Category Archives: British Columbia
Memorial held for members of Surrey's homeless community who have died
SURREY, B.C. - Former residents of a tent encampment in Surrey, B.C., gathered Sunday to send a message that even though the so-called "Surrey Strip" has been dismantled, homelessness has not been sol...
Jul 07, 2019
Solution list narrows after on-site assessment of Fraser River rockslide
LILLOOET - Officials have outlined a few solutions to keep fish moving in the Fraser River after a landslide in the Big Bar area. In a release from the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Ope...
Jul 07, 2019 Image Credit: Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development
23 projects funded to help restore British Columbia's fragile salmon stocks
VANCOUVER - A project to transform aging dikes in British Columbia's Lower Mainland to make them more salmon-friendly is among 23 proposals selected by the federal and provincial governments to restor...
Jul 07, 2019
Plans to save threatened B.C. caribou on hold as NDP mends fences
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan's New Democrats continue to face widespread criticism in northeast British Columbia over the government's attempts to introduce plans to save threatened caribou herds. P...
Jul 06, 2019
Endangered southern resident killer whales spotted with baby off B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Researchers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are cheering after spotting all three pods that make up the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The department sai...
Jul 05, 2019
23 projects funded to help restore British Columbia's fragile salmon stocks
VANCOUVER - A project to transform aging dikes in British Columbia's Lower Mainland to make them more salmon-friendly is among 23 proposals selected by the federal and provincial governments to restor...
Jul 05, 2019
Metro Vancouver's benchmark home price falls below $1M in June: real estate board
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's once hot housing market is experiencing an "expectation gap" between buyers and sellers as the benchmark property price fell under $1 million for the first time since May...
Jul 05, 2019
Shuswap elementary school wins $30K to upgrade kitchen
An elementary school in the Shuswap will have $30,000 to upgrade its kitchen after earning a runner-up spot in BCAA's Play Here contest.Three winners from across the province were awarded $100,000 eac...
Jul 04, 2019 Image Credit: BCAA
Some fish getting through Fraser River rockslide, but DFO looking at options to help the rest
BIG BAR, B.C. - The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) says it appears at least some salmon are getting past the obstruction created by a major rockslide in the Fraser River.The slide, which hap...
Jul 04, 2019 Image Credit: Global News
Man arrested for breaking into Prince George same business twice in a week
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A 38-year-old Prince George man is facing multiple charges after allegedly breaking into the same business twice in a week.Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass says the first i...
Jul 04, 2019 Image Credit: CKPG Today
