Category Archives: British Columbia

B.C. wildfires, evacuation orders continue to drop as government urges caution
VICTORIA - Residents of more than 970 properties have been allowed to return home as the number of evacuation orders due to wildfires in British Columbia dropped to 2,566 on Wednesday night. Emergency...
Sep 02, 2021

Pace of home sales slowed in August, but prices still increasing: Vancouver board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the city's home sales have slowed from a frenzied pace earlier this year, but supply has dwindled all summer and prices are continuing to ri...
Sep 02, 2021

Mt. Hayes wildfire considered under control, crews dousing hot spots
NANAIMO - BC Wildfire Service (BCWFS) personnel are mopping up the site of a once fast-growing fire northwest of Ladysmith.The BCWFS recently downgraded the 61.5 hectare Mt. Hayes wildfire from being ...
Sep 02, 2021

B.C. premier supports health-care workers after protests against vaccine cards
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday after protests outside some hospitals in the province. The provincial government will require proof of v...
Sep 01, 2021

RCMP charge 43-year-old man of no fixed address with murder of Bowser woman
PARKSVILLE - Police have laid a murder charge in connection to an incident in Bowser in late August.43-year-old Luciano Mariani was charged by police in the murder investigation of a Bowser woman. Mar...
Sep 01, 2021

B.C. reports 785 new cases of COVID-19
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 785 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Of those cases, 94 are in the Northern Health region. Two more people have died and there are over 5,800 active cases province wi...
Sep 01, 2021

Two children involved in latest coyote attacks in Vancouver's Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - The BC Conservation Officer Service says two children were involved in attacks by coyotes in Vancouver's popular Stanley Park overnight. On Twitter, the service said it "cannot stress enou...
Sep 01, 2021

Anti-vaccine protest attracts a big crowd in Kelowna
More than one thousand people carried signs and rallied against mandatory vaccinations in a protest outside Kelowna General Hospital today.LIVE: Live look at #Kelowna General Hospital. At least 1,000 ...
Sep 01, 2021

Overnight commercial sailings planned between Duke Point & Tsawwassen
NANAIMO - More ferries will shuttle commercial goods to and from Vancouver Island. Beginning Sept. 7, BC Ferries will operate one round trip sailing between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in the late night...
Sep 01, 2021

Nanaimo's development approval process to speed up with new online site
NANAIMO - The overwhelmed development permit process in Nanaimo is expected to become easier with provincial money. Nanaimo received $500,000 from the ministry of municipal affairs to speed up the dev...
Sep 01, 2021