Category Archives: British Columbia
540 people in B.C. hospitalized with COVID-19, milder cases among vaccinated
VANCOUVER - The latest figures on COVID-19 show 540 people in British Columbia are currently hospitalized with the virus, 49 of them in critical care. The BC Centre for Disease Control says 59 people ...
May 19, 2022
Abbotsford commercial poultry flock latest to test positive for avian flu in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Avian flu has been found in a commercial flock in the Fraser Valley, the same area where 80 per cent of British Columbia's poultry farms are located. B.C.'s Ministry of Agriculture ...
May 19, 2022
B.C. to end fossil fuel subsidies under new oil and gas royalty system
VICTORIA - British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies to extract publicly owned oil and gas, in an effort to align with provincial climate goals. Premie...
May 19, 2022
Craig James, former B.C. legislature clerk, guilty of fraud, breach of trust
The B.C. legislature's former clerk, who was accused of misspending money from the public purse, has been found guilty of fraud and breach of trust.Craig James pleaded not guilty to two counts of frau...
May 19, 2022
Crews working to restore power to parts of B.C.'s south coast hammered by high winds
VANCOUVER - Crews were making headway restoring electricity to thousands of customers across British Columbia's south coast after a fierce windstorm. Environment Canada says wind gusts of around 90 ki...
May 19, 2022
B.C. judge issues decision in fraud, breach of trust case of former legislature clerk
VANCOUVER - The former clerk of the British Columbia legislature is expected to hear a judge's ruling today following a Vancouver trial that ended in March. Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes, of ...
May 19, 2022
Police identify the two killed in a fire that razed Vancouver hotel built in 1907
Vancouver police have identified two people who died in a fire that destroyed a historic building in the city's Gastown neighbourhood last month. Police say 68-year-old Mary Garlow and Dennis Guay, wh...
May 18, 2022
Wind knocks out power, weather warnings issued for southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Strong winds from an unseasonable storm have knocked out power to thousands on Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland. Environment Canada posted wind warnings on Wednesday...
May 18, 2022
Unmarked graves finding triggered Canada's year of reckoning over residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Percy Casper, 73, spent 10 years as a child at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia. He has spent the past year grieving. A member of the Bonaparte Indian...
May 18, 2022
Cases of rare, deadly flesh-eating disease spike in Nanaimo & Oceanside dogs
Editor's Note: This story contains graphic images of dogs being treated for necrotizing fasciitis. Reader discretion is advised.NANAIMO - It's a rare bacterial infection which is proving life-altering...
May 18, 2022