Category Archives: British Columbia

All evacuation orders rescinded for Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton, B.C.
PENTICTON, B.C. - Local authorities in British Columbia's Okanagan region say all evacuation orders around the so-called Keremeos Creek wildfire near Penticton have been rescinded. Erick Thompson, an ...
Aug 17, 2022

Physicists and business figures gather in Vancouver to crack theory of everything
VANCOUVER - Some of the world's brightest minds are gathering at a hotel conference centre in Vancouver this week to try to solve a question that has baffled physicists for decades. The two pillars of...
Aug 17, 2022

Wolf enclosure was damaged to let animals escape at Greater Vancouver Zoo, RCMP say
LANGLEY, B.C. - Police say the wolf enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo was damaged by someone who is suspected to have broken into the facility and allowed the animals to escape, as the facility r...
Aug 17, 2022

B.C. cannabis stores grapple with delivery stoppage as BCLDB workers go on strike
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbian cannabis stores are bracing for emptier shelves after a strike stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping out product. The British Columbia General ...
Aug 17, 2022

Sheen dissipates but sunken U.S. fish boat still in orca habitat east of Victoria
VICTORIA - The United States Department of Ecology says an oil sheen from a sunken fish boat appears to have completely dissipated from an area of U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island. The update...
Aug 17, 2022

Wolf on the loose after escaping from Greater Vancouver Zoo: province
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's Environment Ministry says wolves have escaped their enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo and one is still missing. The ministry says the zoo requested support from...
Aug 16, 2022

B.C. drug death toll passes 10,000 since declaration of emergency in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province has lost more than 10,000 lives to illicit drugs since the province declared a public health emergency in April 2016. Lisa Lapointe says t...
Aug 16, 2022

Sunken fish boat off B.C. shifts into deeper water, leaks fuel in key orca habitat
VICTORIA - Crews are working to drain fuel from a sunken fish boat in U.S. waters just east of Vancouver Island before it fouls a key feeding ground for endangered southern resident killer whales. An ...
Aug 16, 2022

Threatening flyers distributed throughout Vancouver tent encampment: police
VANCOUVER - Police are urging people living in a tent encampment in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to be vigilant after someone distributed threatening flyers in the area over the weekend. A statement ...
Aug 15, 2022

Man shot dead after woman tries to flee vehicle on highway near Kamloops, B.C.: RCMP
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The RCMP say a man has been shot dead after officers responded to reports of a woman trying to escape a vehicle travelling along the Trans-Canada Highway near Kamloops, B.C. They say ...
Marcus Gordon Aug 15, 2022