Category Archives: British Columbia
Ministry of Education continuing to monitor SD27
KAMLOOPS - Still no resolution in the Cariboo-Chilcotin School District between administration and the teachers’ union. Last month, the Cariboo-Chilcotin Teachers’ Association unanimously ...
Dec 07, 2017
Site C decision could come as early as Friday
VICTORIA - Government officials say a decision on the future of the Site C dam could come as early as tomorrow. Cabinet ministers were in meetings yesterday and officials say the politicians continued...
Dec 07, 2017
Family of Flying Phil makes major donation to hospital facilities
VANCOUVER - Children and grandchildren of late B-C minister and politician Phil Gaglardi and his wife Jennie have donated 25 million dollars to the Vancouver General Hospital and U-B-C Hospital Founda...
Dec 07, 2017
Kelowna man strikes it rich with $16.7M jackpot
KELOWNA - The Okanagan has a new multi-millionaire. Kelowna resident Clifford Britch has picked up a cheque for 16.7 million dollars from BC Lotteries for winning the Lotto 6/49 Nov. 22. Britch says h...
Dec 06, 2017
RCMP clarify reports of new activity at farm site
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP are downplaying suggestions that officers have resumed search activities at a farm on Salmon River Road near Silver Creek. The site - which is owned by the Sagmoen family - is wher...
Dec 06, 2017
Alleged drunk driver from Kamloops suspected of causing extensive damage to Vernon park
KAMLOOPS - A 32 year old Kamloops man is facing impaired driving charges after being pulled over in Vernon this week. Vernon-North Okanagan RCMP Cst. Kelly Brett says it all started just before noon o...
Dec 06, 2017
Okanagan MLA announces his pick for the B.C. Liberal leadership
KAMLOOPS - With less than two months to go before B.C. Liberals elect a new leader, one Okanagan MLA is throwing his support behind candidate Todd Stone. Kelowna-Mission MLA Steve Thomson put out a me...
Dec 06, 2017
Happy ending for rescue crews in North Okanagan
VERNON - Rescue crews had a happy ending yesterday morning when they saved a woman who had spent more than 12 hours outside after her vehicle drove off a North Okanagan road. Leigh Pearson is with Ver...
Dec 06, 2017
Government promises more crackdowns on money laundering
VICTORIA - B-C is cracking down on money laundering in casinos, promising tighter checks on gamblers with deep pockets and more inspectors at some gaming facilities. The new measures stem from an inde...
Dec 06, 2017
Sockeye salmon may be added to Species at Risk Act
KAMLOOPS - The Shuswap Environmental Action Society calls it “the most significant ackowledgement to date of the jeopardy facing the sockeye salmon.” This as the Committee on the Status of...
Dec 05, 2017
