Category Archives: British Columbia
Famous Nanaimo bathtub race cancelled, hope floats for September event
NANAIMO - Bathtubs, silly boats and dragon boats won't race through the waters off the shores of Nanaimo this year. The Loyal Nanaimo Bathtub Society, which hosts and co-organizes the larger Nanaimo M...
Jun 15, 2021
Save-On-Foods’ ‘Share It Forward’ program filling local food banks
KAMLOOPS - For the fourth year in a row, and the second amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Save-On-Foods and Western Family are teaming up and asking Western Canadians to help them "Share It Forward" to su...
Jun 15, 2021
B.C. reports no new COVID-19 deaths as it begins second step of reopening plan
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are reporting 108 new cases of COVID-19 as the province begins step two of its reopening plan. They say in a statement B.C. has 1,496 active cases and 143,...
Jun 15, 2021
B.C. Covid update Tuesday: 108 new cases
British Columbia reported 108 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, up from the 68 on Monday. Interior Health 37 of the new cases (34.2 per cent). Elsewhere, Vancouver Coastal Health has 11 new cases, wit...
Jun 15, 2021
Suspicious fires in downtown Nanaimo keep emergency crews active
NANAIMO - A series of deliberately set and suspicious fires around Nanaimo has lead to a full investigation from Nanaimo RCMP and Fire Rescue. More than 20 suspicious fires were set, mostly around dow...
Jun 15, 2021
Labour shortages, closed borders major obstacles to B.C. restaurant, tourism restarts
VICTORIA - British Columbia's restaurant and tourism operators applaud the easing of pandemic health restrictions, but say the sectors still face daunting COVID-19-related barriers to a robust return ...
Jun 15, 2021
B.C. government says restaurants can apply to make temporary patios permanent
VICTORIA - Patio season in British Columbia may become permanent as the government says more than 2,000 restaurants with temporary outdoor seating areas that popped up COVID-19 can now apply to keep t...
Jun 15, 2021
B.C. ombudsperson labels youth confinement in jail 'unsafe,' calls for changes
VICTORIA - A three-year investigation by British Columbia's ombudsperson concludes the provincial government's practice of placing jailed youth in solitary confinement is "unjust and unsafe." Jay Chal...
Jun 15, 2021
Province allows licenced patios to become permanent
VICTORIA - More than 2,000 temporary patios authorized to serve liquor during the COVID-19 pandemic can apply to become permanent under changes to provincial liquor rules.This includes prospective pat...
Jun 15, 2021
B.C. government supports temporary patios going permanent under liquor regulations
VICTORIA - More than 2,000 temporary B.C. patios authorized to serve liquor during the COVID-19 pandemic can apply to become permanent under amended provincial liquor regulations.This includes prospec...
Jun 15, 2021
