Category Archives: British Columbia
‘Can we only get sick during a weekday?’ Kamloops family sent to Kelowna for pediatric care
KAMLOOPS - It was 7 o'clock on Saturday evening (May 14), five days since they had been admitted to Royal Inland Hospital's pediatric ward, that Arian Macaulay was informed her family would have to be...
May 17, 2022
Telus bulking up reach in Western Canada with $34.5B investments in B.C., Alberta
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. says it will invest $17.5 billion in British Columbia and $17 billion in Alberta and create thousands of new jobs in these provinces over the next four years as it looks to exp...
May 17, 2022
Vancouver police think speed was factor after car crosses into traffic, takes flight
Vancouver police say they believe speed was a factor in a four-car collision that killed one person and sent two others to hospital on Monday. Police say in a news release that a Toyota Corolla had to...
May 16, 2022
B.C. Liberal Leader Kevin Falcon to be officially sworn-in, take seat in legislature
VICTORIA - A swearing-in ceremony is set for this afternoon in Victoria as B.C.'s new Liberal leader enters the legislature as Leader of the Opposition. Kevin Falcon won the party leadership in Februa...
May 16, 2022
B.C. to launch 'circle of care' for neurodiverse kids but parents have many questions
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is set to launch one-stop support centres for children with issues like ADHD, autism and Down syndrome, but parents say promises of a no-wait system that won't require ass...
May 16, 2022
Emergency alert system in B.C. to be in place for extreme heat in June: minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says an automated alert system will be in place in June to notify residents of dangerously high temperatures like last year's fatal heat dome. Mik...
May 13, 2022
B.C. invests $789 million for new safe, accessible and culturally inclusive museum
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will spend nearly $800 million to build a new Royal Museum in Victoria. The current museum will close its doors in September, but will be offering tr...
May 13, 2022
$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it's preparing for what could be a challenging summer of wildfires in parts of the country as several ministers gathered in Vancouver to outline how funds will ...
May 13, 2022
Chilly conditions break century-old temperature records in parts of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Highways through southern British Columbia's mountain passes looked more like mid-winter than mid-May Friday as Environment Canada advised another five centimetres of snow was expected bef...
May 13, 2022
Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19. Weekly numbers released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show 596 people in hospit...
May 12, 2022