Category Archives: British Columbia

NANAIMO - Rainfall was sparse in Nanaimo and many other portions of the province this spring.Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist told NanaimoNewsNOW local spring rainfall totals the previo...

NANAIMO - Island Health hit a low not seen since October, 2020 in the fight against COVID-19. Just one new case of the virus was confirmed by Island Health on Tuesday, June 1. The last time Island Hea...

VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say about 70 per cent of eligible adults in the province have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Officials say in a news release that they wi...

VICTORIA - The number of people vaccinated against COVID-19 in British Columbia continues to increase.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 70.4 per cent of all adults in B.C. and 67 per cen...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a series of goals, plans and an initial yearlong timeline as it works to "modernize" its regulation of the forest sector. A new paper lays out f...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...

VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says the overdose death rate in British Columbia has nearly doubled since 2016, the year a state of emergency was declared in the crisis. The service says 176 people...

NANAIMO - One of the SPCA's largest fundraisers has started with a big push. Leon Davis, executive director of the Nanaimo and District SPCA, said a generous gift is doubling donations given when peop...

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it has submitted its final proposal for decriminalization of simple possession of drugs to Health Canada, making it the first jurisdiction in the country to appl...

VICTORIA - An apology has been issued after a memorial honouring the young victims of the Kamloops Indian Residential School was removed from the steps of the British Columbia legislature just hours a...