Category Archives: British Columbia
Trudeau in British Columbia while Conservative and NDP leaders campaign in Ontario
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau will be campaigning in British Columbia today while the heads of the New Democrats and Conservative will be in Ontario. Trudeau is expected to make an announcement in Sur...
Aug 25, 2021
COVID shots in incorrect freezer prompts vaccine callback at B.C.'s Interior Health
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - More than 500 people in the Interior Health region will need to get another COVID-19 vaccine shot after officials there say some of the doses were kept in an incorrect freezer. A st...
Aug 24, 2021
641 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 39 up north
VICTORIA - The provincial government announced 641 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. today, including 39 up north. Active cases province wide are up over 5,300 with 138 people in hospital, 78 of whom are ...
Aug 24, 2021
78 properties confirmed with fire damage west of Okanagan Lake
Activity on the White Rock Lake fire has been minimal the last few days along the south, west and northern flanks, but that is expected to increase this week as the temperatures and winds rise.A burn-...
Aug 24, 2021
RCMP arrest eight as protests continue against old-growth logging in B.C.
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The Mounties have made another eight arrests as they enforce a B.C. Supreme Court injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island. ...
Aug 24, 2021
B.C. brings back mandatory masks in public indoor spaces for entire province
Masks are back.Less than two months after removing the requirement, the B.C. government on Tuesday announced it will once again require people to wear masks in public, indoor spaces throughout the pro...
Aug 24, 2021
Crews fighting wildfires in B.C. aided by cooler and unseasonably low temperatures
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and below seasonal average temperatures have helped crews fight the blazes. Fire information officer Taylor Colman says crews are seeing between three a...
Aug 24, 2021
Nanaimo RCMP investigating 'serious assault' in downtown from July
NANAIMO - Local police are looking for leads in relation to what they label a "possible serious assault."Emergency services were called to the corner of Terminal Ave. and Wentworth St., near Comox Rd....
Aug 24, 2021
Nanaimo man avoids jail despite 'quite horrific' child porn collection
NANAIMO - A man busted with a substantial child porn haul will serve his sentence at home as opposed to behind bars.Tori Bruce Schild, 31, was sentenced on Monday, Aug. 23 to one year of house arrest ...
Aug 24, 2021
B.C. officials to show and tell on COVID-19 health and safety measures in schools
VICTORIA - Students in Kindergarten to Grade 12 and those attending post-secondary schools in British Columbia will get the COVID-19 lesson plan on health and safety today. Provincial health officer D...
Aug 24, 2021