Category Archives: British Columbia
Coding on deck for grade-school students as B.C. unveils new curriculum
VANCOUVER - Students in British Columbia’s public elementary schools are on track to become the first generation to get basic training in computer coding as the province answers a call from its ...
Jan 18, 2016
Armed robbery in Salmon Arm
SALMON ARM, B.C. - RCMP in Salmon Arm are investigating a robbery on Saturday night, similar to one one in Kamloops. Two masked men entered a Mac’s convenience store, one of them pulled a gun an...
Jan 18, 2016
Robots to drones: B.C. puts focus on tech into hyperdrive with first-ever summit
VANCOUVER - Greg Caws calls home a cattle ranch in the East Kootenay community of Wardner and says he appreciates the perspective of rural British Columbia, where relatives have worked as miners and l...
Jan 18, 2016
B.C. First Nation, fisheries officials agree to herring management plan
VANCOUVER - A First Nation on British Columbia's central coast is applauding what it says is a dramatic move toward science-based, joint management of area herring stocks. The Heiltsuk Tribal Council ...
Jan 18, 2016
Yellowhead crash kills Clearwater man
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a Clearwater man died in a crash north of Kamloops yesterday. It happened at about 1:00 pm when a southbound Chevrolet Lumina crossed the centre line and hit a northbound semi truc...
Jan 18, 2016
Jackknifed semi creates problems on the Coquihalla
MERRITT, B.C. - Traffic on the Coquihalla highway was at a standstill between the summit and the Great Bear Snowshed due to a jackknifed semi most of the evening Sunday January 17. Highway 5 has since...
Jan 17, 2016
Feminism missing from consultations on murdered women’s inquiry: advocates
VANCOUVER - A chairwoman of Vancouver's annual memorial march for missing and murdered aboriginal women says she's concerned a national inquiry will leave out a crucial issue - feminism. Fay Blaney, w...
Jan 17, 2016
Vancouver mayor apologizes to men in mall photos who were labelled ‘suspicious’
VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver has apologized to two men and a teenage boy singled out in an internal police bulletin leaked to the press for their "suspicious behaviour" at a downtown shopping ma...
Jan 17, 2016
Yellowhead highway now open following serious collision
MCLURE, B.C. - Highway 5, the Yellowhead Highway is now open to single lane alternating traffic 20 kilometres South of Barriere following a serious motor vehicle incident. The incident involved a trac...
Jan 17, 2016
Stolen Dodge pickup rams into Scotch Creek drug store
CHASE, B.C. - Two suspects involved in a serious break and enter in Scotch Creek last week remain on the lam today. There is significant damage to the Scotch Creek Peoples Drug Mart after a Dodge pick...
Jan 17, 2016
