Category Archives: British Columbia
Canada Parks Day marked by visitor improvements at two BC Parks
CULTUS LAKE, B.C - Alongside Canada Parks Day, a number of visitor improvements have come to two of BC's Provincial Parks. In a release, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy says 25...
Jul 20, 2019 (Note: Campground pictured is McLure's Pinegrove campground)
Chiefs honour Indigenous leader wrongfully hanged in B.C. 154 years ago
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Chiefs who gathered in New Westminster, B.C., to commemorate an Indigenous leader's wrongful trial and execution 154 years ago say they see signs of reconci...
Jul 20, 2019
B.C., federal government working to save Fraser River stocks after rock slide
VICTORIA - The federal and British Columbia governments have made a joint commitment to do everything possible to make sure chinook, steelhead, coho and sockeye are able to reach their spawning g...
Jul 19, 2019
Federal, provincial government commitment to address Big Bar rockslide
BIG BAR, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier John Horgan have committed to trying to minimize the impact on local fish affected by the Big Bar rockslide.In a news release, the provincial ...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
B.C. man is pleads guilty in the snake venom death of a two-year-old girl
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to one count of failing to provide the necessaries of life for the death by snake venom of a two-year-old girl. Alisia Adams with&n...
Jul 19, 2019
RCMP investigating double homicide of Australian man, U.S. girlfriend found along Alaska Highway
RCMP are investigating the homicides of two people found dead along the Alaska Highway in northern B.C. Police in Australia have identified one of the victims as Lucas Fowler, the son of a senior Aust...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: New South Wales Police Force
Australian man, U.S. woman killed in double homicide in northeastern B.C: RCMP
FORT NELSON, B.C. - RCMP in northeastern British Columbia confirm they are investigating a double homicide involving two young travellers: one from Australia, the other from the United States. Sgt. Ja...
Jul 19, 2019
Canadians need to be patient, present, unconditional with reconciliation: Trudeau
VICTORIA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says non-Indigenous Canadians need to be patient and unconditional in their support of Indigenous communities on the road to reconcili...
Jul 19, 2019
West Fraser results far below expectations as lumber prices, duties bite
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co Ltd. reported a loss in its second quarter as it saw a substantial reversal compared with a year ago as lower lumber prices and export duties cut into its results. Th...
Jul 19, 2019
Cariboo Regional District says 47 properties impacted by flooding
BIG CREEK, B.C. - The Cariboo Regional District says 47 properties have been impacted by flooding. The district says in a news release that the affected properties are in the Big Creek area. Among tho...
Jul 18, 2019 Image Credit: Canadian Press
