Category Archives: British Columbia

NANAIMO - City councillors are reviewing recommended costly upgrades to the public works yard near Beban Park, described as being far beyond its lifespan.Poul Rosen, the City's director of engineering...

NANAIMO - Local Mounties arrested a man who they believe pointed a loaded handgun at a vehicle with four people inside as they drove past on Departure Bay Rd.RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien said it happened on...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor is encouraging people who are pregnant, planning to get pregnant or breastfeeding to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Dr. Bonnie Henry says 40 pregnant women h...

VERNON, B.C. - One person has been killed in a shooting near Vernon, B.C. RCMP say they responded to reports of a vehicle fleeing the scene of a possible shooting on Monday. A body was discovered when...

SALMON ARM, B.C. - The main doors of many public schools in Salmon Arm, B.C., will remain locked Tuesday but the school district says it has lifted "hold and secure" measures in place since a disturbi...

NANAIMO - While 80 new COVID cases were announced for the mid-Island region, the number of cases considered active regionally dropped considerably.Data from Island Health published on Monday, Sept. 20...

A more than 90-year-old hydroelectric dam on the Shuswap River is being shut down by BC Hydro.The government-owned utility plans to decommission the Wilsey Dam and Shuswap Falls Powerhouse between Lum...

VICTORIA - Family of a Vancouver Island Indigenous woman killed during a police wellness check in New Brunswick says the effort to seek justice has been overshadowed by a weekend attack on Victoria's ...

VANCOUVER - UBC Investment Management Trust Inc. says it is committing $120 million to a Paris Aligned reduced carbon global equity fund, on behalf of the University of British Columbia's endowment fu...

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. - A British Columbia health authority says it is facing a severe nursing shortage in a northern city as staff face criticism from COVID-19 protesters. The Northern Health Authority...