Category Archives: British Columbia
Aspen Planers expecting larger timber supply with recent MOU with Lower Nicola
KAMLOOPS - Aspen Planers says the memorandum of understanding signed last week between the Merritt mill and Lower Nicola Indian Band will boost its timber supply and keep it going well into the future...
Feb 27, 2018
Man dies in ski accident
KAMLOOPS - A Lower Mainland man has died in a back country skiing incident in the North Okanagan. RCMP Cst. Kelly Brett says a skier got separated from his group of 14 on a Cat-ski run near Keefer Lak...
Feb 27, 2018
Flagger assaulted with full can of beer near Sicamous
KAMLOOPS - Mounties are seeking the public’s help in locating a person alleged to have thrown a full can of beer at a flagger, hitting him in the head. South East District RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk...
Feb 27, 2018
Government commits to 'move away from Phoenix' and build new pay system
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say the flawed Phoenix pay system is destined for the ash heap and the government will spend $16 million over the next two years looking for a replacement that can rise i...
Feb 27, 2018
Federal budget projects $18.1 billion deficit for 2018-19
OTTAWA -The Trudeau government has tabled a budget that will use billions of dollars worth of fresh fiscal runway for new investments - but it leaves Ottawa with no timetable for balanced books anywhe...
Feb 27, 2018
The Coquihalla Highway’s speed limit is 120 km/h in parts. It should be 30 km/h lower: experts
KAMLOOPS - Six vehicles were involved in a crash, including a Greyhound bus, north of Hope on Sunday that sent dozens of people to hospital. It's just the latest in a series of incidents on the Coquih...
Feb 27, 2018
Liberals take aim at 2019 election with budget to focus on gender equality
KAMLOOPS - Gender equality and a national pharmacare plan are expected to be two of the cornerstones of the federal budget when it is presented in the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon by Finance Min...
Feb 27, 2018
Vernon's top cop bids farewell
VERNON, B.C. - Vernon's 'top cop' has said his goodbyes to city council. Jim McNamara will be retiring as superintendent of the Vernon-North Okanagan detachment this Friday, ending a 33 year policing ...
Feb 27, 2018
New-style BC Transit bus unveiled in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Transit has unveiled one of three new buses coming to the city this year. The new, 35-foot bus is smaller than those in the current fleet and will seat 30 people. It is one of three...
Feb 27, 2018
New study finds disparities in health outcomes for Indigenous, non-Indigenous
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - UNBC factors prominently in a new report released by The Lancet, looking at Canada’s universal health care system. Two separate reports identified Medicare as “a sour...
Feb 27, 2018
