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Planned Ignition near corner of White Rock Lake Fire underway
A planned ignition covering around 30 square kilometres of land is underway at the northeast corner of the destructive White Rock Lake wildfire west of Vernon. A fire information officer with the prov...
Cael Maslin Aug 30, 2021 Photo courtesy BC Wildfire Service
BC says they have plans to bring health care for people contracted to private companies
The B-C government says plans are underway to bring health-care support workers who are contracted out to private companies back to work directly for provincial health authorities. It says the change ...
Cael Maslin Aug 30, 2021
Union representing RCMP officers concerned about resources for enforcing BC's vaccine card rule
The union representing R-C-M-P officers says it's concerned about strained resources while enforcing B-C's forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine card. The Pacific regional director with the National Police Fed...
Cael Maslin Aug 30, 2021
Analysis of ground at former residential school site near Williams Lake begins today
A comprehensive analysis of the ground at the site of a building close to Williams Lake formerly known as St. Joseph's Mission Indian Residential School began today with a ceremony. Whitney Spearing, ...
Cael Maslin Aug 30, 2021
Kitimat Apartment Fire this weekend
There was an apartment fire in Kitimat over the weekend. There were no injuries or fatalities, but apartment evacuees were out of their home for a couple of days. A family of 4 had to be rescued by fi...
Rob Young Aug 30, 2021
Two Victoria Businesses refusing to ask for Vaccination card
Two Greater Victoria businesses -- a cafe and a gym -- are pushing back against B-C's forthcoming vaccine card, saying they will refuse to ask customers for proof of their vaccination status when the ...
Cael Maslin Aug 27, 2021
People in Cariboo fire centre concerned that campfire ban was lifted too early
The Cariboo Fire centre has been made aware that some people are concerned that they are lifting the area's campfire ban too soon. The CRC let it be known back on Wednesday that the campfire ban would...
Cael Maslin Aug 27, 2021
Tahltan Nation on lock-down due to two positive COVID tests
The Tahltan Nation COVID-19 Emergency Management Team sent out a press release earlier today stating that two people in Iskut from the same household have tested positive for COVID-19. And as result o...
Cael Maslin Aug 27, 2021
New Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace potentially being allowed to perform new procedure
The new Mills Memorial Hospital that is still under construction in Terrace, could potentially be getting the ability to perform a type of procedure that was not available to residents before in the f...
Cael Maslin Aug 27, 2021
Premier Horgan says Wildfire Season will be key subject for next provincial budget
Premier John Horgan says making sure the province is better prepared for the wildfire season will be ``a key focus'' of the next provincial budget. Horgan told reporters today that his government has ...
Cael Maslin Aug 27, 2021