Category Archives: British Columbia
After Vancouver outbreak, no measles cases in Interior Health yet
KELOWNA - Interior Health says it has yet to see any cases of the measles, days after Vancouver Coastal Health declared an outbreak at two urban schools. Nine cases of measles have been confirmed in V...
Feb 20, 2019
Child killer Schoenborn must remain at psychiatric hospital
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The BC Review Board has ruled child killer Allan Schoenborn "remains a significant threat" and has denied his request for "mandatory outings." However, at the same time, the board ru...
Feb 20, 2019
Historical parade at Falkland Stampede will not happen this year
FALKLAND, B.C. - The historical Falkland Stampede announced yesterday that they will no longer have a parade at their annual event. The group took to Facebook to confirm the news Wednesday. The stampe...
Feb 20, 2019
What will today's B.C. budget bring?
VICTORIA - British Columbia’s finance minister says poverty and climate change are major focus areas of the budget she will deliver today. Carole James says the budget will include details of th...
Feb 19, 2019
Vancouver Coastal Health encouraging immunizations as measles outbreak continues
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Coastal Health is encouraging immunizations as it battles an ongoing measles outbreak. The health authority says at least nine people have the infection and one visited the BC Ch...
Feb 17, 2019
Work suspended at Coastal GasLink site to investigate Indigenous artifact claims
HOUSTON, B.C - Coastal GasLink says it has suspended pipeline work south of Houston, B.C, while claims of the discovery of Indigenous artifacts on the site are investigated. The company says it has co...
Feb 16, 2019
United We Roll convoy hits the road to Ottawa
RED DEER, AB - More than vehicles left Red Deer for Ottawa Thursday morning in their bid to gain support for the oil and gas industry from the federal government. The United We Roll, Official Convoy f...
Feb 14, 2019
Young girl grabbed by man in Vernon
VERNON, B.C. - Police are thanking the public and media for getting the word out about a suspicious incident near Mission Hill School in Vernon on Tuesday evening. Two 11 year old girls say a male app...
Feb 14, 2019
New report on B.C. Hydro says consumers are overpaying bigtime
VICTORIA - BC Hydro ratepayers are expected to overpay by billions of dollars for electricity it doesn't need, due to costly and unnecessary contracts with independent power producers (IPP), according...
Feb 14, 2019
Crashes up in the Southern Interior after this week's snowfall
KAMLOOPS - After a heavy snowfall across the Southern Interior this week, ICBC saw a 44 per cent increase in Dial-a-Claim calls. In a news release the corporation says there were 191 calls on Tuesday ...
Feb 13, 2019
