Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. ferry failed to respond to commands before striking terminal: safety board
RICHMOND, B.C. - An investigation of a B.C. ferry hitting a dock last spring found the vessel was travelling at speeds higher than recommended and the ship failed to respond when the crew tried to pre...
Feb 11, 2021
B.C. opens latest round of funding to clean up dormant oil and gas wells
VANCOUVER - The latest round of applications is now open under a $100-million fund aimed at cleaning dormant oil and gas wells in British Columbia. B.C. Energy Minister Bruce Ralston says the second h...
Feb 11, 2021
Cut police, build affordable housing instead, says B.C. human rights commissioner
VICTORIA - The all-party committee tasked with reviewing British Columbia's Police Act should consider deploying fewer police officers and using the money saved to build affordable housing, says the p...
Feb 11, 2021
B.C. records 449 more cases of COVID-19 and another nine deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor and health minister say the overdose crisis is as important as the COVID-19 pandemic the province has been dealing with for over a year. Dr. Bonnie Henry and A...
Feb 11, 2021
COVID-19 update: 449 new cases, nine deaths
Another 449 cases of COVID-19 were reported in B.C. on Thursday. Fifty-eight (58) cases were in Interior Health, 93 in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 242 in Fraser Health, 19 in Island Health an...
Feb 11, 2021
Group gets funding for LGBTQ2 project
The Trudeau government has followed up on a promise in the 2019 budget and is investing $15-million into 76 LGBTQ projects across the country. They include groups working with LGBTQ refugees, Indigeno...
Feb 11, 2021
Illicit drug overdose deaths spike in Vernon and Kelowna
The B.C. Coroners Service says 2020 was B.C.'s worst year yet in terms of the number of lives lost due to the effects of toxic drugs.There were 1,716 deaths due to illicit drugs in the province, a 74 ...
Feb 11, 2021
Okanagan man and his dog die in multi-vehicle crash on Coquihalla
Highway 5 north of Hope reopened to traffic Wednesday evening after a multi-vehicle crash that claimed one life and injured more than 30 others, some seriously.RCMP say the incident began the morning ...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets record for most over overdose deaths in a year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020. Lisa L...
Feb 11, 2021
Traffic moving again on Highway 5 east of Vancouver after fatal multi-vehicle crash
HOPE, B.C. - A highway east of Vancouver has reopened following a deadly crash that killed one person, seriously hurt five others and left 34 more with non-life-threatening injuries. DriveBC, the prov...
Feb 11, 2021
