Category Archives: British Columbia
'Heartbreaking loss': B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report
BARRIRE, B.C. - British Columbia's emergency health service says it is reviewing the circumstances of the reported death of an infant last week while waiting for an ambulance in a small community in t...
Aug 29, 2022
Passengers stranded on cruise ship in Vancouver after tugboat workers strike
VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...
Aug 29, 2022
Man dies hours after shooting outside Surrey, B.C. home
SURREY, B.C. - One man has died the day after a late night shooting in south Surrey, B.C. RCMP in the city southeast of Vancouver say officers responded to reports of shots being fired outside a home ...
Aug 28, 2022
Bonnie Henry backs B.C.'s COVID-19 school plan, rejects mask mandate as 'blunt tool'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is defending the province's back-to-school pandemic guidelines against calls from some parent and teacher groups for more st...
Aug 26, 2022
Pattison Media purchases radio stations
Pattison Media is growing its radio family.The Kamloops-based company has announced the acquisition of two radio stations in Brandon, Manitoba - Q Country 91.5 and 94.7 Star FM - from Westman Communic...
Aug 26, 2022
B.C. cannabis stores close, lay off staff as job action prevents pot deliveries
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's cannabis stores say they're shutting their doors and laying off staff because a labour dispute in the public sector has stopped the province's pot distribution centre fr...
Aug 26, 2022
Former B.C. cabinet minister Rich Coleman announces run for mayor of Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. - Former provincial politician Rich Coleman has announced his bid to become the next mayor of Langley, B.C., this fall. Coleman is hoping to lead the new Elevate Langley party into munic...
Aug 26, 2022
Multiple ferry delays after man arrested aboard vessel in Nanaimo, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - BC Ferries says multiple sailings will be delayed and others may be cancelled following a police incident last night aboard a ferry in Nanaimo. It has provided no details about what happ...
Aug 26, 2022
Activists face arrest but push on with 'Hong Kong parliament' plan, hatched in Canada
VANCOUVER - Activists who launched a plan in Canada to elect an unofficial "Hong Kong parliament" say they are pushing ahead with the project, despite being put under investigation for subversion by a...
Aug 26, 2022
Vancouver police say man who died after beanbag shooting had been asking for help
Vancouver police say a man who died after officers used a beanbag shotgun on Monday had asked bystanders for help following a "violent incident" that occurred moments earlier. Police have not confirme...
Aug 25, 2022
