Category Archives: British Columbia

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - Tina Taphouse has spent a lot of time lately reflecting on the impact the Kamloops Indian Residential School has had on her life's path. Taphouse didn't go to the sch...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's public safety minister is warning of potential contamination in illicit cannabis and the dangers of misleading packaging for illegal cannabis edibles. Mike Farnworth, who...

VICTORIA - The federal government is taking steps to remove bulk fuel from a vessel that sank in 1968 and is leaking oil off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan sa...

KELOWNA - Interior Health (IH) has confirmed Dr. Sue Pollock will take over as its Interim Chief Medical Health Officer next Monday (June 14).Pollock's hiring comes in the wake of the arrest of Dr. Al...

The sale of illicit cannabis continues to thrive in B.C. through black market sale and unregulated shops on first nations land. The province has undertaken a pilot project to check the safety of that ...

KELOWNA - The chief medical health officer for Interior Health has been released from custody, following his arrest in Kelowna Tuesday June 8. RCMP say Dr. Albert de Villiers is charged with one count...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government will offer $5,000 placement bonuses for up to 3,000 people at businesses that are hiring for tech or tech-related jobs.The province will spend $15 million in the Innovat...

GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA - The wife of an Alberta man who was missing for nearly a week and thought to be travelling to B.C. says he has been found safe.Jesse Faulkenham, 31, went missing June 2. His w...

VICTORIA - The province is speeding toward its goal of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with 50 per cent of the 2040 target of 400 stations already built or underway."A record number of Britis...

NANAIMO - The addition of four new classrooms to a local high school is hoped to have a positive impact with a shortage of spaces.The province announced $2.6 million in funding on Wednesday, June 9, t...