Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping out product. The British Columbia General ...
Aug 17, 2022
Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria
VICTORIA - The United States Department of Ecology says an oil sheen from a sunken fish boat appears to have completely dissipated from an area of U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island. The update...
Aug 17, 2022
Wolf on the loose after escaping from Greater Vancouver Zoo: province
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says wolves have escaped their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo and one is still missing. The ministry says the zoo requested support from...
Aug 16, 2022
B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...
Aug 16, 2022
Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat
VICTORIA - Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island before it fouls a key feeding ground for endangered southern resident killer whales. An ...
Aug 16, 2022
Threatening flyers distributed throughout Vancouver tent encampment: police
VANCOUVER - Police are urging people living in a tent encampment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to be vigilant after someone distributed threatening flyers in the area over the weekend. A statement ...
Aug 15, 2022
Suspect in apparent abduction killed by RCMP near Walhachin; police watchdog investigating
WALHACHIN, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog is investigating after a man was killed after an apparent abduction near Walhachin, west of Kamloops, Sunday evening (Aug. 14).In a news release, B.C. RCMP say...
Aug 15, 2022
Man shot dead after woman tries to flee vehicle on highway near Kamloops, B.C.: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The RCMP say a man has been shot dead after officers responded to reports of a woman trying to escape a vehicle travelling along the Trans-Canada Highway near Kamloops, B.C. They say ...
Aug 15, 2022
Fear for B.C.'s endangered orcas after U.S. boat sinks with 10,000 litres of fuel
VICTORIA - A fishing boat that sank with nearly 10,000 litres of fuel on board near the Canada-U.S. marine border went down in one of the worst possible places for endangered orcas, an ocean pollutant...
Aug 15, 2022
Alzheimer Society to hold dementia educational webinars
The Alzheimer Society of B.C. will be hosting webinars and workshops to provide resources for people affected by dementia.The society will hold several webinars through the end of summer and into the ...
Aug 15, 2022
