Category Archives: British Columbia

Hudson's Bay brings back outlet model with new Scarborough store
TORONTO - Hudson's Bay is reviving its outlet model with a discount store in Toronto's east end. The department store chain says it is converting an existing Hudson's Bay store at Eglinton Square in S...
Aug 24, 2023

Music Review: Big Thief's Buck Meek delivers from high on the ear-friendly 'Haunted Mountain'
Buck Meek, "Haunted Mountain" (4AD) Buck Meek, the stellar guitarist of Big Thief, is out with his third studio album, "Haunted Mountain." It is a lovely fusion of twang and rock with prime songwritin...
Aug 24, 2023

In the news today: NWT officials turning residents back as wildfire threat remains
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... N.W.T. officials want evacuees to stay out for now Northwest Territories offici...
Aug 24, 2023

Heavy rain aids in tempering B.C. wildfires in Shuswap, Okanagan regions
Firefighters in British Columbia's southern Interior continue to battle a number of major blazes, having been aided by ample rainfall that fell Wednesday over the Okanagan and Shuswap regions. BC Wild...
Aug 24, 2023

'In my blood to fight': Shuswap, B.C., residents tell why they defy fire evacuation
North Shuswap resident Kyle Boppre offers a simple explanation when asked why he defied an evacuation order issued as a wildfire bore down on his neighbourhood. "It's just, I guess, in my blood to fig...
Mike VandenBosch Aug 23, 2023

Helicopter airdrop of granola bars for Poomba the pig, after surviving B.C. wildfire
Nourished by a helicopter airdrop of granola bars, Poomba the pig has survived the wildfire devastation that surrounds her on what remains of the Broken Rail Ranch in West Kelowna. The ranch was engul...
Aug 23, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Chinese mother of teen found dead in B.C. tearfully testifies at trial
VANCOUVER - The Chinese mother of a 13-year-old girl who was found dead in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago has taken the witness stand at the murder trial of her accused killer. The mother, who ca...
Aug 23, 2023

Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interi...
Aug 23, 2023

Heavy rain helps douse Okanagan wildfires, as destruction becomes clearer
KELOWNA, B.C. - Firefighters in the Okanagan say heavy rain overnight has helped douse wildfires that forced the evacuation of thousands of people, as the cost of the devastating blazes becomes cleare...
Aug 23, 2023

The latest news on the wildfires ravaging British Columbia
Wildfires raging throughout British Columbia have destroyed structures and forced more than 27,000 people from their homes. The province remains in a state of emergency as crews battle the more than 3...
Aug 23, 2023