Category Archives: British Columbia
Coleman says tent cities need faster shut down responses to prevent growth
VICTORIA - B.C. Housing Minister Rich Coleman says he learned valuable lessons from the government's handling of a homeless camp on the lawn at Victoria's courthouse, and one of those lessons is actin...
Dec 27, 2016
Search on for two hikers missing on BC’s Cypress Mountain
VANCOUVER - North Shore Rescue says it is standing down for the night in the search for two hikers who may be lost on Cypress Mountain and in the attempted rescue of a snowboarder who was reported mis...
Dec 27, 2016
Prescription opioid use grew in B.C. ahead of overdose crisis: study
VANCOUVER - The number of people using prescription opioids long-term in British Columbia was growing at a "silent but steady" rate for years before the current overdose crisis erupted, a new study ha...
Dec 27, 2016
Snowfall warning persists for Coquihalla Highway
KAMLOOPS - Road conditions could be slick this morning with more snow falling on the Coquihalla Hwy. Environment Canada forecaster Greg Pearce says a snowfall warning persists between Hope and Merritt...
Dec 27, 2016
Family stranded after following GPS misdirection rescued by Mounties
CRANBROOK, B.C. - The RCMP in British Columbia are encouraging holiday travellers to use common sense before blindly following their GPS system, especially in winter conditions. Police in Cranbrook sa...
Dec 23, 2016
Police plead with drivers to slow down
KAMLOOPS - Emergency responders in the Southern Interior are issuing a plea to drives to slow down. Sgt. Mike Pears with Central Interior Traffic Services said in a news release, “Police in the ...
Dec 23, 2016
B.C. veterinarian saves puppy with opioid-reversing naloxone
SAANICH, B.C. - A Victoria-area veterinarian who used naloxone to revive a puppy that ate some sort of opioid said she fears word of the successful treatment could put her clinic at risk. Helen Rae wa...
Dec 23, 2016
Interior Health issues Hepatitis A warning
CLEARWATER, B.C. - Interior Health has issued a public warning after an employee at the Dairy Queen restaurant in Clearwater tested positive Hepatitis A. While IH says there have been no additional ca...
Dec 23, 2016
IH announces short term closure of Ashcroft emergency department
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health has announced a surprise six-hour closure of the Ashcroft Hospital Emergency Department. It will begin at midnight tonight and will last until 6 o’clock tomorrow morni...
Dec 23, 2016
B.C. appeal court backs lower court’s acquittal of drug charges
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Court of Appeal says a judge did not make an error in law when he found that a man charged with trafficking marijuana in Vancouver was unlawfully arrested. Eugenio Alfon...
Dec 22, 2016
