Category Archives: British Columbia
From chemical burns to a logging truck crash, RCMP describe events at Fairy Creek
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - It's been an eventful week for Mounties and protesters in the Fairy Creek area of southern Vancouver Island that included an exploded can of bear spray and an RCMP crash involvin...
Nov 12, 2021
Remembrance Day gatherings disrupted in British Columbia
A lawyer says he and his two young daughters left what he thought was a Remembrance Day ceremony In Kamloops after it turned out to be a protest against British Columbia's vaccine mandate. Jay Michi s...
Nov 12, 2021
Atmospheric river brings rain and snow to southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The latest in a series of weather events is predicted to lash parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for parts of the south coast and southern ...
Nov 12, 2021
Stó:lō author Lee Maracle, a leading voice in Indigenous literature, dies at 71
VANCOUVER - St:l writer Lee Maracle, who championed the stories of Indigenous women to change the face of Canadian literature, has died. Family friend Michaela Washburnsays the acclaimed author, poet ...
Nov 11, 2021
Thousands attend Remembrance Day ceremony at B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - Grey skies, blustery winds and rain showers didn't keep people away from a Remembrance Day ceremony at the cenotaph outside British Columbia's legislature in Victoria. A gathering of almost...
Nov 11, 2021
105 containers that fell off cargo ship believed to have sunk: coast guard
VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of the 109 containers that fell from a cargo ship off Victoria in late October have sunk. The containers were tossed from th...
Nov 11, 2021
'It's really history in the raw:' Nanaimo-led project highlights true cost of war
NANAIMO - A passion project between a professor and his students has evolved over two decades to become the largest archive of its kind in the country.For the last 21 years, Dr. Stephen Davies and his...
Nov 11, 2021
Canadians welcomed to attend Remembrance ceremonies, told to wear masks and distance
OTTAWA - Canadians will return to cenotaphs and monuments across much of the country on Thursday morning to remember and pay their respects to those who fought and died in service of Canada. This year...
Nov 11, 2021
11 more people have died in B.C., while vaccination rate inches upward
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 death toll has increased by 11 people in British Columbia for a total of 2,234 people since the pandemic began in the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says the...
Nov 10, 2021
'We're ready to go': NightOwls WCL regular season schedule released
NANAIMO - Following a season grounded by the pandemic, the Nanaimo NightOwls are projected to finally take flight next June.The West Coast League (WCL) revealed its 2022 regular season this week, invo...
Nov 10, 2021