Category Archives: British Columbia
RDN to spend $6.4M upgrading Parksville sewage infrastructure
PARKSVILLE - Increased capacity and addressing flood concerns are two key reasons for an expansive upgrade to Parksville's sewage system. The Regional District of Nanaimo board approved a $6.4 million...
May 28, 2021
Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwpemc First Nation said in...
May 27, 2021
B.C. aims for end of summer for second vaccine shot for all, says Dr. Bonnie Henry
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she's set an end-of-summer target for everyone in the province to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced Thursda...
May 27, 2021
RCMP looking for Alexis Creek murder suspect
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in Williams Lake are looking for a murder suspect on the lam.Kyle Gilpin is facing a charge of second degree murder in the October, 2018 killing of a man in Redstone, west o...
May 27, 2021
Tk'emlups confirms bodies of 215 children buried at former Kamloops Indian Residential School site
TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC - The chief of the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc calls the discovery "unthinkable".The band confirmed Thursday (May 27) it has found the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the...
May 27, 2021
Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...
May 27, 2021
Interval between Covid vaccines reduced as B.C. program hits milestone
British Columbia's COVID-19 vaccination program reached a milestone today with over three-million doses going into arms. That represents 62 per cent of residents 12 and older, and 65.8 per cent of res...
May 27, 2021
Wait between first and second COVID-19 vaccine dose shortened significantly
NANAIMO - People in the province hoping to be fully vaccinated won't have to wait nearly as long. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, May 27 announced the time between a first and ...
May 27, 2021
Penticton motels bought for affordable housing
The provincial government is moving to provide more affordable housing in Penticton with the purchase of three motels, and upgrades planned for an existing building. The province spent approximately $...
May 27, 2021
Woman charged with aggravated assault after stabbing inside Vancouver's courthouse
VANCOUVER - A 53-year-old woman has been charged with aggravated assault after a stabbing at the Vancouver Law Courts this week. Sgt. Steve Addison of Vancouver police says in an email statement that ...
May 27, 2021
