Category Archives: British Columbia
RCMP confirm Indigenous teen missing in Williams Lake, B.C., has been found safe
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia teenager who was last seen one week ago in Williams Lake has been found. RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says the 13-year-old is safe. He did not say where she was ...
Oct 02, 2023
Rush's Geddy Lee reflects on 'My Effin' Life' with book and tour
TORONTO - Rush bassist Geddy Lee is getting closer to his heart with a new memoir. The "Tom Sawyer" musician is set to release "My Effin' Life" on Nov. 14 which will coincide with a 14-city North Amer...
Oct 02, 2023
B.C. seeing increased amount of human - bear conflicts
VICTORIA - Negative interactions between bears and people are on the rise, with the B-C Conservation Officer Service saying calls increased 100 per cent this past summer.While officials say it's a goo...
Oct 02, 2023
Winter tire regulations begin Sunday for Coquihalla, Okanagan Connector
MERRITT, B.C. - Drivers who are planning to traverse high mountain highways in B.C. should remember to look at their calendars.Merritt RCMP are reminding motorists that winter tires are required for t...
Oct 01, 2023
Overdoses from smoking toxic drugs outpace B.C. prevention sites
VANCOUVER - Nearly two-thirds of the overdose deaths in British Columbia this year came after smoking illicit drugs, yet only 40 per cent of the supervised consumption sites in the province offer a sa...
Oct 01, 2023
Federal Court ruling sets back health workers seeking psilocybin mushroom access
VANCOUVER - Megan McLaren thought her future career was in law enforcement, but her path radically shifted thanks in part to psychedelic drug therapy, she says. McLaren left a civilian position with t...
Sep 30, 2023
Prince George, B.C. Mounties urge people not to feed coyotes after 6 attacks
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Prince George Conservation and RCMP officers are "actively investigating" six separate coyote attacks within a week in the city. RCMP say in a statement they have issued a warnin...
Sep 29, 2023
B.C. tech holding company Tiny buys majority stake in film review platform Letterboxd
VICTORIA - Tech holding company Tiny Ltd. says it's buying a majority stake in movie review platform Letterboxd. Victoria, B.C.-based Tiny has not shared what it will pay for the 60 per cent stake it ...
Sep 29, 2023
B.C. issues certificate for contentious Roberts Bank terminal expansion project
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has issued an environmental assessment certificate for the contentious container port expansion project at Roberts Bank, saying the province "could not prohi...
Sep 28, 2023
State of emergency lifted in West Kelowna, B.C., after McDougall Creek wildfire
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Central Okanagan Emergency Operations has lifted the state of local emergency in West Kelowna, B.C., more than a month after the McDougall Creek wildfire devastated the area. It s...
Sep 28, 2023