Category Archives: British Columbia
Nanoose First Nation multi-use path to enhance community connectivity and safety
NANAIMO - A significant provincial grant will allow a paved non-vehicular path to safely accomodate people to and from Snaw-Naw-As territory.Craig Edwards, Nanoose First Nation's economic development ...
Oct 16, 2021
City of Vernon transfers copyright to legendary Ogopogo to B.C. Indigenous nations
VERNON, B.C. - The legal rights to the legendary creature in a British Columbia lake have been transferred to an alliance of Indigenous nations who say the Ogopogo has always been part of their spirit...
Oct 16, 2021
B.C. reports 667 cases of COVID-19, 13 deaths in wake of northern B.C. restrictions
VICTORIA - British Columbia reported 667 new cases of COVID-19 after new health restrictions in northern B.C. came in to effect. The Health Ministry says there are 5,128 active cases of the virus, wit...
Oct 15, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise in B.C. with 13 more deaths
Thirteen more people have died of COVID-19 related issues in British Columbia, raising the overall death toll during the pandemic to 2,055. Two of the deaths were in Interior Health (IH) and the other...
Oct 15, 2021
Weather systems to bring 'river' of rain to B.C.'s south coast: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - Two successive frontal systems will bring an "atmospheric river" to British Columbia's south coast until Saturday night. Environment Canada has issued rainfall, snowfall and special weathe...
Oct 15, 2021
Two B.C. women file constitutional challenge of vaccine card
VANCOUVER - Two British Columbia women who say doctors advised them against getting COVID-19 vaccines have filed a constitutional challenge of the province's vaccine passport. A petition filed in B.C....
Oct 15, 2021
Pedestrian killed in late night crash along Alberni Hwy. near Parksville
PARKSVILLE - One person is dead after a pedestrian was hit by a motorist in Errington.Emergency services were called to the Alberni Highway near Fairdowne Rd. just after 10 p.m. after reports of a ped...
Oct 15, 2021
B.C.'s cannabis sector has quadrupled since legalization
The value of British Columbia's legal cannabis sector has more than quadrupled since legalization three years ago, and is now home to the third-highest number of legal retail stores and second-highest...
Oct 15, 2021
PM Trudeau to make long-awaited Tk'emlups visit Monday
TK'EMLUPS - Tk'emlups te Secwepemc (TteS) says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the community on Monday (Oct. 18). It comes three weeks after the prime minister rebuffed invitations to join Tk...
Oct 15, 2021
Closing submissions in B.C.'s money laundering inquiry to start today
VANCOUVER - Closing submissions in British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering were set to begin today before the commission's final report and recommendations are due Dec. 15. The Cullen ...
Oct 15, 2021
