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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., "ground zero for where the truth broke out...
Aug 09, 2021
VICTORIA - COVID-19 outbreaks in pockets around British Columbia have prompted health officials to shorten their recommended delay between vaccinations by three weeks. Provincial health officer Dr. Bo...
Aug 09, 2021
NANAIMO - An 18-month-old toddler was unharmed after the truck he was riding in was destroyed in an collision with a semi-truck. The pickup truck crept into the intersection of the Nanaimo Parkway and...
Aug 09, 2021
VERNON, B.C. - For hundreds of small businesses in dozens of communities across rural British Columbia, the devastating impact of this season's wildfires are just one more blow to an economy already s...
Aug 09, 2021
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say the only appropriate remedy for a range of abuses in her extradition case is for proceedings to be stayed. Defence lawyer Tony Paisana urged t...
Aug 09, 2021
NANAIMO - Crews are continuing to halt the progress of a wildfire burning approximately nine kilometres southwest of Chemainus.The Copper Canyon wildfire, formerly the Holyoak Creek fire, hasn't grown...
Aug 09, 2021
NANAIMO - A local family is praising the support they received from doctors, nurses and their close contacts after every parent's worst nightmare came true.Autumn Techen, nine-years-old at the time, c...
Aug 09, 2021
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says showers brought some relief and stalled significant overnight growth at a fire that's forced thousands out of their homes in the southern interi...
Aug 08, 2021
DUNCAN, B.C. - A Vancouver Island city is putting out a call for a new kind of ambassador after deciding it will no longer send a town crier to greet visitors or represent the community at events. Dun...
Aug 08, 2021
NANAIMO - Community spirit is helping the Nanaimo SPCA pay medical bills for animals in need. The annual Lock-In For Love event, held virtually in 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic, raised $16, 410. Ex...
Aug 08, 2021