Category Archives: British Columbia
Province of BC celebrates over 1 billion trees planted since 2018
VICTORIA, BC - On Wednesday (Nov. 10), the Province of BC took time to celebrate a milestone in its reforestation efforts. This year the province recognizes planting its one billionth tree since 2018....
Nov 10, 2021
Terminal work underway to accommodate new ferries to serve Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
NANAIMO - Crews are adjusting berthing structures to accommodate new vessels poised to serve the Gabriola Island/Nanaimo route.Deborah Marshall with BC Ferries said the work is happening overnight thi...
Nov 10, 2021
University of Victoria launching plan to replace diesel with wind energy buoy
VICTORIA - Researchers at the University of Victoria are floating a new idea that could bring clean, renewable power to British Columbia's remote coastal communities and end their dependence on diesel...
Nov 10, 2021
Over a billion trees planted across B.C in last four years
Over the course of the past four years, over 1.1 billion trees have been planted in British Columbia, including 301 million in 2021.The tree planting efforts are part of a science-based reforestation ...
Nov 10, 2021
B.C. study shows sustainable management of salmon fishery before colonization
VANCOUVER - A new study confirms what Michelle George's family has told her about their Tsleil-Waututh ancestors' fishing practices of targeting male salmon both for their meat and to sustain the fish...
Nov 10, 2021
B.C. to offer single-dose J&J vaccine to unvaccinated health-care workers first
VANCOUVER - Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says unvaccinated health-care workers will be offered the first opportunity to receive the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVI...
Nov 09, 2021
Logging truck collides with RCMP vehicles headed to enforce B.C. injunction
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - Mounties on southern Vancouver Island say three officers were hospitalized with injuries after a collision involving a logging truck Tuesday morning. The RCMP say the officers wer...
Nov 09, 2021
COVID outbreak doubles at NRGH, additonal case detected at Nanaimo care home
NANAIMO - Several more people have tested positive for COVID-19 as part of an ever-growing outbreak at Nanaimo Hospital.Island Health revealed eight new cases in the hospital's Transitional Care Unit ...
Nov 09, 2021
Over 1,500 toxic illicit drug deaths in B.C. in first nine months of 2021: coroner
VICTORIA - The latest numbers from British Columbia's coroner show suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths set new records in August and September, pushing total overdose deaths to another record for t...
Nov 09, 2021
Over 1,500 lives lost to toxic illicit drugs in first nine months of 2021
The number of tainted drug deaths continues to soar in British Columbia.The B.C. Coroners Service said 333 people died from suspected illicit drug toxicity in August and September, raising the overall...
Nov 09, 2021
