Category Archives: British Columbia
Tk’emlúps pushing for release of residential school student records
TK'EMLUPS - Nearly two months since the initial announcement of 215 burial sites detected on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, Tk'emlps te Secwpemc (TteS) provided an updat...
Jul 15, 2021
UPDATE: Seymour Arm evacuation alert continues
SEYMOUR ARM, B.C. - The community of Seymour Arm on Shuswap Lake remains on evacuation alert as a fire in the vicinity continues to grow.The BC Wildfire Service says the Hunakwa Lake fire has gone fro...
Jul 15, 2021
Cruise ships allowed to sail in Canadian waters starting Nov. 1
VICTORIA - The federal government says cruise ships will be allowed back in Canadian waters in November, but they must follow public health requirements. Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said the proh...
Jul 15, 2021
B.C. expands access to safer drug alternatives for people at risk of overdose
VANCOUVER - British Columbia says it's bringing in a new policy that will expand access to safer prescription drugs for people at risk of overdose and death from toxic substances, without expecting th...
Jul 15, 2021
Provincial safer supply expanding to curb skyrocketing drug toxicity deaths
NANAIMO - Health authorities across the province will soon be able to offer pharmaceutical-grade drugs in a bid to shut out a toxic drug supply in B.C.The provincial government is budgeting $22.6 mill...
Jul 15, 2021
Four coyotes euthanized after toddler bitten during walk in Vancouver's Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - A provincial government agency say four coyotes have been euthanized in Vancouver's Stanley Park following an attack on a toddler earlier this week. A statement from British Columbia's Con...
Jul 15, 2021
'It's a testing process:' new accessible beach mat in Qualicum Beach faces early challenges
QUALICUM BEACH - An extended mat on Qualicum Beach's waterfront to help the mobility challenged enjoy the beach had a rocky debut.The Town's manager of operations Arnold Schwabe said the portable non-...
Jul 15, 2021
First Nation to release report on unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwpemc First Nation is set to release a report today outlining the findings of a search of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School property using ground-penetr...
Jul 15, 2021
B.C. ambulance service overhauled to improve response, job security
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province is overhauling the ambulance service to reduce wait times after complaints about long delays during medical emergencies. Adrian Dix says...
Jul 14, 2021
Province hiring more paramedics to meet rising demand
NANAIMO - The recent heat wave and increased social gatherings stressed B.C.'s emergency health service. In response, health minister Adrian Dix announced on Wednesday, July 14 85 paramedics and 30 di...
Jul 14, 2021