Category Archives: British Columbia
Evacuation order lifted for Central Okanagan residents on Westside Road
More residents displaced by the White Rock Lake wildfire can now go home.The Regional District of Central Okanagan has rescinded an Evacuation Order for La Casa Lakeside Resort, Fintry, Upper Fintry a...
Aug 09, 2021
B.C. shortens the time between COVID-19 vaccine doses to 28 days
VICTORIA - COVID-19 outbreaks in pockets around British Columbia have prompted health officials to shorten their recommended delay between vaccinations by three weeks. Provincial health officer Dr. Bo...
Aug 09, 2021
B.C. averages 360 new COVID-19 cases per day over weekend
B.C. is reporting 1,079 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend.That includes 422 cases on Saturday, 364 on Sunday and 293 today.Fifty-four per cent of the weekend cases were in Interior Health (IH) with ...
Aug 09, 2021
Toddler, drivers unharmed in serious Nanaimo Parkway crash
NANAIMO - An 18-month-old toddler was unharmed after the truck he was riding in was destroyed in an collision with a semi-truck. The pickup truck crept into the intersection of the Nanaimo Parkway and...
Aug 09, 2021
Wait time between COVID doses in B.C. cut by three weeks
B.C. is reducing the wait time between COVID-19 doses from 49 days to 28 days.The change is due to rising case numbers, a number that is currently at about 70 percent in B.C. for those 12 and older, a...
Aug 09, 2021
Support available for businesses impacted by wildfires
VERNON, B.C. - For hundreds of small businesses in dozens of communities across rural British Columbia, the devastating impact of this season's wildfires are just one more blow to an economy already s...
Aug 09, 2021
Children 12 and under will ride free on B.C. public transit
The B.C. government will start offering free transit for children 12 and under as of Sept. 1, 2021. Anyone who typically buys fares or monthly bus passes for children 12 and under will no longer need ...
Aug 09, 2021
Meng's legal team argues for stay in proceedings as remedy to 'abuse' in case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say the only appropriate remedy for a range of abuses in her extradition case is for proceedings to be stayed. Defence lawyer Tony Paisana urged t...
Aug 09, 2021
Water quality advisories issued for Upper Fintry, Westshore & Killiney Beach
The Regional District of Central Okanagan has issued water quality advisories for the Upper Fintry, Westshore and Killiney Beach water systems in the Westside Road area.RDCO says the advisories come a...
Aug 09, 2021
Hot forecast has crews redoubling efforts on wildfire southwest of Chemainus
NANAIMO - Crews are continuing to halt the progress of a wildfire burning approximately nine kilometres southwest of Chemainus.The Copper Canyon wildfire, formerly the Holyoak Creek fire, hasn't grown...
Aug 09, 2021
