Category Archives: British Columbia
Virtual emergency care launching at four hospitals in B.C.'s Interior
KAMLOOPS - Patients seeking emergency care at four hospitals in British Columbia's Interior may now be seen by a doctor working virtually in a pilot project aimed at modernizing rural health services....
Dec 09, 2025
B.C. announces new measures to combat intimate partner violence
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's attorney general has announced further provincial measures aimed at combating intimate partner violence, while calling newly tabled federal legislation "a step toward ju...
Dec 09, 2025
Man charged with second-degree murder in fatal stranger attack in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A man has been arrested and charged in a fatal stranger attack in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Police say it happened on Nov. 28th near Gore and Powell streets at about 3 a.m. They say t...
Dec 09, 2025
Woman found dead in Nanaimo, B.C., is being investigated as a homicide
NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say they are investigating the disappearance of a 65-year-old woman and the subsequent discovery of her body as a homicide. RCMP say Sherry Shelley was reported miss...
Dec 09, 2025
B.C. rent decline leads Canadian jurisdictions in December
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is crediting its anti-speculation policies with a decline in rental asking prices. Rentals.ca says in its December report that B.C.'s average rent has fallen...
Dec 09, 2025
Members of Parliament vote down Conservative pipeline motion
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament voted Tuesday to defeat a Conservative motion aimed at pinning down the Liberals on whether they support building a pipeline to the B.C. coast. The motion was defeated b...
Dec 09, 2025
Naval member rescued off Vancouver Island after spending more than two hours in water
VICTORIA - A member of the Royal Canadian Navy spent more than two hours in the waters off Vancouver Island after falling overboard. Maritime Forces Pacific says the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre ...
Dec 09, 2025
Atmospheric river pours over several parts of British Columbia
VANCOUVER - An atmospheric river is washing over several parts of British Columbia, with the worst of the weather system hitting part of Vancouver Island and the Fraser and Skagit valleys. Environment...
Dec 09, 2025
Tests confirm no chronic wasting disease in case of deer in B.C.'s Okanagan
ENDERBY - The British Columbia government says testing has confirmed a sample from a deer harvested in the Okanagan region was negative for chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease is an infec...
Dec 08, 2025
Eby rejects a recall of the legislature, will amend, not repeal UN Indigenous Act
VICTORIA - Opposition politicians and a business group are urging the British Columbia government to recall the legislature in order to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples A...
Dec 08, 2025
