Category Archives: British Columbia
Canada ‘missed the boat’ on economic policies to mitigate climate change: doctor
VANCOUVER - Canada "has missed the boat" when it comes to developing renewable energy resources that would mitigate the impact of global warming and its impact on human health, a leading medical exper...
Aug 22, 2016
Royals to visit Vancouver, Victoria, Whitehorse during Canadian visit
More details have been released about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s upcoming visit to Canada. Kensington Palace tweeted Monday morning that Prince William and his wife, Kate, will visit Va...
Aug 22, 2016
Just show up: No reservations required at some camping spots on Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - Caretaker Peter Murphy says every camper asks the same question about staying at Kitty Coleman Provincial Park, and he never gets tired of gleefully providing the same answer: Yes, it's oce...
Aug 22, 2016
Conservative critic calls for coal mine development in southeast B.C.
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Conservative party's natural resources critic is calling on the federal Liberals to move forward with the development of a coal field near Cranbrook, B.C. Candice Bergen says the...
Aug 22, 2016
Evacuation order, alert issued as wildfire flares north of West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Officials say cooler temperatures have helped British Columbia crews battling a wildfire that forced the evacuation of dozens of properties above the northwestern shore of Okanaga...
Aug 22, 2016
Tourism numbers up as people dig British Columbia
VICTORIA - New data from the province signals good news for tourism and business as the number of international visitors to B-C surpassed the two-million mark in June. The government says over 2.3 mil...
Aug 22, 2016
Doctors want funding for seniors care in new health accord
VANCOUVER - Canadian doctors want the federal government to make sure health care professionals have the resources they need to care for the country's aging population, says the president of the Canad...
Aug 22, 2016
B.C. civil rights group punches above its weight in national legal disputes
VANCOUVER - Arriving to the lockup for the Supreme Court of Canada's decision on medically assisted suicide, members of the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association found themselves relegated to a...
Aug 22, 2016
Large fire burns near Boston Bar, B.C.
BOSTON BAR, B.C. - Fire crews from Boston Bar, and North Bend spent the evening, Sunday August 21, battling a blaze near the CP rail yard. A witness in the area, Fred Robson, told CFJC Today that the ...
Aug 21, 2016
Vancouver’s Chinatown grapples with growing pains of affordability, development
VANCOUVER - The transformation of Vancouver's Chinatown, fuelled by a changing population, crisis of affordability and ripe potential for new development, has left some locals calling it either a dyin...
Aug 21, 2016
