Category Archives: British Columbia
BCHL opens milestone season
The BC Hockey League's 60th Anniversary season begins tonight with seven games on the schedule.After a shortened 20-game pod season last year, the league is back to a full schedule with each team play...
Oct 08, 2021
Letter signed by 200 leaders seeks protection for B.C.'s old-growth forests
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver-based environmental group says more than 200 people including scientists, Indigenous leaders, politicians, actors and artists, have signed a letter calling on British Columbia ...
Oct 08, 2021
Homicide detectives say fatal Surrey, B.C., shooting was targeted, linked to gangs
SURREY, B.C. - Homicide detectives say a deadly shooting in Surrey, B.C. on Tuesday was targeted and gang-related. A statement from the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says 28-year-old Sharnbee...
Oct 08, 2021
'I can't back down' on COVID-19 vaccine message, says threatened B.C. politician
VANCOUVER - Politicians accustomed to sparring in British Columbia's legislature have joined forces outside the house to push for higher vaccination rates in the north, but a longtime member of the Op...
Oct 08, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases in the Interior remain flat as 118 new cases are recorded
Interior Health's active case count remained flat at 1,142 on Thursday as 118 new cases were recorded in the region.The new cases were part of 624 recorded provincewide, and B.C.'s active case count f...
Oct 07, 2021
B.C. reaches $65M funding deal with First Nation after Supreme Court ruling
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government has signed an agreement with a First Nation to provide $65 million in funding to support land restoration and cultural programs, four months after a court ruled the pro...
Oct 07, 2021
Police launch 'Drive Relative to Conditions' campaign
The days and nights are getting cooler and it won't be long before winter weather is back.With that in mind, the BC Highway Patrol is reminding drivers to be prepared for the changing driving conditio...
Oct 07, 2021
Opposition Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Opposition Liberals say the lives and livelihoods of communities, citizens and businesses devastated by summer wildfires are being kept needlessly on hold. Fraser Nicola ...
Oct 07, 2021
No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': B.C. First Nation
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "missed an opportunity" to show his commitment to the survivors of residential schools by not replying to its...
Oct 07, 2021
Modelling shows COVID-19 cases stabilizing in B.C., but children now most at risk
VANCOUVER - An independent group that analyzes the course of the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia and Canada has released new modelling containing some good news but also raising concerns, especi...
Oct 07, 2021
