Category Archives: British Columbia
Opposition to forced transfers of B.C. patients seeking medically assisted deaths
VANCOUVER - A national organization that supports those seeking a medically assisted death is campaigning to stop forced transfers of patients within public care facilities in British Columbia. Dying ...
Mar 07, 2022
Major Crime Unit investigating murder in Lytton
The Southeast District Major Crime Unit (SED MCU) is investigating after what they're calling a suspicious death of a woman in Lytton.On Feb. 19, RCMP officers were called after a woman's body was dis...
Mar 06, 2022
Woman attacked at B.C. university campus remembered as kind, helpful
VANCOUVER - A 24-year-old woman who was killed at a university in British Columbia is being remembered as a kind and bubbly person who'd celebrated the start of a new life in Canada. Harmandeep Kaur w...
Mar 06, 2022
Debris from cargo ship spill last fall spreading along B.C. coast: beach cleaners
TOFINO, B.C. - A volunteer organization that has been cleaning up debris from a cargo ship that lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast last fall says the incident should be a wake-up call to the need ...
Mar 06, 2022
Indigenous component added to B.C. graduation requirement
Students in B.C. will be required to complete Indigenous-related courses in order to graduate, starting as early as next year.The new requirement for secondary students is expected to take effect in t...
Mar 04, 2022
Victim of UBCO attack honoured as family seeks justice
A GoFundMe to help the family of a woman who was killed while working as a security guard at the University of B.C. Okanagan (UBCO) campus in Kelowna has raised more than $64,000. Relatives of the vic...
Mar 04, 2022
Singh launches campaign for mayor of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A long-time Kamloops city councillor has put his name in the ring to become the city's next mayor. On Friday morning on the steps of city hall, Arjun Singh announced his intention to run fo...
Mar 04, 2022
Committee supports referendum on Sorrento-Blind Bay incorporation
Two Shuswap communities could be a step closer to incorporation.Members of an incorporation study advisory committee have recommend a referendum be conducted on the topic of incorporation of the Blind...
Mar 04, 2022
$2.00 a litre gas arrives in B.C.
Gas prices have hit a significant milestone in B.C. with some stations in Metro Vancouver up to $2.00 a litre for regular unleaded.Vernon stations are all selling for either $1.74 or a $1.78 a litre, ...
Mar 04, 2022
B.C. Review Board considers hospital discretion over Schoenborn community leave
COQUITLAM - The British Columbia Review Board is considering whether a psychiatric hospital director should have the discretion to allow up to 28 days of overnight leave for a man who was found not cr...
Mar 04, 2022
