Category Archives: British Columbia
Firefighters say recognition of cancer risk is tough battle, especially in Quebec
VANCOUVER - Jenn Dawkins remembers the spring day in 2016 when she joined four other female firefighters at British Columbia's legislature to lobby for the inclusion of breast cancer as a presumed occ...
May 05, 2022
RCMP seek more information after B.C. piano teacher charged with sex assault of child
KELOWNA, B.C. - Mounties say a piano teacher in Kelowna, B.C., has been charged with sexual crimes against a child and there could be more victims or people who can help their investigation. Police sa...
May 04, 2022
B.C. hiring more health-care staff as it wipes out surgery backlog: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province has almost caught up with the backlog of surgeries from the pandemic and weather events while it sets new targets to whittle down the ex...
May 04, 2022
B.C. Opposition leader aims at NDP's problem issues of crime, health affordability
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberal leader says he will target the New Democrat government's weak spots on the issues of crime, affordability and health care when he takes his seat in the...
May 04, 2022
Province testing beefed-up emergency alert system ahead of fire season
NANAIMO - Phone service along with television and radio broadcasts will be interrupted briefly Wednesday afternoon.The scheduled 1:55 p.m. test of the province's emergency alert system is designed to ...
May 04, 2022
Plans for B.C. hub-based youth support model remain firm despite opposition
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Ministry of Children and Family Development has launched a survey to hear more from families about the proposed funding changes for youth with support needs.Along with the four ...
May 03, 2022
Minister flags 'creative' plan for repeat offenders after being called soft on crime
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Attorney General David Eby says he is poised to announce a "creative" plan to help tackle repeat offenders. Eby, who has been labelled soft on crime by Opposition B.C. Li...
May 03, 2022
Corrections officer mistakenly killed in B.C.'s gang war: Delta police
DELTA, B.C. - Police say an off-duty corrections officer who was gunned down in a Walmart parking lot in Delta, B.C., was killed in a case of mistaken identity. The Delta Police Department says invest...
May 03, 2022
RCMP reunite owner with Wayne Gretzky rookie card
A 1979 Wayne Gretzky rookie card that has been missing for over six years has been returned to its rightful owner.The card was among a selection of vintage hockey cards stolen during a break and enter...
May 03, 2022
RCMP investigate after two suspicious wildfires sparked in B.C.'s north Okanagan
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia's north Okanagan say they are "incredibly concerned" that someone may be intentionally trying to spark wildfires. A statement from Vernon North Okanagan RCMP sa...
May 03, 2022