Category Archives: British Columbia
Canada Post temporarily resumes mail delivery in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Canada Post has temporarily resumed delivery to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, more than a month after it stopped bringing mail to a two-block area where it says workers had safety concern...
Apr 26, 2022
Body found in burnt vehicle near Chase
The RCMP has launched an investigation after a body was discovered in a burned-out vehicle near Skmana Lake, which is just a 20-minute drive from the Shuswap community of Chase.Members of Chase RCMP a...
Apr 26, 2022
Singer-songwriter remembered as selfless, dies at age 73 in B.C. hospital
VANCOUVER - Canadian singer-songwriter Susan Jacks, who lit up the airwaves with her band's 1969 smash hit "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" has died at age 73 while awaiting a second kidney transplant. Ja...
Apr 26, 2022
Fraud risk management at B.C.'s $16-billion Site C dam project can improved: auditor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says Crown-owned BC Hydro can improve its management of potential fraud risks at the $16 billion Site C dam project. Michael Pickup says an audit found th...
Apr 26, 2022
Lack of fairness, reasons prompts Federal Court to set aside B.C. fish farm phase-out
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has set aside a Department of Fisheries order that would have phased out fish farming in British Columbia's Discovery Islands. Federal Court Judge Elizabeth Heneghan ...
Apr 26, 2022
Second B.C. farm positive for avian flu as virus found in backyard flock in Kelowna
KELOWNA, B.C. - A small backyard poultry flock in Kelowna, B.C., has tested positive for avian flu, the second known outbreak of the disease among flocks in British Columbia. The highly infectious H5N...
Apr 26, 2022
New avian flu case in Okanagan
A small backyard poultry flock in Kelowna has tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus, more commonly known as bird flu.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed...
Apr 25, 2022
Horgan apologizes for profanity in legislature during tense question period
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he apologizes for "intemperate comments" he made during a heated question period in the legislature. During a debate Monday with Opposition Liberal...
Apr 25, 2022
Chief of B.C. First Nation will look over police watchdog's report on fatal shooting
SURREY, B.C. - An Indigenous civilian monitor has been appointed to look over a report by British Columbia's police watchdog following the RCMP shooting death of a 28-year-old man last year. Julian Jo...
Apr 25, 2022
Politicians, media return to hallway habits at B.C. legislature after COVID-19 rules
VICTORIA - Politicians and members of the media met each other face-to-face for the first time at the British Columbia legislature after more than two years of restrictions due to COVID-19 protocols. ...
Apr 25, 2022
