Category Archives: British Columbia
NDP asks for recounts in three Vancouver-area ridings
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's two major political parties are still battling to win the election days after the polls closed, with the NDP requesting recounts in three close ridings. The New Democrat...
May 12, 2017
Vancouver aquarium treating emaciated sea lion shot at least twice in the face
VANCOUVER - Animal rescuers at the Vancouver Aquarium's marine mammal centre say they're trying to save a California sea lion that was shot in the face. The adult male, which the team named Senor Cinc...
May 12, 2017
Water rising in Merritt as Nicola River spills its banks
MERRITT, B.C. - Overnight showers have caused substantial flooding in Merritt. According to Mayor Neil Menard, the Nicola River breached its bank overnight resulting in heavy flooding along Garcia Str...
May 12, 2017
Residents in Okanagan ready for second flood as water rises elsewhere in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Residents dealing with homes damaged by flooding in Kelowna, B.C., have walled off their properties with six to seven layers of sandbags in preparation for another threat of rising water. ...
May 12, 2017
Wet weather has Lower Nicola residents on alert
MERRITT, B.C. - With the rain storm hitting the entire Thompson region, residents in the Lower Nicola are bracing for more flooding along Guichon Creek. The washed out bridge on Marshall Road has been...
May 11, 2017
No sign of Clayton Cassidy, Cache Creek residents determined to find him
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The recovery mission to find Cache Creek’s fire chief Clayton Cassidy has come up empty nearly a week after he went missing. Cassidy was last seen at 3 a.m. last Friday as he...
May 11, 2017
Elections BC estimates voter turnout at 60 per cent, up from 2013 election
VICTORIA - Elections BC says preliminary data from Tuesday's provincial election suggests registered voter turnout was about 60 per cent. It marks a slight increase from turnout in the 2013 election w...
May 11, 2017
Absentee ballots have decided races before, but it's different this time in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Jim Benninger knows that a lot of people think the difference between a Liberal majority or minority government in British Columbia is resting on his shoulders. The Liberal candidate in Co...
May 11, 2017
Elections BC gets recount request from Liberal candidate who lost by nine votes
VANCOUVER - Elections BC says the Liberal candidate in the Courtenay-Comox riding on Vancouver Island has requested a recount after losing to the NDP candidate by nine votes in Tuesday's provincial el...
May 11, 2017
Federal Liberals to reinforce Trans Mountain pipeline support with B.C.
CALGARY - Canada’s Liberal government will make clear its support of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion when it meets with the newly elected government of B.C., the country’s natural re...
May 11, 2017
