Category Archives: British Columbia
Task force forms early plans for economic recovery
As many Central Okanagan businesses work towards re-opening their doors in alignment with the Province's BC Restart Plan, the Regional Mayors' and WFN Chief's Economic Recovery Task Force (Economic Re...
Corey Fischer Jun 17, 2020
City council approves memorial for snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey
From the moment Capt. Jennifer Casey died in the tragic Snowbirds crash last month in the Brocklehurst area of Kamloops, city residents rallied around her and the entire Snowbirds team. A memorial was...
Jun 17, 2020
Medical emergency interrupts council meeting
UPDATE: Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian issued this statement Tuesday evening:"Today in Council we experienced a medical emergency with a member of our staff. They were administered first aid and transfe...
Corey Fischer Jun 17, 2020
Many arrests as Vancouver police enforce injunction against homeless camp
VANCOUVER - Police have made dozens of arrests after they say 46 people refused to obey a court injunction and leave a tent encampment on Vancouver's waterfront. An email from police says th...
Jun 17, 2020
Mayor wants changes to prison-transfer system after alleged murder by escapees
METCHOSIN, B.C. - The mayor of a Vancouver Island community where two inmates are accused of murdering a man after they escaped from a minimum-security prison says they never should hav...
Jun 17, 2020
Last survivor of 1958 disaster won't let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead
VANCOUVER - A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vanc...
Jun 17, 2020
B.C. Covid update: 11 new cases, no new deaths
British Columbia is reporting 11 new Covid-19 cases since Monday, bringing the number of active cases to 172. There are no new cases in Interior Health, which is listed as having one active case, with...
Corey Fischer Jun 16, 2020
UPDATE: Police locate missing person
UPDATE June 16 RCMP say the woman who was reported missing on June 15 has been located. "The Salmon Arm RCMP is pleased to confirm the 29-year-old woman reported missing has been located, and she is s...
Corey Fischer Jun 16, 2020
Student wins $100,000 scholarship
A graduating high school student in the Central Okanagan has won the prestigious Schulich Scholarship.The award is for $100,000 towards an engineering/applied science degree at the University of Briti...
Corey Fischer Jun 16, 2020
B.C. to cut retail liquor mark-up to help hospitality sector's COVID-19 recovery
VICTORIA - British Columbia is planning to expand measures to support restaurants, bars and tourism operations hard hit by COVID-19 restrictions. The Ministry of Attorney General says a temporary whol...
Jun 16, 2020

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