Category Archives: British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is spending $12.9 million to make grants available to festivals, fairs and community events affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Melanie Mark, the minister of...

NANAIMO - Astute observations and a stroke of luck are primarily responsible for catching a man, well-known to police, red-handed.In the early morning hours of Friday, Aug. 20, a catalytic converter w...

VICTORIA - Officials say the number of wildfires in British Columbia has fallen to below 240 because of cooler temperatures and rain. Emergency Management BC says most of the blazes are in the Kamloop...

NANAIMO - A cougar has been spotted multiple times in a north Nanaimo neighbourhood lately, which a veteran conservation officer called somewhat rare for the reclusive animal.Stuart Bates, central isl...

VICTORIA - British Columbia has reported 724 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths, pushing the total number of fatalities to 1,804 since the pandemic began. Active infections have climbed to 5,64...

VICTORIA - B.C. remains mired in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Today, the provincial government announced 724 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.There are now 5,640 active cases of the virus with...

A firefighter was injured while working on the White Rock Lake wildfire today.Todd Nessman, fire operations manager with the BC Wildfire Service, said the the male firefighter fell down a hill and was...

Vancouver police say they are searching for the owner of thousands of dollars of dental gold recovered earlier this year during a stolen-property investigation. They say the $12,000 worth of dental go...

WHISKEY CREEK - An apparent head-on collision resulted in the driver of a car being flown to hospital after hitting a semi truck on Highway 4.The incident occurred just after 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. ...

VANCOUVER - Emergency Management BC says the number of active wildfires in the province has fallen below 250. The agency says in a news release that the number of active wildfires in B.C. is about 240...