Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver goes mobile with movable, modular housing in bid to fight homelessness
Vancouver is going mobile in its latest approach to end homelessness. The city is looking for a company to design a series of transportable housing units aimed at getting some of the municipality's mo...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

Enderby crash claims woman's life
ENDERBY, B.C. - A two vehicle crash 3 km. north of Enderby around 7 am this (Tuesday) morning has turned into a fatality. North Okanagan RCMP confirm a woman driving a car that collided with a truck h...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

Intermittent closures set for the Jamieson Creek Forest Service Road
KAMLOOPS - A portion of the Jamieson Creek Forest Service Road just north of Kamloops will be subject to intermittent closures for three weeks, starting next Monday. The province says the stretch from...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

Vancouver top North American city in quality of life survey rankings by Mercer
VANCOUVER - Vancouver is once again ranked the top city in North America in the latest annual quality of living survey released Tuesday by consulting firm Mercer. The city also maintained its fifth sp...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

BC Hydro seeks court injunction to remove Site C dam protesters
VANCOUVER - Protesters have no legal right to block construction of the Site C dam and their actions could cost BC Hydro $8 million, a lawyer for the utility argued Monday. The provincial Crown corpor...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

B.C. mayor wears same suit to every meeting for 15 months as social experiment
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A Coquitlam, B.C., mayor wore the same suit to every council meeting for more than a year, and nobody noticed. Richard Stewart revealed his social experiment on Sunday in a Facebook ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

Outbuilding burns to ground in Cache Creek
KAMLOOPS - Cache Creek fire crews had to tackle a fire in their community Monday afternoon. The fire broke out about 2:00 PM in a shed or workshop. The building was totally destroyed. No other homes o...
Kayla Derkach Feb 23, 2016

Baby whose parents were fighting to treat with cannabis oil dies in hospital
VANCOUVER - A severely ill baby whose parents were fighting to have treated with cannabis oil has died. The British Columbia Coroners' Service said Mary Jane Pierce died of natural causes last Friday ...
Kayla Derkach Feb 22, 2016

Thousands line up for Site C job fair in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A long line made its way through a building, and around the block as applicants waited for a chance to hand in their resumes. Today (February 22) at the Coast Inn of the North, B...
Kayla Derkach Feb 22, 2016

Seven skiers hurt in B.C. avalanche were on self-guided trip: industry group
GOLDEN, B.C. - Skiers injured in an avalanche is southeastern British Columbia were on a self-guided trip and aware of the risks when they were caught in the snow slide, says an official from a ski ho...
Kayla Derkach Feb 22, 2016

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