Category Archives: British Columbia
Nanaimo Airport records first rainfall in over 50 days
NANAIMO - The streak is over.After a bone dry stretch of 52 days without measurable precipitation at Nanaimo Airport's monitoring station, showers moving across the region on Friday, Aug. 6 finally st...
Aug 07, 2021
Male southern resident killer whale possibly dead from cancer, says expert
VANCOUVER - The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead, says an expert. The orca, K-21, was seen in the last week of July ...
Aug 07, 2021
Man runs from British Columbia to Ontario to raise funds for young cancer patients
Rick Fall spent every day of the last three and a half months running roughly the equivalent of a full marathon as he trekked from British Columbia to Ontario. The 61-year-old has been making the grue...
Aug 07, 2021
Island Health says 'Walk-In Wednesday' a success in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - An effort to reduce barriers to people getting a COVID-19 vaccination is considered successful by Island Health. The health authority said 293 people walked in to the Beban Park community cl...
Aug 06, 2021
Valuable Fresh Start program expands to provide more kids with school supplies
NANAIMO - It's hoped 2021 will be the biggest yet for an annual fundraiser providing supplies and a snazzy, new hair cut to students before their first day of school. The Fresh Start event, normally h...
Aug 06, 2021
More restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike in B.C.'s Okanagan: top doctor
VANCOUVER - British Columbia health officials announced circuit-breaker restrictions in the central Okanagan region amid a surge of COVID-19 cases driven by the highly infections Delta variant. Provin...
Aug 06, 2021
Bars & nightclubs ordered to shutdown in Central Okanagan to curb rising COVID-19 cases
KELOWNA, B.C. - COVID-19 cases continue to increase in the Central Okanagan which has resulted in more, stronger restrictions being put in place.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Fr...
Aug 06, 2021
Investigation launched into lake death
PENTICTON, B.C. - A tragedy on Okanagan Lake is under investigation.One man died after a couple of personal watercraft crashed on the lake in Penticton around 11:30 a.m. Thursday (Aug. 5).The operator...
Aug 06, 2021
Holyoak Creek fire out of control, grows to 32 hectares in less than 2 days
NANAIMO - The BC Wildfire Service says the Holyoak Creek fire burning in Chemainus River Provincial Park has grown to 32 hectares. A notice from the service late afternoon on Friday, Aug. 6 said firef...
Aug 06, 2021
Wildfire devastates community of Monte Lake in B.C.'s southern Interior
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire and more could be at risk from a blaze in the southern Interior between Kamloops and Vernon. Ken Gillis, ...
Aug 06, 2021