British Columbia

Island Health active COVID-19 cases rise by more than 150 in one week

NANAIMO - The number of active COVID-19 cases within Island Health rose sharply in one week of the fourth wave. Island Health reported 523 active cases in the health authority on Monday, Aug. 30. This...

Aug 30, 2021

1,853 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. over the weekend, including 142 in Northern Health

VICTORIA - The provincial government announced another 1,853 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia over the past three days.Here's the breakdown:* Aug. 27-28: 769 new cases* Aug. 28-29: 581 new ca...

Aug 30, 2021

B.C. to phase out private housekeeping, food service contracts in acute care

VICTORIA - Workers employed by private contractors that provide housekeeping and food services at acute health-care facilities in British Columbia will have their employment returned to provincial hea...

Aug 30, 2021

Number of B.C. evacuation orders and wildfires tick down

VICTORIA - The number of properties under evacuation orders and alerts because of wildfires in British Columbia ticked down over the weekend. Emergency Management BC says 28 orders were in place today...

Aug 30, 2021

Free youth bus fares to help encourage next generation of transit riders

NANAIMO - Children under the age of 12 won't have to pay to get on board public transit systems throughout the province starting Wednesday, Sept. 1.RDN board chair Tyler Brown strongly supports the dr...

Aug 30, 2021

BC Wildfire Service reports progress on blazes as more military, Mexican crews arrive

More help is arriving to support BC Wildfire Service firefighters as they continue to make headway on several blazes in British Columbia. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations says another 60 members ...

Aug 29, 2021

Fresh Start charts positive beginning to school year for Nanaimo area students

NANAIMO - Giving students a sharp look and supplies to start the school year, while giving their families a much-need financial break is what Fresh Start is all about.Dozens of mid island school stude...

Aug 29, 2021

Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year

PORT RENFREW, B.C. - In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental moveme...

Aaron Schulze Aug 29, 2021

'Clearly discriminatory and systemically racist': Report on B.C. schools board

VICTORIA - An independent report has found systemic racism in a northern British Columbia school board and calls for a provincewide investigation of the issue. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside ap...

Aug 28, 2021

Judge dismisses lawsuit after man loses finger while sliding down Courtenay handrail

NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court justice ruled a City of Courtenay handrail could have been safe if it was used as intended.The province's high court tossed out a claim from Christopher Slater, who sought...

Aug 28, 2021