British Columbia

Fairness officer role approved as ICBC launches enhanced care auto insurance

VICTORIA - The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia has created a new position aimed at ensuring the Crown-run auto insurer makes fair and transparent decisions related to its newly launched enha...

Jun 04, 2021

Hold-and-secure lifted at NDSS after reports of youth possibly with a weapon

NANAIMO - A hold-and-secure at Nanaimo's largest school was lifted after reports of a youth with a weapon. Nanaimo RCMP Cst. Gary O'Brien confirmed the hold-and-secure was lifted to NanaimoNewsNOW's r...

Maria Doty Jun 04, 2021 Police are on scene and inside NDSS after reports of a youth who might have a weapon on the grounds.

Many have given up looking for work : STATSCAN

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy lost 68,000 jobs in May as lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 continued. The unemployment rate was 8.2 per cent in May, little changed from the 8.1 pe...

Jun 04, 2021

Oceanside swimmer named to Team Canada in upcoming Paralympics

NANAIMO - It's a dream come true for 17-year-old swimmer with autism spectrum disorder and his family. Nicholas Bennett was named on Thursday, June 2 to Team Canada for the upcoming Paralympics held a...

Jun 04, 2021

Chief calls news conference as memorial grows near Kamloops, B.C., residential school

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An update is expected from the chief of the Tk'emlups te Sewepemc First Nation, a week after the band announced the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at...

Jun 04, 2021

Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...

Jun 03, 2021

If your first vaccine in B.C. was AstraZeneca, the second shot is your choice: doctor

VICTORIA - British Columbia residents who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be able to choose if they want to stay with the same shot or take one of the other options. Provincial health off...

Jun 03, 2021

Second dose of Astrazeneca vaccine begins Monday, new cases remain low in Island Health

NANAIMO - The nearly 300,000 British Columbians who received the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine can soon receive their second dose. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, June 3 announced...

Jun 03, 2021

Lululemon Q1 revenues surge by 88 per cent to reach $1.2 billion on strong sales

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its revenue soared by 88 per cent in its latest quarter, fuelled by the company's ongoing e-commerce expansion and a rebound in its brick-and-mortar store sal...

Jun 03, 2021

A look at the residential-school system in Canada

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced last week that ground-penetrating radar had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children in an unmarked burial site on...

Jun 03, 2021