Category Archives: British Columbia
Tools of dangerous crimes targeted by province
The B.C. government is going after more devices used by criminals for dangerous activities in the drug trade.Under the civil forfeiture program, police will be able to seize radio jammers and after-ma...
Jan 14, 2022
Section of Highway 1 in B.C. opens after November's record rainstorms
VICTORIA - A section of Highway 1 between Kanaka Bar and Spences Bridge in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon has been reopened two months after parts of it were washed away in torrential storms. A stat...
Jan 14, 2022
B.C. tourism operators, hotels, lodges can apply for COVID-19 grants
VICTORIA - Tourism operators in British Columbia can apply for financial help from a $15-million relief fund to cover some of their losses due to COVID-19. The provincial government says B.C.-owned ho...
Jan 14, 2022
B.C. says gender on ID cards can now be changed without doctor's confirmation
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says gender markers on provincial identification cards can now be changed without the confirmation of a doctor or psychologist. Grace Lore, parliamentary sec...
Jan 14, 2022
B.C. crisis lines get funding boost as part of new project
Crisis lines in B.C. are getting a $2.3 million funding boost from the province, along with new oversight.Mental Health Minister Sheila Malcolmson says the unprecedented emergencies like the floods, t...
Jan 14, 2022
Latest wave of COVID-19 cases may have peaked in parts of B.C., says health officer
VANCOUVER - COVID-19 modelling released by the British Columbia government shows the latest wave propelled by the Omicron variant may have already peaked in parts of the province. Provincial health of...
Jan 14, 2022
Legendary police dog hangs up the harness
If it were up to him, Garner would likely still want to keep working.However, it's not, so the legendary member of the RCMP's Lower Mainland Integrated Police Dog Service (IPDS), has hung-up his harne...
Jan 13, 2022
Delays push cost to rebuild fire-damaged Lytton, B.C., to $102M: insurance bureau
VANCOUVER - Insurance losses from a wildfire that wiped out most of Lytton, B.C., have surged to $102 million. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the amount has risen from an original estimate of $78...
Jan 13, 2022
Record number of new homes registered in B.C. last year
Last year set a new record for registered new homes in B.C.Data from the B.C. Housing Research Centre showed that 53,189 new homes were registered in 2021, up 63 per cent from the total the year befor...
Jan 13, 2022
Paramedics in B.C. responded to nearly 100 overdoses a day in 2021
VANCOUVER - Paramedics and medical dispatchers in B.C. responded to a record-setting 35,525 overdose calls last year. BC Emergency Health Services says paramedics attended an average of 97 overdose ca...
Jan 13, 2022
