Category Archives: British Columbia
More than 500 animals and birds could be lost or extinct, says study
A study shows a less colourful and quieter world with the possible loss of more than 500 species that haven't been seen in over 50 years. Arne Mooers, Simon Fraser University biodiversity professor an...
May 22, 2022
Vancouver police investigate possible hate crime after man attacked with bear spray
Vancouver police are investigating a possible hate crime after a senior citizen was bear-sprayed in the city's Chinatown. They say the 87-year-old victim lived in the area and was out for a walk Frida...
May 21, 2022
B.C. RCMP say one man was injured in shooting at Surrey home
SURREY, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia say they are investigating a shooting at a home in Surrey. RCMP say in a news release they responded to a report of a gun being fired Saturday morning in th...
May 21, 2022
B.C. commits $100 million to Japanese Canadians in recognition of internment history
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia is giving $100 million in funding to address the historical wrongs it caused when it helped to intern thousands of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. The...
May 21, 2022
Police-involved shooting in Barriere leaves one man injured: B.C. RCMP
BARRIRE, B.C. - RCMP in British Columbia say a man was shot and injured during a confrontation with police in Barriere on Friday night. The Mounties issued a statement saying officers responded to a r...
May 21, 2022
A year of trauma, catharsis and finally peace for some survivors of Kamloops school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The nightmares started last May, said Harvey McLeod, chief of the Upper Nicola Indian Band and a survivor of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. They tormented McLeod for m...
May 21, 2022
Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirms another case of 'bird flu' in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a small flock of poultry in Richmond, B.C. The agency did not provide informatio...
May 20, 2022
Applications open for provincial tax deferrals
British Columbians who are unable to pay property taxes may be eligible to defer the payments.The province has opened applications for both the regular and families with children property tax deferral...
May 20, 2022
Chief sees process of 'exhumation to memorialization' at Kamloops, B.C., graves site
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - After a year of grieving since the detection of 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, a new phase begins in the journey of the Tk'emlups te S...
May 20, 2022
Government to release business case in support of new Royal B.C. Museum
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will lay out its case for building a new Royal B.C. Museum after the Opposition took aim at the initiative as a "billion-dollar vanity project." A ne...
May 19, 2022
