Category Archives: British Columbia
Small Business BC announces award winners
The winners of the Small Business BC (SBBC) awards were announced in six award categories today, representing the best in entrepreneurship in the province this year.The association celebrated small bu...
May 06, 2021
B.C. Covid update Thursday: cases up, milestone hit for vaccine program
Two million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will have gone into arms in British Columbia by the end of today. "This is very good news," said Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, who said 1,995,496 ...
May 06, 2021
Grocery workers 18 and up in one B.C. region can register for vaccine
VICTORIA - Grocery workers aged 18 and up are now eligible to register for a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine in British Columbia's largest health region. Fraser Health says all workers, whether the...
May 06, 2021
Central 1 housing analysis predicts slower market in 2022 but prices continue upward
VANCOUVER - The latest analysis of British Columbia's housing market predicts yo-yo-like activity over the next 18 months as sales spin out this year and curl back in 2022. The forecast from Central 1...
May 06, 2021
Grizzly attacks B.C. man on his property, dogs escape injury
MALAKWA, B.C. - A man out for a walk with his dogs has survived an attack by a grizzly bear on his property in British Columbia's southern interior.Conservation officer Tanner Beck says one of the two...
May 05, 2021
B.C.'s Dr. Henry says province looking to provide vaccines to youth 12 years to 17
VICTORIA - British Columbia youths aged 12 to 17 years old could soon be getting COVID-19 vaccines, and possibly before the end of the school year.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says they'...
May 05, 2021
B.C. COVID-19 cases decline again
Positive tests for COVID-19 are headed in the right direction, down from the numbers earlier this week and over the weekend Today, B.C. is reporting 572 new cases, the lowest in over six weeks, for a ...
May 05, 2021
Push continues for action on invasive clams and mussels
The Shuswap Watershed Council (SWC) is backing efforts by the Okanagan Basin Water Board and others to get additional funding to prevent invasive Zebra and Quagga mussels from entering B.C. waters, an...
May 05, 2021
Cougar believed to be responsible for B.C. attack killed: conservation service
AGASSIZ, B.C. - The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it believes it has killed the cougar responsible for an attack on Tuesday that left a woman in hospital with serious injuries. Th...
May 05, 2021
RCMP debunk report of impersonating police officer
One of the recent "fake cop" reports in B.C. has been investigated and resolved by Mounties. RCMP in Trail looked into a report from a passing motorist who spotted a white pickup truck travelling west...
May 05, 2021
