British Columbia

Downtown Nanaimo cooling centre to stay open

NANAIMO - A cooling centre for the vulnerable hasn't closed as planned. The space at the 7-10 Club in the Community Service Building on the corner of Prideaux St. and Fitzwilliam St. was used as a rep...

Jul 13, 2021

Convention centre repurposed as COVID field hospital to close in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - The makeshift hospital at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which was repurposed with COVID-19 overflow beds, is being shut down without ever taking patients. Vancouver Coastal Health says ...

Jul 13, 2021

Aritzia swings to Q1 profit as revenues more than double despite store closures

VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says it swung to a $17.9-million profit in the first quarter as revenues more than doubled from a year ago despite a majority of its Canadian stores being closed. The Vancouve...

Jul 13, 2021

Five dead in Kelowna crane collapse: police

KELOWNA - Four people are confirmed to have died in Monday's crane collapse in downtown Kelowna, say police, and a fifth is believed to be buried in rubble in an adjacent building.Kelowna RCMP announc...

Jul 13, 2021

Four dead, one missing after collapse of crane in Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. - The Mounties say four people were killed and a fifth person is missing after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C. Insp. Adam MacIntosh says four people at the site, all construction work...

Jul 13, 2021

More than 160 unmarked graves found at B.C. residential school site: First Nation

CHEMAINUS, B.C. - A newsletter circulating online from a First Nation community on Vancouver Island says more than 160 unmarked and undocumented graves have been found at a former residential school s...

Jul 13, 2021

Remembrance event planned after unmarked graves discovered on Penelakut Island

NANAIMO - A somber event is planned to honour the children who lost their lives at a residential school in the Gulf Islands. Joan Brown, chief of the Penelakut Tribe, said the March for the Children e...

Jul 13, 2021

Taser, bean bag gun needed to stop man linked to sword attack in Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER - Two people have been treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries in what Vancouver police say started with one man attacking another with a sword. A statement from police says office...

Jul 13, 2021

South African miner AngloGold Ashanti submits proposal to buy Corvus Gold

VANCOUVER - AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. says it has made an offer to buy the stake in Corvus Gold Inc. that it does not already own for about $460 million. The South African gold miner already holds a 19.5...

Jul 13, 2021

City applies for provincial funding to boost either Metral Dr. or Albert St. projects

NANAIMO - It's hoped the province can pitch in on two active transportation projects in Nanaimo. Councillors on Monday, July 12 unanimously approved applying for two Active Transportation Infrastructu...

Jul 13, 2021