Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s top doctor emphasizes COVID-19 precautions heading into holiday season
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says officials are considering the "harmonization" of COVID-19 restrictions across the province heading into winter. Dr. Bonnie Henry says the b...
Nov 16, 2021
Economic rights not limitless, Appeal Court hears in B.C. old-growth logging case
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing protesters opposed to old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island told a British Columbia Court of Appeal hearing that there are limits to a company's economic an...
Nov 16, 2021
Woman's body recovered from Highway 99 mudslide, RCMP still searching for missing people
KAMLOOPS - RCMP confirmed the body of one woman has been recovered from the mudslide that occurred across Highway 99 near Lillooet on Monday morning (Nov. 15), and search efforts are continuing today....
Nov 16, 2021
Helicopters rescue 275 stranded motorists, efforts now turn to debris field
AGASSIZ, B.C. - Rescue crews will spend Tuesday searching for people who may have been trapped in debris from mudslides on a British Columbia highway, after helicopters worked to ferry out 275 people ...
Nov 16, 2021
Flooding eases, highways open across Island with situation drastically different through Interior
NANAIMO - Life is slowly returning to normal for Vancouver Island residents after an atmospheric river dropped a month's worth of rain over a few days.The airport station at Qualicum Beach recorded 92...
Nov 16, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia for Nov. 16, 2021
The latest news on mudslides and flooding in British Columbia (all times Eastern): --- 11:35 a.m. Single-lane, alternating traffic is expected to begin moving on the Malahat Highway, the main link on ...
Nov 16, 2021
B.C. public safety minister condemns blockade at Coastal GasLink pipeline site
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public safety minister has condemned a blockade set up along a forestry road used by construction workers for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. Mike Farnworth say...
Nov 15, 2021
Barge drifts aimlessly through Vancouver waters before beaching itself
VANCOUVER - A loose barge drifted around Vancouver's False Creek on Monday before grounding itself on a Stanley Park beach. The Canadian Coast Guard said in a statement the barge's owner has been cont...
Nov 15, 2021
B.C. proposes zones around hospitals and schools in response to COVID-19 protests
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says would prevent "disruptive behaviour" from affecting schools and health-care facilities. The Ministry of the Attorney ...
Nov 15, 2021
B.C. proposes zones around hospitals and schools in response to COVID-19 protests
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced legislation that it says would prevent "disruptive behaviour" from affecting schools and health-care facilities. The legislation would establi...
Nov 15, 2021