Category Archives: British Columbia
Second bid for freedom proves fatal for ball python near Victoria
SAANICH, B.C. - A python that twice escaped from its owner in the Victoria area has not survived its second bid for freedom. Saanich police say the snake, which was nearly 1.5 metres long,&n...
Sep 09, 2020
First Nation in Powell River, B.C., declares emergency after COVID-19 outbreak
POWELL RIVER, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation has issued a state of emergency after confirmation that four members have COVID-19 and several others are reporting symptoms of the virus...
Sep 09, 2020
Some B.C. students wary as they prepare for COVID-19 orientation this week
VANCOUVER - Students across British Columbia are getting ready for COVID-19 orientation sessions this week amid a flurry of new protocols aimed at reopening schools while the pandemic wears on. Educat...
Sep 09, 2020
Nightclubs ordered closed in British Columbia after spike in COVID-19 cases
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor is ordering nightclubs and banquet halls to close to control the spread of COVID-19. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says she's ordering the immedia...
Sep 08, 2020
Lululemon Q2 profits slips but sales increase, driven by e-commerce surge
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. beat expectations as second-quarter profits slipped despite a two-per-cent increase in sales driven by a surge in online revenues. The Vancouver-based athleis...
Sep 08, 2020
Major crime investigators join search for missing man in Fort St. James, B.C.
FORT ST. JAMES, B.C. - The RCMP's Major Crime Unit has taken over a missing person investigation in northern British Columbia. The Mounties say in a news release that 55-year-old William Price wa...
Sep 08, 2020
UPDATE New wildfires sparked over long weekend
UPDATE Sept. 7 The B.C. Wildfire Service said there are 10 active wildfires today (Monday) in the Kamloops Fire Centre. There are no active fires in the North or Central Okanagan (as of 11:45 a.m.). T...
Corey Fischer Sep 07, 2020
Two drivers under investigation after crash on Sea to Sky highway: RCMP
WHISTLER, B.C. - Mounties are providing more details about a crash that sent two kids to hospital and closed the Sea to Sky highway south of Whistler for several hours on Saturday afternoon. They...
Sep 06, 2020
Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared
Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she's worried about how public health officials will deal with any overcrowding ...
Corey Fischer Sep 06, 2020
Alaskans fined, taken to U.S. after allegedly violating Quarantine Act in B.C.
VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say four Americans have been fined $500 each for violating emergency orders under the Quarantine Act. Spokeswoman Dawn Roberts says a vehicle with Alaska licence p...
Sep 05, 2020

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