Category Archives: British Columbia
COVID-19 claims nine more lives, including two in northern B.C.
VICTORIA - The provincial government has announced 820 more cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia.It brings the total number of cases in B.C. since the pandemic began to 173,159. Of those, 165,027 peo...
Sep 10, 2021
Advance polls open in Nanaimo ahead of upcoming federal election
NANAIMO - The first of four advance voting opportunities is underway prior to the federal election.The early in-person voting option runs across Canada between Friday, Sept. 10 and Monday Sept. 13 bet...
Sep 10, 2021
Campfire allowed across all but southern Vancouver Island as wildfire conditions ease
VANCOUVER - As of noon Friday, campfires are once again allowed across most of British Columbia, with only the drought-challenged region of southern Vancouver Island still covered by restrictions. The...
Sep 10, 2021
PG 's jobless numbers head in the wrong direction
PRINCE GEORGE- Statistics Canada number crunchers show the economy added 90,000 jobs in August, the third consecutive monthly increase.The national unemployment rate fell to 7.1 per cent for the month...
Sep 10, 2021
Nanaimo man awaits sentence after child porn guilty plea
NANAIMO - A local man must wait for a judge's sentence for possession of child pornography, the latest case in a continuous cycle of the disturbing behaviour before Nanaimo judges.On Thursday, Sept 9,...
Sep 10, 2021
Former B.C. lottery director says he's 'whistleblower' on money laundering at casinos
VANCOUVER - A former director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering office says he is the "whistleblower" that likely prompted the public inquiry examining how hundreds o...
Sep 10, 2021
Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to speed asylum process for refugees
VANCOUVER - Shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Friba Rezayee's phone started lighting up with messages from women and girls pleading for help. Rezayee, who made history as one of Afghanist...
Sep 10, 2021
98 new cases of COVID-19 in northern B.C. and one more death
VICTORIA - The provincial government is reporting 774 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, including 98 more cases up north.Here's the regional breakdown, which includes new and active cases:* 2...
Sep 09, 2021
Refusing COVID-19 vaccine hurts wider population, B.C. health minister says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister admonished those who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and have staged protests against the province's vaccine passport, saying it's both foolish ...
Sep 09, 2021
B.C. opens consultation on anti-racism legislation as groups praise data collection
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is asking residents to provide input on proposed anti-racism legislation as members of marginalized communities say the collection of data will help groups ...
Sep 09, 2021