Category Archives: British Columbia
Quarterly report shows hot real estate market lifts B.C. budget into billions
VICTORIA - British Columbia's sizzling real estate market helped to lift the provincial budget surplus to a expected $1.9 billion, more than $1.6 billion over the original estimate in February. Financ...
Sep 15, 2016
Private lands within the Great Bear Rainforest donated for conservation
VANCOUVER - A vast track of land about half the size of Stanley Park within British Columbia's prized Great Bear Rainforest has been donated to the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The four parcels of pr...
Sep 15, 2016
Rafter found dead after desperate search near Alexis Creek
WILLIAMS LAKE - One man is dead after a rafting accident on the Chilcotin River west of Williams Lake. RCMP say they were alerted last night that two men were overdue to arrive in the Farwell Canyon a...
Sep 15, 2016
Man in custody after Williams Lake stabbing
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - RCMP have a suspect in custody after a stabbing in Williams Lake. Police say a 42 year old man was stabbed multiple times at a home in the city Tuesday evening. The victim was ru...
Sep 15, 2016
British Columbia health minister scraps planned hike to medical premiums
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - British Columbia's health minister says planned hikes to medical premiums are now off the table. The government announced in the February budget that rates for the Medical Services Pl...
Sep 15, 2016
Complicated, dangerous rescue frees young humpback on B.C.’s central coast
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A young humpback whale is gouged and covered with bloody abrasions, but is expected to survive being snared in parts of unused marine equipment on British Columbia's central coast....
Sep 14, 2016
Vancouver’s empty homes tax to be self-declared, up to 2 per cent of value
VANCOUVER - Vancouver is proposing to tax homeowners by as much as two per cent of assessed value for units they declare vacant, with the hope of freeing up more supply in the city's crunched rental m...
Sep 14, 2016
Man charged in connection to death of Mountie killed in Vancouver Island crash
VICTORIA - Charges have been laid against a 28-year-old man in the death of an RCMP officer who was killed when her cruiser was rammed on Vancouver Island. Mounties say Kenneth Fenton faces five charg...
Sep 14, 2016
Williams Lake RCMP warn parents about dangers of fentanyl
KAMLOOPS - Williams Lake RCMP have put out a warning to the city’s parents about the dangers of fentanyl. In a news release, Detachment Commander Insp. Jeff Pelley says the local detachment has ...
Sep 14, 2016
Flexibility, government co-operation key to helping seniors: ministers
VANCOUVER - Ministers responsible for Canada's seniors say flexibility and co-operation are needed to help meet the challenges brought on by an aging population. The federal, provincial and territoria...
Sep 14, 2016
