Elevate your local knowledge
Sign up for the iNFOnews newsletter today!
B.C.
Facial recognition use by Liberals raises issues, says B.C.’s privacy commissioner
VICTORIA – The use of facial recognition technology by the Liberal Party of Canada as…
B.C. doctor wants action to prevent children falling from windows
VANCOUVER – A pediatric neurosurgeon in British Columbia is urging caregivers to take steps to…
Mounties arrest 10 more people at old growth logging blockade
PORT RENFREW, B.C. – Mounties arrested 10 more protesters Thursday as they continued to enforce…
Meng loses publication ban request on HSBC materials obtained via Hong Kong court
VANCOUVER – The Supreme Court of British Columbia has dismissed an application for a publication…
B.C.’s COVID-19 immunization numbers continue rising, passing 4.6 million shots
VICTORIA – The number of people in British Columbia receiving COVID-19 immunizations continues to increase,…
Environment Canada issues heat warnings, says record-high temperatures loom for B.C.
VANCOUVER – Jeremy Cain spent Thursday overseeing a team of outreach workers in Kamloops, B.C.,…
BC Ferries now allowing people to book walk-on tickets online
VICTORIA – Passengers walking on to BC Ferries vessels operating between Vancouver Island and the…
Science-based panel to guide B.C.’s care of old-growth forests
VICTORIA – An independent panel will advise the British Columbia government on the management of…
RCMP arrest 20 people at blockades against old-growth logging on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. – RCMP enforcing an injunction against blockades near old-growth forest logging areas…
Cheaper, more potent cannabis found in B.C. government-run stores: study
VANCOUVER – The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency…
Parents of teen killed at B.C. school share grief, anger at sentencing hearing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The father of a 13-year-old girl who was murdered at a…
Vaccine numbers in B.C. above 4.5 million, includes more than a million 2nd shots
VICTORIA – First-dose vaccine numbers in British Columbia have risen to above 75 per cent…
Order of Catholic nuns agrees to enhance access to residential school records
VICTORIA – An order of Catholic nuns whose members worked at the Kamloops Indian Residential…
Improved fishway, lower river flow raise salmon migration hopes at B.C. rock slide
VANCOUVER – Fisheries officials say they expect thousands of migrating salmon will be able to…
Climate activists Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis join faculty at University of B.C.
VANCOUVER – The University of British Columbia says climate activists and journalists Naomi Klein and…
RCMP arrest 11 people at blockades against old-growth logging on Vancouver Island
PORT RENFREW, B.C. – RCMP have arrested another 11 people at blockades set up to…
B.C. health officials say mixing mRNA vaccines is safe, effective
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – British Columbia’s provincial health officer is encouraging anyone who is offered…
B.C. official condemns threats of violence against anti-racism rally organizers
VICTORIA – A British Columbia official whose job it is to tackle racism is condemning…
Anglican bishop in British Columbia resigns after misconduct allegations
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – The Anglican Church of Canada says its first bishop of a large…
Study reassures parents, teachers that COVID-19 infrequently shared at school
VANCOUVER – A study of school staff in Vancouver says their risk of developing COVID-19…
Former B.C. chamber CEO enters Liberal leadership contest, promises party restart
VANCOUVER – The former chief executive officer at British Columbia’s Chamber of Commerce is entering…
Separate fires destroy two Catholic churches in southern British Columbia
OLIVER, B.C. – A First Nations chief in southern British Columbia says there are mixed…
B.C. records 229 cases of COVID-19 over three days as officials encourage vaccination
VICTORIA – British Columbia is reporting a one-day total of COVID-19 cases not seen since…
First Nations receive federal funds to purchase marine rescue boats
VICTORIA – Three British Columbia First Nations are getting federal funding to buy rescue boats…