Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. house values continue to rise
VANCOUVER - The average price of a home in B-C continues to rise, according to the latest data from the B-C Real Estate Association. The association says just over 83-hundred residential units changed...
Oct 12, 2017
Elderly woman may have died in Penticton fire
PENTICTON - It’s not known if the resident of one of two houses that burned on Lakeshore Road in Penticton yesterday evening was able to get out before the building collapsed. The fire broke out...
Oct 12, 2017
Urgent need for injectable addiction treatment in B.C.: addictions minister
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's addictions minister has tasked health authorities to move quickly to scale up use of an injectable drug that could save the lives of chronic substance users who haven't ...
Oct 11, 2017
Feds win bid to reargue the facts used in landmark assisted-dying case
VANCOUVER - Severely ill Canadians who don't qualify for medical help in dying will suffer even longer while they wait to find out whether the federal government has violated their right to a medicall...
Oct 11, 2017
Canada, three Indigenous bands reach MOU on day scholar settlement process
KAMLOOPS - After years of litigation, three Canadian First Nations bands have reached a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ (MOU) with the Canadian government as they look to have day scholars r...
Oct 11, 2017
Open fires to be allowed again in Cariboo Fire Centre
KAMLOOPS - Decreased wildfire risk means Category 2 and Category 3 fires will once again be permitted in the Cariboo Fire Centre effective at noon Thursday, Oct.12. The lifting of the ban applies to a...
Oct 11, 2017
Coroner’s service says three bodies were found after fire in Nanaimo, B.C.
A house fire in Nanaimo Tuesday afternoon led to the discovery of three bodies inside, local officials confirm. Multiple emergency crews responded to calls of a fire at 754 Nicol St. just after 12:30 ...
Oct 11, 2017
Nicola Valley celebrates new indigenous court
LOWER NICOLA, BC - According to the most recent report by Statistics Canada, aboriginal adults represent 3% of the population of Canada, yet they represent around 26% of admissions into provincial and...
Oct 10, 2017
Though fully contained, Elephant Hill remains alive
KAMLOOPS - Flames from the Elephant Hill wildfire are gone, but it will be some time before Kamloops Fire Centre officials can declare it no longer a threat. Fire Information Officer Justine Hunse say...
Oct 10, 2017
Coquitlam fire destroys several homes
COQUITLAM - Multiple homes have been destroyed in a large fire in Port Coquitlam Tuesday morning. The fire began before 5:45 a.m. in the area of Fraser Avenue and Oxford Street. The fire is so large i...
Oct 10, 2017
