British Columbia

UBC Faculty of Medicine apologizes for harms to Indigenous Peoples

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine is making a formal apology for its role in past and present harms to Indigenous Peoples and it is committing to expand its response...

Jun 25, 2021

Island Health sees uptick in COVID-19 cases after quiet week

NANAIMO - Island Health faced an uptick in COVID-19 cases.Five new cases were confirmed on Friday, June 22, after two days of only two new cases each day. The number of active cases rose to 29 from 25...

Jun 25, 2021

B.C. reports 72 new COVID-19 cases, as pop-up clinics move indoors due to heat

VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are urging residents to prepare for high temperatures if they attend vaccination clinics this weekend. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Healt...

Jun 25, 2021

Public complaints about COVID-19 services, policies dominate B.C. ombudsperson report

VICTORIA - Concerns about COVID-19 policies and services dominated complaints to the office of British Columbia's ombudsperson. Jay Chalke says in his annual report that of the more than 7,700 complai...

Jun 25, 2021

News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66

VANCOUVER - Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle w...

Jun 25, 2021

Overnight shelter opening earlier as record-breaking heat hits area

NANAIMO - The doors of a Nanaimo overnight shelter are opening earlier to help clients get out of the hot sun. Kevan Griffith, coordinator of the Unitarian Shelter on Townsite Rd., said they wanted to...

Jun 25, 2021

On the verge of 'unprecedented' heat wave, Kamloops Fire Centre officials ponder wildfire ban

KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada says the temperatures Kamloops will see next week will be unprecedented in recorded history.Forecaster Armel Castellan says beginning Saturday (June 26), we are expecting...

Jun 25, 2021

Man who killed B.C. teen not at 'immediate risk' to violently reoffend: lawyer

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The man who killed a 13-year-old girl and injured her friend at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C., has been asked to read the victim impact statements related to his crime befo...

Jun 25, 2021

Record heat now due from B.C., to Alberta, parts of Yukon and Northwest Territories

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has extended heat warnings to cover all but the western edge of British Columbia, and the sizzling conditions are also forecast for the entire northern half of Alberta a...

Jun 25, 2021

Driver guilty of fatal Cedar crash fined, avoids driving prohibition

NANAIMO - A man convicted in a crash south of Nanaimo which killed a well known retired police officer is keeping his drivers license. Conrad Nikolaus Wetten, 25, was handed a $1,500 fine on Friday, J...

Jun 25, 2021