Category Archives: British Columbia
More than two dozen Covid cases linked to Kelowna parties
There are now 27 Covid-19 cases connected to several private parties in Kelowna in late June and early July. Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said that includes 18 residents in the Interio...
Corey Fischer Jul 16, 2020
Highest ever monthly total for illicit drug deaths
For the second straight month, British Columbia has recorded the highest number of illicit drug overdose deaths ever. The B.C. Coroner's Service says there were 175 drug-related deaths in June, surpas...
Corey Fischer Jul 16, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets another record with monthly overdose deaths
VANCOUVER - Another record for monthly overdose deaths related to illicit drugs has been set in British Columbia. The BC Coroners Service says 175 fatalities in June surpassed the previous high o...
Jul 16, 2020
Canadian hospitality workers fear long-term unemployment in the sector
VANCOUVER - The union representing 300,000 hospitality workers across the country says it fears staff laid off because of COVID-19 may not have a job when the pandemic is over. The Canadian direc...
Jul 16, 2020
Murder charge stayed in domestic death case
The Crown has stayed a second-degree murder charge against a 63-year-old Lake Country man in the death of his wife.Police charged Bert Westervelt nearly three years after his 56-year-old wife Arlene w...
Corey Fischer Jul 16, 2020
Missing Alberta woman may be in Okanagan
The search for a missing Alberta woman has been expanded into B.C.Drayton Valley RCMP say Ashley Collins, also known by the name Ashley Fricke, went missing on June 16, in the middle of the night and ...
Corey Fischer Jul 16, 2020
'Extremely fortunate' no one killed in six-vehicle crash west of Sicamous: RCMP
SICAMOUS, B.C. - Police say wreckage from a six-vehicle crash that closed the Trans-Canada Highway west of Sicamous, B.C., was cleared away by Thursday. The RCMP in Sicamous and Salmon Arm ...
Jul 16, 2020
Reports of shots fired investigated
Kelowna RCMP is investigating after a report of shots fired on Pandosy Street.RCMP was called to the 1900-block of Pandosy Street Wednesday (July 15) around 4:45 p.m. after a resident reported hearing...
Corey Fischer Jul 16, 2020
Businesses tepid toward B.C. COVID recovery plan, seek bold response: survey
VANCOUVER - The latest survey of businesses in British Columbia reveals few are confident the province's $1.5-billion recovery plan will help them survive or succeed. The survey of 1,401 member b...
Jul 16, 2020
Study suggests 8 times more people in B.C. infected with virus than confirmed
VICTORIA - A new study suggests eight times as many people in Metro Vancouver have been infected by the novel coronavirus than the rate of reported cases. The joint study by researchers at the B....
Jul 16, 2020

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