British Columbia

Free energy saving kits available for low to moderate income households

B.C. Hydro is offering people living in low to moderate income households free energy saving kits.The kits contain energy saving products that can be installed around the home and help reduce the wate...

Oct 18, 2021

Casino operators tell B.C. money laundering public inquiry they followed money rules

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for British Columbia's largest gaming companies say compliance with provincial regulations to combat money laundering is and always has been a top priority at provincial casinos. I...

Oct 18, 2021

Trudeau to visit Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc Nation in Kamloops, B.C.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit Kamloops, B.C., today, where the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc Nation announced it had found what are believed to be some 200 unmarked grav...

Greg Fry Oct 18, 2021

Nanoose First Nation multi-use path to enhance community connectivity and safety

NANAIMO - A significant provincial grant will allow a paved non-vehicular path to safely accomodate people to and from Snaw-Naw-As territory.Craig Edwards, Nanoose First Nation's economic development ...

Oct 16, 2021

City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations

VERNON, B.C. - The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spirit...

Oct 16, 2021

B.C. reports 667 cases of COVID-19, 13 deaths in wake of northern B.C. restrictions

VICTORIA - British Columbia reported 667 new cases of COVID-19 after new health restrictions in northern B.C. came in to effect. The Health Ministry says there are 5,128 active cases of the virus, wit...

Oct 15, 2021

Weather systems to bring 'river' of rain to B.C.'s south coast: Environment Canada

VANCOUVER - Two successive frontal systems will bring an "atmospheric river" to British Columbia's south coast until Saturday night. Environment Canada has issued rainfall, snowfall and special weathe...

Oct 15, 2021

Two B.C. women file constitutional challenge of vaccine card

VANCOUVER - Two British Columbia women who say doctors advised them against getting COVID-19 vaccines have filed a constitutional challenge of the province's vaccine passport. A petition filed in B.C....

Oct 15, 2021

Pedestrian killed in late night crash along Alberni Hwy. near Parksville

PARKSVILLE - One person is dead after a pedestrian was hit by a motorist in Errington.Emergency services were called to the Alberni Highway near Fairdowne Rd. just after 10 p.m. after reports of a ped...

Oct 15, 2021

PM Trudeau to make long-awaited Tk'emlups visit Monday

TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS) says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the community on Monday (Oct. 18). It comes three weeks after the prime minister rebuffed invitations to join Tk...

Oct 15, 2021