Category Archives: British Columbia
Long term deal announced for Nanaimo to Vancouver passenger ferry service
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Port Authority and Snuneymuxw First Nation revealed a landmark deal with a private company for a high speed passenger-only ferry linking downtown Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver.A...
Sep 16, 2021
Vancouver police say fatal daylight shooting in downtown hotel parkade was targeted
VANCOUVER - A man has been shot and killed in what Vancouver police say was a targeted attack. It happened at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parkade of the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel on Vancouver's...
Sep 16, 2021
Wells Gray killer David Ennis denied parole for fourth time
WARNING: This story contains disturbing details.BOWDEN, AB. - The man responsible for one of B.C.'s most horrifying mass murders has again been denied parole.In August of 1982, David Shearing, who now...
Sep 16, 2021
Labour group under fire for election polling tactics after Nanaimo campaign manager sounds alarm
NANAIMO - A local Green Party of Canada campaign manager is incensed with what he calls multiple credibility issues related to an NDP-friendly ad.Ilan Goldenblatt, who's representing Nanaimo-Ladysmith...
Sep 16, 2021
'It's a serious blow:' cannabis producer Tilray announces shut down of Nanaimo operation
NANAIMO - A large employer in the city is pulling out of Nanaimo, leaving hundreds of people out of work.Tilray announced on Wednesday, Sept. 15, it would close its Nanaimo cultivation facility and of...
Sep 15, 2021
B.C. reports 661 new COVID-19 cases, seven additional deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia officials reported 661 new cases of COVID-19 and seven more deaths on Wednesday. The Health Ministry says in a news release that from Sept. 7 to 13, people who were not ful...
Sep 15, 2021
COVID-19 claims 7 more lives in B.C.
VICTORIA - The provincial government has announced 661 new cases of COVID-19 today, including 62 in the Northern Health region.That brings the total number of people who have contracted the virus in B...
Sep 15, 2021
Climate change cited as reason to deny injunction extension over logging in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer representing a man opposed to the extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over old-growth logging says the B.C. Supreme Court should keep in mind public concerns o...
Sep 15, 2021
Pandemic recovery for Indigenous tourism will be slow, says report
VANCOUVER - The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada is making a bleak prediction about its members' ability to rapidly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The association says even with the very ...
Sep 15, 2021
Search for potential unmarked graves at former Nanaimo Indian Hospital site to begin
Editor's Note: The following story contains descriptions of trauma and abuse suffered by Indigenous peoples at residential schools and hospitals. Discretion is advised. The National Indian Residential...
Sep 15, 2021