Category Archives: British Columbia

PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health says the COVID-19 outbreak at Jubilee Lodge, a long-term care facility in town, has now claimed five lives, two of whom were epidemiologically linked.To date, 20 reside...

VANCOUVER - Two U.S. bills proposed by a congressman and senator aimed at allowing Alaska-bound cruise ships to bypass Canadian ports would have a "devastating" effect on British Columbia's economy, t...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province won't be taking COVID-19 patients from Alberta due to current demands on its own health-care system. Adrian Dix says the B.C. Health Min...

VICTORIA - There seems to be no end in sight to the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.The provincial government announced 706 new cases of the virus today, including 104 in the Northern Health regi...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia court heard today from lawyers who say people from all walks of life with concerns about protecting old-growth trees from logging on Vancouver Island are being treat...

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales have plateaued after reaching record highs in March. In its third-quarter housing overview for 2021, it says the number of homes ...

PARKSVILLE - The Nature Trust of BC has completed the purchase of a prized piece of property at the mouth of the Englishman River.Courtesy a $6 million donation from the Wilson 5 Foundation, the Natur...

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - Canadian National Railway Co. has been fined $2.5 million for spraying pesticides along a rail corridor that runs along the Skeena River in British Columbia. Environment and Clim...

NANAIMO - The Nanaimo Port Authority and Snuneymuxw First Nation revealed a landmark deal with a private company for a high speed passenger-only ferry linking downtown Nanaimo and downtown Vancouver.A...

VANCOUVER - A man has been shot and killed in what Vancouver police say was a targeted attack. It happened at around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in the parkade of the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel on Vancouver's...