Category Archives: British Columbia
More Abbotsford evacuations as crews try to hold back Sumas River floodwaters
VANCOUVER - Residents of another handful of properties in Abbotsford, B.C., were ordered to evacuate late Sunday night while some others were placed on evacuation of alert due to the continuing flood ...
Nov 29, 2021
COVID-19 immunization clinics open to B.C. kids ages five to 11 today
Children in British Columbia between five and 11 years old can start getting shots of a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine today. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said last week that about 350,000 c...
Nov 29, 2021
B.C. set to use Alert Ready system when next storm strikes in days ahead
VICTORIA - British Columbia says it's prepared to use a national emergency alert system should the third in a trio of ongoing storms pose a risk to life and safety in the coming days. Alert Ready is a...
Nov 28, 2021
Community COVID-19 vaccine clinics return for kids and booster shots
Vaccine clinics will be coming back to rural and remote communities in the Interior Health region. The health agency is looking to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, and booster s...
Nov 27, 2021
UPDATE: Three B.C. highways closed due to weather
UPDATE: 11:00 a.m. Nov. 27 *Highway closures begin at 2 p.m. Saturday* Due to incoming weather, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is proactively closing highways previously impacted be...
Nov 27, 2021
B.C. closing highways as downpour begins in latest storm striking southern region
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Transportation Ministry is proactively closing several highways today as another storm hammers the already saturated south coast. The province says it will close Highway ...
Nov 27, 2021
Trudeau tours B.C. flood devastation, announces joint cabinet committee to address disaster
The federal and B.C. governments have created a joint committee of cabinet ministers to deal with the devastation caused by recent flooding, while also promising to match donations given to the Canadi...
Nov 27, 2021
B.C. watching for cases of new COVID-19 variant
British Columbia is ending the work week with 341 new COVID-19 cases with 77 in Interior Health.There has also been six more deaths, with none of those in the Interior.Meantime, Canada is closing its ...
Nov 26, 2021
VIDEO: 'It has been a huge passion of mine:' pro wrestler opens training centre in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A work shop converted into a dedicated training facility is rumbling with the next potential generation of pro wrestlers. The vision was orchestrated by 36-year-old BJ Laredo, a key architec...
Nov 26, 2021
Merritt city officials cautiously watching atmospheric rivers approach
MERRITT, B.C. - Environment Canada is forecasting two or three more atmospheric rivers may hit the province through the weekend and into next week.An atmospheric river is the same type of weather even...
Nov 26, 2021
