Category Archives: Local News

Environment Canada says poor air quality in much of the south coast and beyond should start improving today. The smell of smoke and hazy skies due to wildfires in Washington and Oregon has had the age...

Health officials say they're prepared for the likelihood that there will be COVID-19 cases at schools and will alert the public when there's an outbreak. Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry ...

It's the first day of school for many students in British Columbia, but parents who have opted for online learning fear their kids will lose coveted spots in specialty programs like French immersion. ...

Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry says it's a good idea to use your level of social interaction in the early days of the pandemic as a guide for the fall season. Henry says summer was a gr...

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia is at a precipice when it comes to a potential surge of COVID-19 infections. But Henry says reducing the number of cases is still withi...

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the B-C government to delay the implementation of several taxes, including increasing the carbon tax. The Ministry of Finance says in a statement this year's planned...

A noise complaint made early on August 30th, 2020 quickly led to the execution of a search warrant and the recovery of stolen property. Just after midnight, an excessive noise complaint came in regard...

The federal government has signed agreements with two more American drugmakers to get Canadians access to their potential COVID-19 vaccines. Like the drugs being developed by Pfizer and Moderna, vacci...

The B-C Ministry of Education isn't commenting on a court challenge of the province's plan to re-open schools next month amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Two fathers have filed an injunction application de...

British Columbia's chief coroner says 175 people fatally overdosed in July, matching the same total in June as access to harm-reduction services such as a safer supply of drugs remains a challenge. Li...