Category Archives: British Columbia
Budget funding for BC Wildfire Service garners mixed reaction from experts
VANCOUVER - A fire ecologist says new provincial funding to expand the BC Wildfire Service to a year-round endeavour is a welcome step toward preventing disasters, while others in the field say the fu...
Feb 23, 2022
New office tower planned for the Bay building in downtown Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The redevelopment plan for the Hudson's Bay building in downtown Vancouver will include a 12-storey office tower that keeps the century-old facade of the retail store. Hudson's Bay Co. and...
Feb 23, 2022
Kamloops, B.C., child honoured for bravery after acting to help injured grandmother
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-year-old girl has been honoured by RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., after she managed to get out of a crashed car, cross a busy highway and summon help for her injured grandmother. A pos...
Feb 23, 2022
Two teenagers at Surrey, B.C., school injured in alleged assault, police say
SURREY, B.C. - Police say two teenagers at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary school in Surrey, B.C., have been injured following an alleged assault with a weapon. Surrey RCMP say they responded to reports of ...
Feb 22, 2022
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 drop in B.C. over four-day period; 44 people died
VICTORIA - British Columbia says another 44 deaths have been reported due to COVID-19 over the past four days for a total of 2,830 fatalities in the province. It also says there were 688 people in hos...
Feb 22, 2022
B.C. budget delivers 'action today, plan for tomorrow'
The B.C. government is promising more action to fight climate change and to protect residents from climate-related disasters in its new budget. "It delivers action today, with a plan for tomorrow," sa...
Feb 22, 2022
Mayor Ken Christian will not run for re-election in Kamloops
Kamloops Mayor Ken Christian has announced he will not run for re-election in the 2022 municipal election.Christian was first elected mayor in a 2017 by-election after his predecessor, Peter Milobar, ...
Feb 22, 2022
Average rent in B.C. over $2,000 in January
British Columbians are paying the highest average rent for housing in Canada.The February 2022 Rent Report from Rentals.ca put the average rent for B.C. at $2,181 in January.That marks an annual incre...
Feb 22, 2022
Man arrested after alleged act of violence at park
A 24-year-old man was arrested in West Kelowna on the weekend after reports he had assaulted a woman and had been throwing rocks at cars near the entrance to a park on Gellatly Road. The man was taken...
Feb 22, 2022
Climate change focus of B.C. budget after floods, wildfires and heat waves
VICTORIA - The challenges of climate change facing British Columbia are expected to be the main focus of the budget Finance Minister Selina Robinson tables today. Robinson says ensuring communities ha...
Feb 22, 2022
