Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s COVID curve 'trending in right direction'
B.C. health officials were presenting a more optimistic tone at Wednesday's COVID-19 update. "Our COVID-19 curve is trending in the right direction, and we want to keep that going - to push our curve ...
Jan 20, 2021
Residents of Old Fort, B.C., suing province, others over slow-moving slide
VANCOUVER - Residents of a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia are suing the local and provincial governments over two slow-moving landslides they claim caused their property values to plu...
Jan 20, 2021
BC Liquor Stores raise over $1 million for Food Banks BC
Thanks to the generosity of its customers, BC Liquor Stores (BCLS) collected $820,028 for food banks during the holiday season.Together with proceeds from its fundraising campaign last summer, the gov...
Jan 20, 2021
Provincial recall legislation should be expanded to cities, says CTF
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling for British Columbia's recall legislation to be expanded to local governments."We can take pride that British Columbia is the only place in Canada that can...
Jan 20, 2021
Illicit drug combo found in B.C.'s north, officials say it could impede naloxone
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Illicit drug overdoses are rising in northern British Columbia and health officials warn a new mix of street drugs can make a key life-saving medication less effective. Northern ...
Jan 20, 2021
B.C. extends state of emergency
The province's longest ever state of emergency is being extended through February 2. The provincial state of emergency allows health and emergency management officials to continue to use extraordinary...
Jan 19, 2021
B.C. watchdog says mentally ill children and youth retraumatized in hospital
VICTORIA - One mentally ill youth hospitalized in British Columbia recalls being restrained to a bed and injected with medication as she screamed for her mom while another says drugs turned him into a...
Jan 19, 2021
New COVID-19 cases in B.C. remaining stable, 12 more deaths
B.C. health officials have announced 465 new cases of COVID-19, with 61 cases in Interior Health (IH). That's just slightly more than the daily average in B.C. over this past weekend of 443 cases per ...
Jan 19, 2021
BC Parks looks to hire summer students
Young adults interested in working outdoors this summer and playing a key role in environmental stewardship can now apply for the BC Parks Student Ranger Program.The program offers 48 people training ...
Jan 19, 2021
Auditor general's report states B.C. Forest Service roads lack maintenance
A new report from the province's auditor general indicates B.C. is doing a poor job of maintaining forest service roads (FSRs).The audit assessed whether the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resour...
Jan 19, 2021
