Provincial News
In order to protect the province's most vulnerable and the overall health-care system, COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health-care system workers continue to be in place.
Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement in response to the federal government declaring a national holiday to mark the Queen’s funeral:
Millions of British Columbians will benefit from new measures to help people with the high cost of living caused by global inflation.
Premier John Horgan issued the following statement on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada and head of the Commonwealth who died on Thursday at the age of 96 in her Scottish residence, Balmoral Castle along side several members of the Royal Family:
Following more than seven months of negotiations and a historic job action that lasted almost two weeks, the BC General Employees’ Union’s (BCGEU) public service bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government’s B.C.’s Public Service Agency (PSA).
Every March and September, police across BC participate in the Distracted Driving and Occupant Restraint enforcement campaign.
This September is no different, and police across the Province will be conducting intensified distracted driving enforcement in your area.
Police are looking for witnesses to a fatal crash in Cherry Creek Tuesday, according to BC Highway Patrol Cpl. Mike Halskov.
"On Aug. 30, at approximately 4:50 p.m., Kamloops Rural RCMP and Emergency Services responded to a fatal two-vehicle collision on Hwy 1 at Rodeo Drive in Cherry Creek," Halskov said.
A new Ipsos survey reveals that more B.C. drivers are using their phones to talk or text while they're behind the wheel. Of those surveyed, 43 per cent of drivers admit to using their phone at least once out of every 10 trips – up from 33 per cent in 2019.*
What better way for Police Service Dog Neeka to celebrate International Dog Day than to help find a man with a warrant?
Just after 8 a.m, on Aug. 26, frontline officers from the Kamloops RCMP were called to the 2000-block of Crescent Drive for a report of a suspicious man, according to Kamloops RCMP S/Sgt. Janelle Shoihet.