Category Archives: British Columbia
ICBC posts $935M in net losses in first nine months of fiscal year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s public auto insurer is projecting $1.3 billion in net losses by the end of the current fiscal year. The Insurance Corporation of B.C. says the “sizeable and ...
Jan 28, 2018
BC sees big jump in organ donation
VICTORIA - British Columbia saw a 25 per cent increase in deceased organ donors in 2017, resulting in a record-breaking 479 lives saved. The increase in donors contributed to a 13 per cent increase in...
Jan 26, 2018
Christy Clark weighs in on #MeToo movement
KAMLOOPS - Former premier Christy Clark has posted on Facebook a thank you to women who are coming forward now to report sexual misconduct. She said "All of us who have experienced a sexual assault, h...
Jan 26, 2018
Vernon mayor not worried about crime
KAMLOOPS - It's been a busy month for police in Vernon, which has some residents again questioning how safe the community is. The city was ninth on a Maclean's Magazine list of the most dangerous plac...
Jan 26, 2018
Study examines smoke’s impact on grapes
KAMLOOPS - A new study out of the University of BC Okanagan has looked at what happens to wine grapes when they are exposed to wildfire smoke. Researchers found chemicals in the smoke can give wine an...
Jan 25, 2018
Former B.C. cabinet minister accuses Mike de Jong of lying about Liberal budget surplus
KAMLOOPS - It's a big accusation to make. A former B.C. cabinet minister said ex-B.C. finance minister Mike de Jong lied about the province's surplus, when the Liberals were in power. In an email obta...
Jan 25, 2018
Police say they don't expect a positive outcome in case of missing woman
VANCOUVER - Detectives spent hours searching a Vancouver home last night looking for any clues that could help them find 37-year-old Su Yi Liang, but Vancouver police have already said they do not exp...
Jan 25, 2018
Man dies after being injured at Richmond, B.C., trampoline park: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a man who was performing a series of acrobatic manoeuvres was seriously injured at a Richmond, B.C., leisure facility and has since died. Extreme Air Park, an indoor trampoline fac...
Jan 24, 2018
Plans for Vernon cultural facility outlined
VERNON, B.C. - A consulting team has outlined the general features for a multi-purpose cultural facility for Greater Vernon. Diamond Schmidt Architects is recommending a 57-thousand square foot space,...
Jan 24, 2018
Armstrong couple shaken by assault
KAMLOOPS - A man is in custody in connection with an alleged assault on his parents in their Armstrong home. Vernon Rural RCMP members were called to the home just before 8 Tuesday night by a woman wh...
Jan 24, 2018
