Category Archives: British Columbia
Kamloops murder victim was father of five, planned to meet newborn daughter
The murder of a man in Kamloops over the BC Day Long Weekend is being felt far across the country. 39-year-old Paul Samuel Whitten Jr. was stabbed on Clarke St. Saturday and died as a result. The vict...
Aug 04, 2020
B.C. allows app, website cannabis sales for pickup in store
Legal cannabis stores in B.C have been given more tools to compete with the black market.At the request of retailers, the province has changed regulations to allow the private stores to sell non-medic...
Aug 04, 2020
Driver ticketed after insecure load of lumber hits B.C. cyclist on Sea-to-Sky
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A Vancouver man is nursing serious injuries while RCMP say the driver of the truck whose load knocked him off his bicycle has been ticketed. A statement from Squamish Traffic Services...
Aug 04, 2020
Search for missing ball python, one month after it slithered off near Victoria
VICTORIA - Police say a large snake is missing somewhere in a Victoria-area neighbourhood. Victoria police issued a statement saying the nearly 1.4-metre long ball python was reported missing Tuesday....
Aug 04, 2020
B.C. allows private pot retailers to sell products online for in-store pick-up
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says new rules for private cannabis retailers will allow pot to be reserved and paid for online, but customers still have to pick up...
Aug 04, 2020
Federal government announces wildlife conservation fund for southeastern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The federal government is investing $2 million over four years to support species at risk and habitat protection in southeastern British Columbia. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of envi...
Aug 04, 2020
Province increases funding for drug overdose response
The B.C. government is spending an extra $10.5 million to provide more people with life-saving overdose prevention, treatment and supports.Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Judy Darcy, said it...
Corey Fischer Aug 04, 2020
Surface of Mars shows scars of glaciers just like Canada's High Arctic: study
VANCOUVER - The deep valleys scarred into the surface of Mars under thick sheets of ice show that the planet once mirrored the Canadian High Arctic, says a new study. Published Monday in the journal N...
Aug 04, 2020
Wildfire prompts evacuation alert for 43 properties northwest of Princeton
Residents of 43 properties in British Columbia's southern Interior have been told to be ready to leave on short notice as a wildfire flares nearby. The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen issued...
Corey Fischer Aug 04, 2020
Two injured after plane crashes in interior B.C. parking lot
NELSON, B.C. - Two people were injured after a plane crashed and ended up in a grocery store parking lot in Nelson, B.C., on Monday morning. Nelson Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Michael Daloise...
Aug 03, 2020

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