Category Archives: British Columbia

Valuable Fresh Start program expands to provide more kids with school supplies
NANAIMO - It's hoped 2021 will be the biggest yet for an annual fundraiser providing supplies and a snazzy, new hair cut to students before their first day of school. The Fresh Start event, normally h...
Aug 06, 2021

More restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike in B.C.'s Okanagan: top doctor
VANCOUVER - British Columbia health officials announced circuit-breaker restrictions in the central Okanagan region amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly infections Delta variant. Provin...
Aug 06, 2021

Bars & nightclubs ordered to shutdown in Central Okanagan to curb rising COVID-19 cases
KELOWNA, B.C. - COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the Central Okanagan which has resulted in more, stronger restrictions being put in place.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Fr...
Aug 06, 2021

Investigation launched into lake death
PENTICTON, B.C. - A tragedy on Okanagan Lake is under investigation.One man died after a couple of personal watercraft crashed on the lake in Penticton around 11:30 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 5).The operator...
Aug 06, 2021

Holyoak Creek fire out of control, grows to 32 hectares in less than 2 days
NANAIMO - The BC Wildfire Service says the Holyoak Creek fire burning in Chemainus River Provincial Park has grown to 32 hectares. A notice from the service late afternoon on Friday, Aug. 6 said firef...
Aug 06, 2021

Wildfire devastates community of Monte Lake in B.C.'s southern Interior
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire and more could be at risk from a blaze in the southern Interior between Kamloops and Vernon. Ken Gillis, ...
Aug 06, 2021

Western Forest Products Q2 profit soars to $78.3 million on surging lumber prices
VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. beat expectations as surging lumber prices strongly boosted its second-quarter results. The Vancouver-based company says its net income soared to $78.3 million...
Aug 06, 2021

Wildfire smoke having mixed impacts on Okanagan fruit
VERNON, B.C. -The smoky conditions from the wildfires burning throughout the province are having mixed impacts on tree fruit in the Okanagan.Glen Lucas, the general manager for Local 1 of the B.C. Fru...
Aug 06, 2021

No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021

Independent investigation underway into death in Enderby
ENDERBY, B.C. - The Independent Investigators Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) has launched an investigation into an incident in Enderby where one man died and two women suffered non-life threateni...
Aug 05, 2021