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Canim Lake Band reserves right to alter its plans

For the first time ever, the B.C. government is releasing detailed information on those who experience homelessness in the province.

By a 6-3 vote, Kamloops council has directed staff to draft a bylaw, which may come into effect in 2023

When Shina Biblow developed an unexpected heart infection last year – requiring a complex, high-risk surgery – she was also 15 weeks pregnant.

Local home builder a finalist for Keystone Awards

And, as Christmas approaches, Sue Simpson is again asking for people to send Jessie Christmas cards

  VICTORIA -- As of Wednesday morning, there are nearly 300 wildfires burning throughout B.C. That caused Ilyas Sahib to rethink his familys summer travel plans and come to Victoria. “We were looking at the Okanagan, we were looking at the Central Interior, and with the fires, unfortunately, and the availability of the rooms, we kind of started looking elsewhere,” said Sahib. Others who were already on the island have decided to extend their stay. “So far by a couple of days, but if...

Article content While many people will point to climate change to explain recent historically destructive fire seasons, B.C.’s history of fire suppression and archaic forest management has turned our forests into an overstuffed matchbox that grows more dangerous with each passing year. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Jesse Zeman: Archaic management has turned our forests into an overstuffed matchbox Back to video We have already witness...

July 07, 2021 - 6:00 PM A hotter and drier start to summer has put fire season way ahead of schedule, according to BC Wildfire, and there’s no relief in sight. “The latest monthly forecasts for July indicate a strong likelihood of warmer and dryer than normal conditions persisting across much of B.C.,” reads the seasonal outlook released today, July 7.  “Grass and other surface fuels have been drying quickly, meaning that seasonal ‘green up’ is over for most part...

The space was there all along. Hidden away in the basement area of the Child Development Centre on Strathcona Avenue. For over a decade, it had been used only for storage. Now, thanks to helping hands and a $450,000 pledge from Variety-Children's Charity of B.C., the centre will be able to transform 6,000 square feet into much needed office and service areas. The $1 million dollar expansion project is expected to get underway soon with June 2005 as the targeted completion date. It will ...