Category Archives: British Columbia
VIDEO: Santa leaves sleigh at home, touches down at NRGH in a helicopter
NANAIMO - Jolly Old Saint Nick made an appearance at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) to spread cheer to children at Island hospitals.While this event was limited last year due to the pandemic...
Dec 15, 2021
B.C. welcomes federal government's 'initial' $5 billion in flood disaster relief
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says the federal government's $5 billion contribution to flood disaster recovery efforts in the province is a historic amount of cash that reflects the e...
Dec 14, 2021
Okanagan city council will partially reimburse homeowner for tax sale, equity loss
The mayor and council of Penticton offered an official apology and voted to reimburse a woman almost $141,000 after the city sold her home well below assessed value in order to collect a $10,000 prope...
Dec 14, 2021
COVID-19 modelling in B.C. shows increases on Vancouver Island, spread of Omicron
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has detected 44 cases of the fast-spreading COVID-19 variant Omicron, with more than half of the cases identified in the Fraser Health region. The cases are included in ne...
Dec 14, 2021
4.2M British Columbians vaccinated against COVID-19
It's been one year since the COVID-19 vaccines have become available in British Columbia, and to date, a vast majority of the population has chosen to get a dose.On Dec. 15, 2020, the first dose of a ...
Dec 14, 2021
Discovery of unmarked graves selected as Canada's news story of the year: CP poll
VICTORIA - The discovery of unmarked graves at a former residential school in the B.C. Interior and the countrywide awakening it set off have been chosen as Canada's news story of the year by editors ...
Dec 14, 2021
Blood donation need doesn't slow down for the holidays
NANAIMO - The need for blood and plasma donations in Canada doesn't end just because it's the holiday season.Across the country over 18,000 blood donation appointments need to be filled by Jan. 4, 202...
Dec 14, 2021
Indigenous people far more likely to die from opioid overdose: experts
VANCOUVER - Stacity Bailie had been awaiting approval to enter a drug rehabilitation program when she died of an overdose on Oct. 22. She hadn't been using illicit opioids for long, said her father, G...
Dec 14, 2021
Town says breach of public health orders and conflicting reports led to cancellation of Oceanside Air's lease
QUALICUM BEACH - The Town of Qualicum Beach has released a statement following the revelation last week that Oceanside Air, a start-up airline that provided daily service from Oceanside, had their lea...
Dec 13, 2021
COVID-19 relief cash to support events flows to Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Numerous events on the mid Island have gotten a financial boost from a provincial Covid-19 recovery program.$240,000 for mid Island specific events between July 1, 2021 and Sept. 30 2022 wer...
Dec 13, 2021
