Category Archives: British Columbia
Canadian outpouring over residential schools can bring healing, says survivor
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The shock being expressed about the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia could be a force to bring long-awaited chan...
Jun 02, 2021
B.C. & Yukon legions receive $1.5 million to offset pandemic loses
VICTORIA - New relief funding will help B.C. legions continue providing community services. The Royal Canadian Legion B.C./Yukon Command will receive $1.5 million in one-time support to help offset th...
Jun 02, 2021
Nanaimo sees one of driest springs on record
NANAIMO - Rainfall was sparse in Nanaimo and many other portions of the province this spring.Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist told NanaimoNewsNOW local spring rainfall totals the previo...
Jun 02, 2021
Just 1 new COVID-19 case found in Island Health as vaccine rollout ramps up
NANAIMO - Island Health hit a low not seen since October, 2020 in the fight against COVID-19. Just one new case of the virus was confirmed by Island Health on Tuesday, June 1. The last time Island Hea...
Jun 01, 2021
70 per cent of B.C.'s eligible adults have first shot of COVID-19 vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say about 70 per cent of eligible adults in the province have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Officials say in a news release that they wi...
Jun 01, 2021
Province moves ahead with modernizing B.C.'s forestry sector
The B.C. government is modernizing its forestry policies to address today's challenges. Premier John Horgan told a media conference that forests are at the heart of B.C.'s identity, are essential to a...
Jun 01, 2021
B.C. lays out plans for 'modernizing' regulation of the forest industry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has released a series of goals, plans and an initial yearlong timeline as it works to "modernize" its regulation of the forest sector. A new paper lays out f...
Jun 01, 2021
Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...
Jun 01, 2021
Almost six people died every day of drug overdoses in B.C. in April: coroner service
VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says the overdose death rate in British Columbia has nearly doubled since 2016, the year a state of emergency was declared in the crisis. The service says 176 people...
Jun 01, 2021
UPDATE: Police say body of missing diver recovered
UPDATE: A tip from the public helped end the long search for a missing firefighter in Okanagan Lake. RCMP say on Tuesday, June 1, just after 7:00 a.m., a member of the public located what appeared to ...
Jun 01, 2021
