Category Archives: British Columbia
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
Victoria sets 19 as minimum age for pot purchasing
KAMLOOPS - British Columbians will have to be at least 19 years of age before they can legally purchase marijuana in this province. That’s one element to some new regulations the provincial gove...
Dec 05, 2017
Search called off for missing plane
VICTORIA - Rescuers have called off the search for a missing plane with two people aboard. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria says search aircraft have flown 120 hours in challenging co...
Dec 05, 2017
Close call for first responders in Lake Country
KAMLOOPS - A scary incident for first responders in Lake Country. Police and fire were attending to a crash on the highway near Pelmewash Parkway Sunday morning when a Dodge Ram pickup truck ran into ...
Dec 04, 2017
CN line west of Kamloops back open after weekend derailment
KAMLOOPS - A derailment between Savona and Cache Creek shut down the CN mainline for more than 24 hours last weekend. In an email, CN Public Affairs Manager Kate Fenske says the derailment took place ...
Dec 04, 2017
Victoria to create over 3,800 child-care spaces
KAMLOOPS - B.C.’s minority NDP government is taking steps to address the shortage of child-care spaces in the province. It has announced a $33-million investment it says will create 3,800 child-...
Dec 04, 2017
Williams Lake students to gain access to healthy water
KAMLOOPS - Good news for over 1,600 students in British Columbia, including those in Williams Lake. This as the provincial government has announced an accelerated capital investment to ensure access t...
Dec 04, 2017
Province announces review of wildfire and flood seasons
KAMLOOPS - The provincial government has announced an independent review of this year’s unparalleled wildfire and flood seasons. “2017 was the worst fire season in recent memory,” sa...
Dec 04, 2017
King Tide set to hit Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver municipalities are preparing for flooding ahead of a King Tide this week. The seasonal King Tide — that occurs when the moon is closest to the earth — can be ab...
Dec 04, 2017
NDP ready to take on Liberals in Kelowna West byelection
KELOWNA - The B-C New Democrats have acclaimed Shelley Cook — who leads a chapter of the John Howard Society — to run in the Kelowna West byelection. The riding became vacant when former p...
Dec 04, 2017
