British Columbia

24-hour bike ride boosts Loaves & Fishes summer fundraiser

NANAIMO - An annual fundraiser for Nanaimo's food bank is set to have its most successful year yet. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank said the annual Food4S...

Jun 23, 2021

Parents of teen killed at B.C. school share grief, anger at sentencing hearing

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The father of a 13-year-old girl who was murdered at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., says he doubts the killer will receive a fit sentence for the damage caused to his famil...

Jun 23, 2021

Climate activists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis join faculty at University of B.C.

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia says climate activists and journalists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis are joining its faculty in the department of geography. A statement from the university ...

Jun 23, 2021

Lifeline volunteers honoured by province

VICTORIA - Five public safety lifeline volunteers are being recognized for their exceptional contributions to emergency and disaster response throughout the province.The award winners are among thousa...

Jun 23, 2021

Two winning tickets ,one sold in Kamloops, share Tuesday's $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO - After going unclaimed for weeks, the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot has finally been won. One ticket sold in Kamloops, BC and one in Ontario will share the grand prize, each taking $35 millio...

Greg Fry Jun 23, 2021

More than 1 million second COVID-19 doses given in B.C., 6 new in Island Health

NANAIMO - B.C. public health claims more than one million residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Tuesday, June 22 said of the roughly 4.5 mi...

Jun 22, 2021

B.C. health officials say mixing mRNA vaccines is safe, effective

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - British Columbia's provincial health officer is encouraging anyone who is offered a different COVID-19 vaccine than the one they first received to take it. Dr. Bonnie Henry says ...

Jun 22, 2021

Extinction Rebellion Nanaimo blocks access to Nanaimo Assembly Wharf

NANAIMO - A protest against old growth logging in B.C. stymied anyone trying to enter Port Authority lands. Roughly 20 people blocked the 1 Port Dr. entrance into the Nanaimo Assembly Wharf on Tuesday...

Jun 22, 2021

B.C. official condemns threats of violence against anti-racism rally organizers

VICTORIA - A British Columbia official whose job it is to tackle racism is condemning threats of violence that led to the postponement of an anti-racism rally on Vancouver Island over the weekend. Rac...

Jun 22, 2021

Port Alberni wants control of dormant waterfront mill property

PORT ALBERNI - City councillors in Port Alberni are demanding Western Forest Products hand over the keys to the Somass mill site if they're not going to use the property.Mayor Sharie Minions said the ...

Jun 22, 2021