Category Archives: British Columbia

Western Forest Products Q2 profit soars to $78.3 million on surging lumber prices
VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. beat expectations as surging lumber prices strongly boosted its second-quarter results. The Vancouver-based company says its net income soared to $78.3 million...
Aug 06, 2021

Wildfire smoke having mixed impacts on Okanagan fruit
VERNON, B.C. -The smoky conditions from the wildfires burning throughout the province are having mixed impacts on tree fruit in the Okanagan.Glen Lucas, the general manager for Local 1 of the B.C. Fru...
Aug 06, 2021

No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021

Independent investigation underway into death in Enderby
ENDERBY, B.C. - The Independent Investigators Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) has launched an investigation into an incident in Enderby where one man died and two women suffered non-life threateni...
Aug 05, 2021

Most B.C. COVID cases are in 20- to 40-year-olds with one or fewer doses: top doctor
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says the surge in COVID-19 cases is fuelled by those between the ages of 20 and 40 who are unvaccinated or have only had one dose. The latest daily case count...
Aug 05, 2021

Okanagan wildfire now 'being held,' evacuation order lifted
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - There is good news for residents in the area of the Brenda Creek wildfire west of Peachland.The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen has lifted an evacuation order for 41 pro...
Aug 05, 2021

Repeat Nanaimo fentanyl trafficker serving back-to-back jail sentences
NANAIMO - A drug trafficker caught red-handed by Nanaimo RCMP was sentenced to an additional three and a half years in jail, less than three months after he was put away for separate local drug offenc...
Aug 05, 2021

New evacuations ordered as B.C. wildfire flares, but rain possible this weekend
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says more than 100 new fires have broken out this week in British Columbia as lightning storms and a return to hot weather helped push the number of active fires to...
Aug 05, 2021

New women-led non-profit opening doors and listening to all who need it
NANAIMO - A welcoming space on the ground floor of a downtown Nanaimo landmark is now open for all those looking for someone to talk to. The Rise Bridge Project, spearheaded by women focused on empowe...
Aug 05, 2021

Meng Wanzhou's lawyers claim U.S. is a 'repeat misleader' in her extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say the United States has acted in bad faith in the extradition process of Meng Wanzhou and the British Columbia Supreme Court should stay proc...
Aug 05, 2021