British Columbia

RCMP arrest eight as protests continue against old-growth logging in B.C.

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The Mounties have made another eight arrests as they enforce a B.C. Supreme Court injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island. ...

Aug 24, 2021

Crews fighting wildfires in B.C. aided by cooler and unseasonably low temperatures

VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says cooler and below seasonal average temperatures have helped crews fight the blazes. Fire information officer Taylor Colman says crews are seeing between three a...

Aug 24, 2021

Nanaimo RCMP investigating 'serious assault' in downtown from July

NANAIMO - Local police are looking for leads in relation to what they label a "possible serious assault."Emergency services were called to the corner of Terminal Ave. and Wentworth St., near Comox Rd....

Aug 24, 2021

Nanaimo man avoids jail despite 'quite horrific' child porn collection

NANAIMO - A man busted with a substantial child porn haul will serve his sentence at home as opposed to behind bars.Tori Bruce Schild, 31, was sentenced on Monday, Aug. 23 to one year of house arrest ...

Aug 24, 2021

B.C. officials to show and tell on COVID-19 health and safety measures in schools

VICTORIA - Students in Kindergarten to Grade 12 and those attending post-secondary schools in British Columbia will get the COVID-19 lesson plan on health and safety today. Provincial health officer D...

Aug 24, 2021

Kelowna Mountie charged with assault in wellness check

KELOWNA, B.C. - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says an RCMP officer in Kelowna has been charged with assault in connection with an incident last year.The prosecution service said in a statem...

Aug 23, 2021

B.C. to introduce vaccine card for activities and restaurants as COVID-19 cases climb

VICTORIA - British Columbia residents will need a vaccine card to get into restaurants, clubs, ticketed sporting events and organized affairs like weddings as the risk of infection is currently 10 tim...

Aug 23, 2021

Mountie in Kelowna, B.C., charged with assault in January 2020 wellness check

KELOWNA, B.C. - The British Columbia prosecution service says an RCMP officer in Kelowna has been charged with assault in connection with a wellness check last year. The prosecution service says in a ...

Aug 23, 2021

Evacuation order lifted for three properties near Mt. Law wildfire

As the lowering temperatures and increased precipitation have reduced the fire activity at the north end of the Mt. Law wildfire in West Kelowna, the evacuation order has been reduced to an alert for ...

Aug 23, 2021

124 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend throughout Island Health

NANAIMO - The steady rise in COVID-19 cases in Island Health has continued.Island Health confirmed 124 new cases over three reporting periods from the weekend. It brings the total number of cases in t...

Aug 23, 2021