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Mayor says it’s not safe for Fort Nelson wildfire evacuees to return early

People trying to get back early could create highway lineups that hinder health-care workers: mayor

May 26, 2024 8:57 AM Read more >

Sidney’s rental protection efforts offer little solace to turfed-out tenants

‘Thank god I have my car,’ says one renter being bought of her long-time apartment

May 25, 2024 9:00 AM Read more >

Sister seeks justice in stabbing death of her brother in Lillooet

Leeland Alexander was from Xat’sull First Nations

May 24, 2024 7:30 PM Read more >

UBC Okanagan vice-chancellor offers to meet with pro-Palestinian encampment

The encampment on UBC’s Okanagan campus is demanding that the university divests from companies complicit in ‘Palestinian genocide’

May 24, 2024 7:00 PM Read more >

BC Wildfire Service sending crews to fire near Spences Bridge in B.C. Interior

Fire, estimated at 10 hectares, is burning on opposite side of Thompson River from Trans-Canada Hwy.

May 24, 2024 5:00 PM Read more >

Police watchdog investigating leadup to death of North Okanagan woman

The IIO says woman was found deceased on April 14, the same date that RCMP found remains of Tatjana Stefanski

May 24, 2024 12:20 PM Read more >

Heiltsuk Nation demands removal of Bella Bella RCMP officer

A protest is planned for noon Friday, May 24 in front of the RCMP office in Bella Bella

May 24, 2024 12:19 PM Read more >

BREAKING: B.C. United says B.C. Conservatives walked away from talks

B.C. United Leader Kevin Falcon said his party had proposed a generous “non-competition framework”

May 24, 2024 12:13 PM Read more >

New Cowichan hospital reaches construction milestone

Community gathers to sign last steel girder in section of facility

May 24, 2024 11:06 AM Read more >

Thieves in Nanaimo steal bronze vases from cemetery

Police characterize thefts from grave sites as ‘extremely disturbing’

May 24, 2024 9:55 AM Read more >