Category Archives: British Columbia
‘It’s fragmented’: British Columbia Seniors Advocate Office’s report suggests flaws in gathering senior abuse information
KAMLOOPS - The British Columbia Seniors Advocate Office released a review on Seniors Abuse and Neglect earlier this week.The report reviews five years of existing data. In its findings, it highlights ...
Dec 12, 2021
Late night shooting in south Nanaimo sends one person to hospital
NANAIMO - Police responded to reports of shots fired in front of a home on View St. in south Nanaimo late Saturday night.When officers arrived on scene around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Dec 11., they foun...
Dec 12, 2021
Funding secured to sprout school based urban food farm in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A large under-used patch of grass at Nanaimo's old Woodlands Secondary School site is poised to shift to a flourishing food garden by next spring.Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools landed a $1...
Dec 12, 2021
Damaged parks, reduced holiday travel among impacts of flood on B.C. tourism
VANCOUVER - Parts of British Columbia's tourism industry are facing another uphill battle with an uncertain recovery horizon after this year's damaging storms. Some attractions and landmarks were seri...
Dec 12, 2021
Volunteers join forces to help clean up after unprecedented flooding in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Caroline and Paul Mostertman have become accustomed to seeing their belongings floating by outside their flood-ravaged farm in Abbotsford, B.C., but it's the kindness of strangers s...
Dec 11, 2021
B.C. reports 437 new cases of COVID-19 and three new deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say 10 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 have now been identified in the province. The Health Ministry said in a news release Friday the variant of ...
Dec 10, 2021
B.C. organizations deliver food donations to Indigenous communities after floods
VANCOUVER - Organizations in British Columbia are rallying together to deliver food to Indigenous communities affected by flooding and landslides last month. The sustainability manager for SPUD, a B.C...
Dec 10, 2021
Federal agriculture minister moved to tears by B.C.'s flood devastation
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The federal agriculture minister visited a poultry farm devastated by recent British Columbia floods, saying she was impressed by those in the communities who found the strength to ...
Dec 10, 2021
B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...
Dec 10, 2021
Mayor of Surrey, B.C., charged with public mischief over claim of being run over
VICTORIA - A public mischief charge has been approved by a special prosecutor against the mayor of Surrey, B.C. The BC Prosecution Service says the charge comes after Mayor Doug McCallum complained to...
Dec 10, 2021