Category Archives: British Columbia
Tribe getting piece of Minnesota back more than a century after ancestors died there
GRANITE FALLS, Minn. (AP) - Golden prairies and winding rivers of a Minnesota state park also hold the secret burial sites of Dakota people who died as the United States failed to fulfill treaties wit...
Sep 02, 2023
Biden tells Idalia's Florida victims 'your nation has your back' and DeSantis doesn't show up
LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia's impact across a swath of Florida before he set out on a walking tour of a city recovering from the storm. Nota...
Sep 02, 2023
Twenty six properties on evacuation order in B.C. wildfire zones dropped to alert
VICTORIA - Evacuation orders for 26 properties in British Columbia's Kamloops and Shuswap Lake areas affected by two separate wildfires have been lifted and downgraded to alert status. The Thompson-Ni...
Sep 02, 2023
Jimmy Buffett's laid-back party vibe created adoring 'Parrotheads' and success beyond music
Jimmy Buffett celebrated slackers before the word existed, even though he was hardly one himself. "Wastin' away again in Margaritaville," went the chorus to his most famous song, which became an inter...
Sep 02, 2023
Ecologists say life will return to B.C. wildfire zone, but trees may never grow back
The charred hills surrounding Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior will likely look very different in a year's time and beyond as life returns to the wildfire-ravaged landscape, ecologists predict. An e...
Sep 02, 2023
Pope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country's religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) - Pope Francis on Saturday praised Mongolia's tradition of religious freedom dating to the times of its founder, Genghis Khan, as he opened the first-ever papal visit to the...
Sep 01, 2023
New COVID variant no cause for parental panic, says doctor, but kids need flu shot
VANCOUVER - A pediatric infectious disease doctor says there's nothing to suggest that British Columbia parents sending kids back to school next week need to make big changes in how they manage COVID-...
Sep 01, 2023
A look at British Columbia's 12 wildfires of note
Twelve of the 400 or so blazes burning in British Columbia are described by the province's wildfire service as "wildfires of note," meaning they are highly visible or pose a threat to public safety. H...
Sep 01, 2023
Two key fires in Okanagan, B.C., are under control, but winds pose challenge to north
KELOWNA, B.C. - Two of the three fires making up a devastating wildfire complex that destroyed almost 200 homes around Lake Okanagan in the B.C. Interior are now under control. But the BC Wildfire Ser...
Sep 01, 2023
It's joy mixed with sorrow as Ukrainian children go back to school in the midst of war
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) - In a small courtyard at a school in Bucha, scene of some of the worst atrocities committed by Russian soldiers during the war, Ukrainian children gathered Friday to celebrate the...
Sep 01, 2023