Category Archives: British Columbia
'It takes a village to heal a child:' Nanaimo family thankful after medical emergency
NANAIMO - A local family is praising the support they received from doctors, nurses and their close contacts after every parent's worst nightmare came true.Autumn Techen, nine-years-old at the time, c...
Aug 09, 2021
Weather stalls significant growth at White Rock Lake fire: BC Wildfire Service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says showers brought some relief and stalled significant overnight growth at a fire that's forced thousands out of their homes in the southern interi...
Aug 08, 2021
Hear ye, hear ye: Town crier silenced as Duncan, B.C., looks for new envoy
DUNCAN, B.C. - A Vancouver Island city is putting out a call for a new kind of ambassador after deciding it will no longer send a town crier to greet visitors or represent the community at events. Dun...
Aug 08, 2021
Nanaimo SPCA's raises third most in B.C. during annual fundraiser
NANAIMO - Community spirit is helping the Nanaimo SPCA pay medical bills for animals in need. The annual Lock-In For Love event, held virtually in 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic, raised $16, 410. Ex...
Aug 08, 2021
White Rock Lake wildfire: evacuation order downgraded for 220 properties, all clear for 177
UPDATE: The City of Kamloops announced it has rescinded its evacuation alert for the neighbourhoods of Campbell Creek, Dallas, and Barnhartvale.EARLIER: KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional Distric...
Aug 07, 2021
White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...
Aug 07, 2021
'I'm pretty proud of the work we put in:' local high jumper reflects on unique Olympic experience
NANAIMO - It may have ended a little earlier than he'd hoped, but a Nanoose high jumper is relishing his fourth Olympic experience.Michael Mason cleared 2.25 metres in the qualification round, but fel...
Aug 07, 2021
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
