Category Archives: British Columbia

VICTORIA - The B.C. government will offer $5,000 placement bonuses for up to 3,000 people at businesses that are hiring for tech or tech-related jobs.The province will spend $15 million in the Innovat...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA - The wife of an Alberta man who was missing for nearly a week and thought to be travelling to B.C. says he has been found safe.Jesse Faulkenham, 31, went missing June 2. His w...

VICTORIA - The province is speeding toward its goal of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with 50 per cent of the 2040 target of 400 stations already built or underway."A record number of Britis...

NANAIMO - The addition of four new classrooms to a local high school is hoped to have a positive impact with a shortage of spaces.The province announced $2.6 million in funding on Wednesday, June 9, t...

NANAIMO - A near-record dry spring coupled with a warmer than average summer forecast is causing concern for the upcoming fire season.The Coastal Fire Centre has seen 56 fires since Apr. 1, with all b...

KELOWNA - The chief medical health officer for Interior Health in B.C. has been arrested.Alberta RCMP said Dr. Albert de Villiers was arrested in Kelowna Tuesday (June 8) on one count of sexual assaul...

NANAIMO - A much-discussed animal bylaw was given third reading for the second time after the province required amendments. The bylaw is designed to reduce calls to the Nanaimo SPCA by firming up rule...

VERNON, B.C. - The chief and council of a First Nation in British Columbia are calling on the federal government to remove three former day school structures they say are symbols of trauma and pain. I...

NANAIMO - Overhauling Nanaimo Search and Rescue's headquarters won't take nearly as long as originally planned.City councillors on Monday, June 7 officially allocated more than $1.3 million in require...

VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia say it's encouraging to see a steady increase in the number of people who are protected with a COVID-19 vaccine as cases decline. However, of the nearly...