Category Archives: British Columbia
Gasoline companies to speak at public inquiry into B.C. pump prices Wednesday
VANCOUVER - An industry expert says a public inquiry into British Columbia's record-breaking gasoline prices may increase the public's understanding of a murky market but the provincial...
Jul 13, 2019
Flood Warning on Chilcotin River downgraded to High Streamflow Advisory
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Flood Warning on the Chilcotin River has been downgraded to a High Streamflow Advisory.In issuing the downgrade, the B.C. River Forecast Centre said the river has peaked after ...
Jul 13, 2019 Image Credit: Cariboo Regional District
Victoria should have sought provincial approval before plastic bag ban: court
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province's environment minister. The B.C....
Jul 13, 2019
Nursing shortage forces Ashcroft emergency room to close overnight — again
ASHCROFT, B.C. - The latest temporary closure of an emergency room in B.C.'s interior is shedding light on the continued nursing shortage in the region.Interior Health announced Wednesday the emergenc...
Jul 13, 2019 File photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Panhandlers on Salmon Arm sidewalks may be fined $50, thanks to new bylaw
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Salmon Arm has become the latest B.C. municipality to impose a fine on people asking for money on city streets.On Monday, council passed a bylaw amendment that allows officials to f...
Jul 12, 2019 Image Credit: Miroslav Pinkava / Dreamstime.com
Clock ticking for solution to B.C. rock slide blocking salmon: experts
CLINTON, B.C. - Experts say a rock slide that created a five-metre waterfall on the Fraser River is a significant problem that could spell disaster for British Columbia's threatened salmon populations...
Jul 12, 2019
Chilliwack man faces multiple charges for alleged sex assault, child pornography offences
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A Chilliwack man who has lived across the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island is facing multiple charges for alleged sex assault and child pornography offences.RCMP said Friday they...
Jul 12, 2019 Image Credit: Chilliwack RCMP
Indigenous leaders call Fraser River slide 'extreme crisis'
BIG BAR, B.C. - Indigenous leaders in B-C say a rock slide that has created an almost impassable blockage in the Fraser River near Clinton amounts to an ``extreme crisis'' and must be addressed.A news...
Jul 12, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Two Southern resident killer whales missing as experts fear for the population
VANCOUVER - Two southern resident killer whales haven't been seen for a few months leaving experts worried, not just about the fates of both creatures, but for the future of t...
Jul 12, 2019
Steelhead action plan unveiled
VANCOUVER - The federal and B-C governments have released an action plan to protect one of the province's declining fish populations. A joint release says steelhead trout have seen a ``significant dec...
Jul 12, 2019 Image Credit: Pacific Salmon Foundation
