Category Archives: British Columbia
Life not a bowl of cherries for Okanagan residents or rain-soaked farmers
KELOWNA, B.C. - As June rains continue into July, cherry growers in the Okanagan are putting in some extra work in, but it might be costing area residents some extra sleep. Once ripe, cherries can't t...
Jul 08, 2016
Community comes together to find missing man
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The community of Logan Lake banded together to help find a missing elderly man with dementia Thursday. The man had wandered away from his wife in the afternoon. When local RCMP and ...
Jul 08, 2016
Eagles rescued by firemen in Okanagan
VERNON - Rescuing eagles may not be in the job description of firefighters, but that was the case for North Westside Fire-Rescue this week. Chief Jason Satterthwaite says the department was called by ...
Jul 08, 2016
B.C. bright spot in new unemployment stats
VANCOUVER - The latest employment numbers from Statistics Canada show B-C was the lone bright spot in June, in terms of job creation. This province was the only one to create a significant number of j...
Jul 08, 2016
Power poles damaged in Burns Bog Fire
VANCOUVER - B-C Hydro says crews have found damage to 18 power poles following the Burns Bog wildfire in Delta. The utility says its crews have been monitoring the 78-hectare blaze since Sunday and ar...
Jul 08, 2016
Government boosts mental health funding
VICTORIA - The B-C government is giving 1.5 million dollars to a program that supports parents with kids who have behavioural problems. The “Confident Parents: Thriving Kids” program is ru...
Jul 08, 2016
Missing man found safely near Logan Lake
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE- A successful search in the Logan Lake area yesterday (Thursday) afternoon for a man missing in the Logan Lake area. The man apparently had dementia and there was concern for his saf...
Jul 07, 2016
Study finds male sex workers felt safer advertising online than in the streets
VANCOUVER - A study on male sex workers in Vancouver has found that although the move to selling sex online rather than on the streets improved safety, recent laws prohibiting the advertisement of sex...
Jul 07, 2016
Mother bear, cubs, caught after woman hurt in Maple Ridge, B.C., attack
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - The Conservation Officer Service says it has trapped a bear that may be responsible for an attack in Maple Ridge, B.C. A woman's face was cut in the incident that occurred on the d...
Jul 07, 2016
More than half of Vancouver Airbnb hosts use income to pay rent, mortgage: study
VANCOUVER - The home-sharing service Airbnb says it doesn't believe it's having a negative impact on rental vacancies in Vancouver. A new report released by the company today based on 2015 statistics ...
Jul 07, 2016
