents to prepare for summer weather
PRINCE GEORGE - With warmer temperatures expected to hit Prince George starting this weekend, Northern Health is encouraging residents to be prepared.Environment Canada says Prince George could reach ...
Jun 24, 2022
B.C. watches flood risk as rains ease, but heat has potential to melt snowpack
VANCOUVER - Rainy conditions that raised flood risks in much of British Columbia are being replaced by sunshine as a brief heat wave offers a respite until early next week. The end of the downpours me...
Jun 24, 2022
Trial by fire continues for Lytton, B.C., its residents in limbo, buildings in ruins
LYTTON, B.C. - Denise O'Connor stands on the sidewalk outside her home of 32 years - only the home is gone and so is most of her village and she doesn't live there anymore. "I had a wooden picket fenc...
Jun 24, 2022
B.C. commits $21 million to help rebuild infrastructure in Lytton after fire
VICTORIA - The fire-ravaged community of Lytton, B.C., is getting $21 million from the provincial government to help it rebuild essential infrastructure and services. The Public Safety Ministry says i...
Jun 23, 2022
Vancouver approves ambitious, 30-year plan to redevelop Broadway corridor
Vancouver's council has voted in favour of a plan that will dramatically change the look of the city's Broadway corridor over the next 30 years. Councillors voted seven to four in support of the plan ...
Jun 23, 2022
Rain swells north, central B.C. rivers but southeast levels to fall as heat arrives
VANCOUVER - The River Forecast Centre says rising levels of some waterways in southeastern British Columbia could ease as runoff from heavy rain decreases, but downpours continue to swell rivers in no...
Jun 23, 2022
Woodpecker nest halts construction of TMX pipeline near Bridal Falls, B.C.
VANCOUVER - The discovery of a woodpecker's nest has halted construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline along a 400-metre stretch near Chilliwack, B.C. A statement from Trans Mountain Corp. says buffe...
Jun 22, 2022
B.C. cancels plans to build $800-million museum
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has announced his government is stopping the $800-million replacement of the Royal B.C. Museum. Horgan says he made the "wrong call" at a time when Brit...
Jun 22, 2022