Category Archives: British Columbia

'Heartbreaking loss': B.C. agency looks into ambulance call after infant death report
BARRIRE, B.C. - British Columbia's emergency health service says it is reviewing the circumstances of the reported death of an infant last week while waiting for an ambulance in a small community in t...
Aug 29, 2022

Passengers stranded on cruise ship in Vancouver after tugboat workers strike
VANCOUVER - Passengers on an Alaska cruise ship are stranded aboard the vessel in Vancouver, with the cruise line blaming job action by British Columbia tugboat workers. Celebrity Cruises says the Cel...
Aug 29, 2022

Man dies hours after shooting outside Surrey, B.C. home
SURREY, B.C. - One man has died the day after a late night shooting in south Surrey, B.C. RCMP in the city southeast of Vancouver say officers responded to reports of shots being fired outside a home ...
Marcus Gordon Aug 28, 2022

Bonnie Henry backs B.C.'s COVID-19 school plan, rejects mask mandate as 'blunt tool'
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, is defending the province's back-to-school pandemic guidelines against calls from some parent and teacher groups for more st...
Aug 26, 2022

Baby B.C. boy gets naloxone and survives overdose on first birthday, police say
KELOWNA, B.C. - Police say a baby boy in Kelowna, B.C., has survived a suspected drug overdose on his first birthday after an officer administered naloxone. RCMP Const. Mike Della-Paolera says police ...
Aug 26, 2022

Former B.C. cabinet minister Rich Coleman announces run for mayor of Langley
LANGLEY, B.C. - Former provincial politician Rich Coleman has announced his bid to become the next mayor of Langley, B.C., this fall. Coleman is hoping to lead the new Elevate Langley party into munic...
Aug 26, 2022

B.C. cannabis stores close, lay off staff as job action prevents pot deliveries
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's cannabis stores say they're shutting their doors and laying off staff because a labour dispute in the public sector has stopped the province's pot distribution centre fr...
Aug 26, 2022

Pattison Media acquires two Manitoba radio stations
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-based Pattison Media, the parent company of 89.5 JR Country and Fraser Valley Today in Chilliwack, announced today that it has acquired two radio stations in Manitoba. Pattison Med...
Aug 26, 2022

Legalized single-event sports betting explodes in B.C. on government-backed website PlayNow.com
CHILLIWACK - British Columbians are gambling in surprising numbers on a government-backed website advertised through the B.C. Lottery Corporation. Tomorrow (Aug. 27) marks the one-year anniversary of ...
Aug 26, 2022

Multiple ferry delays after man arrested aboard vessel in Nanaimo, B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - BC Ferries says multiple sailings will be delayed and others may be cancelled following a police incident last night aboard a ferry in Nanaimo. It has provided no details about what happ...
Aug 26, 2022