Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. premier supports health-care workers after protests against vaccine cards
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday after protests outside some hospitals in the province. The provincial government will require proof of v...
Sep 01, 2021
RCMP charge 43-year-old man of no fixed address with murder of Bowser woman
PARKSVILLE - Police have laid a murder charge in connection to an incident in Bowser in late August.43-year-old Luciano Mariani was charged by police in the murder investigation of a Bowser woman. Mar...
Sep 01, 2021
Interior Health adds 266 new COVID-19 cases
Interior Health confirmed 266 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the region's active case count to 2,299.The new cases were part of 785 confirmed across the province, and there are now 5,873 activ...
Sep 01, 2021
Two children involved in latest coyote attacks in Vancouver's Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - The BC Conservation Officer Service says two children were involved in attacks by coyotes in Vancouver's popular Stanley Park overnight. On Twitter, the service said it "cannot stress enou...
Sep 01, 2021
Mandatory vaccine protest attracts a big crowd in Kelowna
More than one thousand people carried signs and rallied against mandatory vaccinations in a protest outside Kelowna General Hospital today. LIVE: Live look at #Kelowna General Hospital. At least 1,000...
Sep 01, 2021
Children age 12 and under can now ride public transit for free
The B.C. government launched its new 'Get On Board' affordable transportation program today, Sept. 1, making public transit free for children age 12 and under.Referring to the new program as a "landma...
Sep 01, 2021
Overnight commercial sailings planned between Duke Point & Tsawwassen
NANAIMO - More ferries will shuttle commercial goods to and from Vancouver Island. Beginning Sept. 7, BC Ferries will operate one round trip sailing between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in the late night...
Sep 01, 2021
Nanaimo's development approval process to speed up with new online site
NANAIMO - The overwhelmed development permit process in Nanaimo is expected to become easier with provincial money. Nanaimo received $500,000 from the ministry of municipal affairs to speed up the dev...
Sep 01, 2021
BC Wildfire Service reports minimal or no growth at many 'fires of note'
VICTORIA - The number of wildfires burning in British Columbia has remained steady in the range of 225 as the number of properties on evacuation order and on alert dropped in the latest statistics rel...
Sep 01, 2021
City of Nanaimo gates off second downtown park, extended closures possible
NANAIMO - A pair of downtown Nanaimo parks are closed indefinitely in response to social disorder issues.Richard Harding, the City's general manager of parks, recreation and culture, said last week cr...
Sep 01, 2021
