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BC Ferries adds handful of 2020 holiday sailings

BC Ferries adds handful of 2020 holiday sailings

Though it is still advising everyone to avoid non-essential travel, B.C. Ferries has added some extra sailings over the holiday season to deal with expected increased demand. B.C. Ferries has added 24 sailings to its winter schedule between Dec.
Williams Lake RCMP arrest woman after early morning stabbing

Williams Lake RCMP arrest woman after early morning stabbing

BC SPCA calls for moratorium on mink farming as virus spreads on Fraser Valley farm

BC SPCA calls for moratorium on mink farming as virus spreads on Fraser Valley farm

The BC SPCA is calling for a moratorium on mink farming in British Columbia. The SPCA suggests an immediate suspension of all mink farm licences, after eight workers on a Fraser Valley fur farm tested positive for COVID-19.
City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless

City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless

VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver and the park board have released a plan to shut down a growing homeless encampment in Strathcona Park that has led to tensions in the surrounding neighbourhood.
COVID-19 vaccine goes out Tuesday as 2,146 new cases recorded in B.C. over weekend

COVID-19 vaccine goes out Tuesday as 2,146 new cases recorded in B.C. over weekend

VANCOUVER — The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in British Columbia and will start to be administered on Tuesday. Provincial health officer Dr.
VIDEO: Metal monolith reported on bluff above Kamloops

VIDEO: Metal monolith reported on bluff above Kamloops

One of the strangest trends of the last few months has arrived in Kamloops. A metal monolith has been reported above Kamloops, sitting on the edge of a bluff in the Lac du Bois grasslands near Batchelor Heights.
Attorney General defends B.C. RCMP officer in one of three civil suits she faces

Attorney General defends B.C. RCMP officer in one of three civil suits she faces

The Attorney General of Canada is defending the actions of Kelowna RCMP officer Const. Lacey Browning in a second lawsuit filed against the officer that stems from a 2016 incident. But the lawsuit may never even make it to court. Const.
Evidence of racism not unique to Royal B.C. Museum, says academic

Evidence of racism not unique to Royal B.C. Museum, says academic

Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra, a PhD candidate examining museums and critical race theory, said the issues raised in Lucy Bell’s farewell speech are not unique to the Royal B.C. Museum.
YVR baggage handlers tested positive for COVID-19

YVR baggage handlers tested positive for COVID-19

Several employees working under the company Strategic Aviation were tested positive for COVID-19.
Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking endangered orcas off British Columbia's coast.