Province commits $10 million for B.C. ground search and rescue
Search and rescue groups in the province are getting a much-needed monetary boost after the province promised $10 Million in one-time funding to help bolster training, administrative support and equipment renewals. “It’s a small army of 2,500 volunteers that comb the province’s backcountry, rappel into steep ravines and weather...
Quick thinking homeowner assists Salmon Arm RCMP in solving triple theft
A Salmon Arm homeowner, who had witnessed thieves stealing his ATV, figured the best way to get help was to create some noise, according to RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott West. "After seeing thieves drive away with his ATV from his yard, he ran out of his house, jumped into his car and followed the thieves honking his horn in order ...
Avalanche Takes Life of Snowmobiler Near Prince George
Prince George RCMP said the BC Coroners Service has taken over the investigation following the death of a snowmobiler near Prince George Saturday morning. Cpl. Craig Douglass said just before 11 a.m. Saturday (January 23rd) Prince George RCMP received a report of an avalanche that took the life of a snowmobiler in the Torpy...
Black Press closes doors on Nanaimo Daily News
A few days after Postmedia Network Canada Corp. announced cuts to editorial staff across Canada, Black Press closed the doors on the 141-year-old Nanaimo Daily News Friday. “Black Press informed workers at the 141-year-old Nanaimo Daily News today that it will publish it’s last edition January 29,” Rob Munro, vice-president...
Slumping volume leads to job cuts at Canadian Pacific Railway
Slumping shipping volumes has forced Canadian Pacific Railway to cut 1,000 positions in the coming year. Many of the cuts, coming in union and management positions, will be done through attrition by the middle of 2016. The Calgary-based company released news during a conference call Thursday following the release of fourth ...
ICBC releases Hall of Shame winners for 2015
You can't dream up some of these stories as ICBC released its Hall of Shame for 2015. From a man who torches his vehicle then claims it was stolen to a woman embellishing the extent of her injuries to collect two paycheques to a man crying wolf to get out of doing the dishes the stories keep on getting crazier from in ICBC's...
Corporate tax hikes ultimately reduce the wages of Canadian workers
Increasing corporate tax rates results in lower average wages for workers, finds a new study, released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank. Corporate income taxes are ultimately paid for by individuals either as workers through lower wages, consumers through higher...
Province seeks input from British Columbians for next climate plan
To ensure B.C.’s future climate actions reflect the values of British Columbians, Premier Christy Clark today invited families and members of the public to tell government what they would like to see in B.C.’s new Climate Leadership Plan, to be released later this spring. The next public engagement for the Climate Leadership...
Guide Dog and Service Dog Act takes effect
On Jan. 18, 2016, new legislation will come into effect that modernizes guide dog and service dog guidelines in B.C., bringing higher training standards, improving accessibility to public spaces and strata properties, and strengthening public safety. “British Columbia is synonymous with diversity, and ensuring equality of...
Nine hurt in passenger bus accident near Prince George
Thursday morning near Prince George, nine people were taken to hospital after a passenger bus left the highway. North District RCMP Traffic services were called at 7:50 a.m. to a report of a single vehicle incident involving a passenger bus with unknown injuries approximately 38 kilometers south of Prince George. When ffficers...
