Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. premier appoints top deputy to review ‘integrity’ of fish farm testing lab
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan appointed his top deputy Wednesday to review the "integrity" of British Columbia's animal testing laboratory after concerns were raised about a potential conflict of int...
Oct 26, 2017
B.C.-led research aims to help people with spinal cord injuries get fit
VANCOUVER - People with spinal cord injuries now have a set of exercise guidelines for maintaining heart health to match those offered to the general population decades ago. Kathleen Martin Ginis, a r...
Oct 26, 2017
Steelmaking coal business helps boost third-quarter profit at Teck Resources
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. (TSX:TECK.B) saw its third-quarter profit more than double compared with a year ago, boosted by its steelmaking coal business. The mining company says it earned $600 mi...
Oct 26, 2017
No link yet between missing women, remains found on Salmon Arm-area farm: RCMP
KAMLOOPS - It's too soon to connect a string of missing women in the north Okanagan to a farm on Salmon River Road in the Salmon Arm area where human remains were discovered earlier this week, the RCM...
Oct 25, 2017
One injured in Williams Lake armed robbery
KAMLOOPS - One person was injured in an armed robbery in Williams Lake Tuesday. North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says the incident occurred at around 2:20 a.m. when a person walking along S...
Oct 25, 2017
Move to eTicketing may 'save lives' in B.C.
KAMLOOPS - Changes are coming to the way British Columbians pay for their traffic fines. Today (Oct. 25), the Province introduced legislation that would see it move to electronic ticketing (eTicketing...
Oct 25, 2017
Pot shop reaction mixed to City of Vernon regulation bylaw
VERNON, B.C. - Reaction is mixed from Vernon marijuana dispensaries about the city's plan to issue temporary use permits to try and regulate the shops. Matt Nicholas, manager of Black Crow Herbal Solu...
Oct 25, 2017
City holds public hearing to regulate short-term vacation rentals in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Many proponents of the home sharing platform Airbnb called on Vancouver to loosen terms of proposed regulations on the industry, but renters advocates and condominium boards say tight rule...
Oct 25, 2017
RCMP search three sites in relation to human remains near Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP are searching three separate sites in rural areas of the North Okanagan. The main one is at 2290 Salmon River Road south of Salmon Arm where human remains were found Saturday. ...
Oct 25, 2017
Slide closes Trans Canada near Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE - Highway 1 in southeastern B-C between Revelstoke and Golden has been closed by a rock slide. The muck and debris came down overnight and Drive B-C says engineers will assess the situation...
Oct 25, 2017
