Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. reports 23 more deaths, 992 cases of COVID-19 over two days
VICTORIA - British Columbia has reported 992 new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed over the last two days and 23 more deaths, raising the death toll in the province to 2,257. The Health Ministry says 4,265 ...
Nov 12, 2021
B.C. milk board conditionally reinstates dairy farm licence after investigation
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The British Columbia Milk Marketing Board says it has reinstated the dairy licence of a Fraser Valley farm with mandatory conditions after an investigation found violations of the c...
Nov 12, 2021
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