Category Archives: British Columbia
Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage
VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...
Sep 23, 2021
Family law case applications and forms now available online
As part of B.C.'s plan to modernize access to court services, a new online platform has been launched for British Columbians to complete and file family law case applications. B.C.'s Parliamentary Sec...
Sep 23, 2021
UPDATE: Man said to have gun taken into custody in Kelowna
UPDATE: 10:45 a.m. The RCMP Southeast District Emergency Response Team was brought in to help make the arrest of man allegedly behaving erratically with a gun in Kelowna this morning. RCMP were notifi...
Sep 23, 2021
Body of missing man found
RCMP say the body of a man reported missing from Lake Country has been found.Jan Paleta, 58, was reported missing by his friends and family on Sept. 17 after not hearing from him for several days. RCM...
Sep 23, 2021
Elementary school in Chilliwack, B.C., temporarily closed over COVID-19 spike
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - An elementary school in Chilliwack, B.C., has been temporarily closed due to what the principal says is a spike in COVID-19 cases. A statement on the Promontory Heights Elementary w...
Sep 23, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise is B.C., as 10 more die and 157 are in intensive care
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 death toll in British Columbia jumped to 1,910 as another 10 people died over a 24-hour period. The Ministry of Health says the province recorded 759 new cases of COVID-19, pus...
Sep 22, 2021
B.C. must shore up risk-crisis communications before, during, after wildfires: report
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A report examining British Columbia's response to the record-setting wildfire seasons of 2017 and 2018 says improving communication with communities at risk of fire will save properti...
Sep 22, 2021
Murder charge laid in deadly shooting near Vernon, B.C.
VERNON, B.C. - A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a fatal shooting in British Columbia's Interior on Monday. RCMP say they responded to reports of shooting near Vernon and discover...
Sep 22, 2021
Four more years behind bars for man who fired shotgun at police in pursuit
A man who went on a crime spree that resulted in shots being fired at officers during a police pursuit in the North Okanagan has been sentenced to a seven year prison term, minus time already served.D...
Sep 22, 2021
Public can comment on options for paid sick leave in B.C.
British Columbians can have their say on three proposed options for permanent paid sick leave until Oct 25.The options are for providing three, five or 10 days of paid sick leave. Between Aug. 5 and S...
Sep 22, 2021
