Category Archives: British Columbia

Old growth logging opponents end hunger strike; 8 more arrests at Fairy Creek
VICTORIA - Mounties have arrested eight more people camped near old-growth forest logging areas west of Victoria. RCMP say in a release that seven of the people they arrested Saturday were in violatio...
Jun 20, 2021

Blaze near Lytton spread across steep terrain, says BC Wildfire Service
LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's Wildfire Service says an out-of-control blaze in the Fraser Canyon has grown further burning 3.5 square kilometres of bush south of Lytton, B.C. The service says the ...
Jun 20, 2021

New benches bringing vibrant colours to Oceanside region
PARKSVILLE - Travellers and Oceanside residents will be able to sit and take in the amazing natural views while enjoying artistic creativity. Thirty freshly painted benches, built by Ballenas Secondar...
Jun 20, 2021

Wildfire near Lytton, B.C., grows, evacuation alert remains in effect
LYTTON, B.C. - British Columbia's Wildfire Service says a blaze in the Fraser Canyon has been renamed and is now classified as out-of-control after charring 2.5 square kilometres south of Lytton, B.C....
Jun 19, 2021

VIDEO: Lantzville, Snaw-naw-as Nation formalize new working relationship
LANTZVILLE - The ink is dry on a new memorandum of understanding between the District of Lantzville and Snaw-naw-as Nation.Officially signed at a ceremony in Nanoose on Friday, June 18, the document c...
Jun 19, 2021

Nanaimo spreading scaled-back Canada Day celebrations across six local parks
NANAIMO - For the second year in a row, there will be no major Canada Day celebration at Maffeo Sutton Park.Despite restrictions forecast to be relaxed July 1, allowing for festivals and larger gather...
Jun 19, 2021

B.C. premier gets second AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as 109 new cases reported
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says he's received a second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. John Horgan shared a photo of himself to social media on Friday afternoon holding a c...
Jun 18, 2021

Local swimmer reaching for Tokyo Olympic berth
NANAIMO - Tayden De Pol won't see the finish line coming as he looks to earn a trip to Tokyo in July.The Nanaimo swimmer, a former member of the Riptides swim team and current UBC Thunderbird, will ta...
Jun 18, 2021

Pair charged in murder of two brothers in Naramata, B.C.
NARAMATA, B.C. - RCMP say two men have been charged in the double murder of two brothers in British Columbia's Okanagan region. The bodies of Erick and Carlos Fryer were found in a remote location nea...
Jun 18, 2021

Two men charged in Naramata homicides
NARAMATA, B.C. - RCMP have arrested one man, and have a warrant out for a second person, in the double murder of Kamloops brothers Carlos and Erick Fryer whose bodies were discovered in Naramata in Ma...
Jun 18, 2021