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British Columbia It’s unclear exactly what species the fossils belong to, but officials say that either way, a discovery like this one helps scientists better understand the history of the land.  Paleontologist Victoria Arbour says her team has found the ‘mother lode of fossils’CBC News �· Posted: Sep 17, 2024Continue Reading

British Columbia Over a year and a half after two Vancouver Island emergency rooms halted overnight service, they remain closed at night with no concrete reopening plan due to a shortage of nurses.  Closures at Port Hardy Hospital, Cormorant Island Health Centre due to shortage of nurses, Island Health saysContinue Reading

British Columbia A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the southern tip of Haida Gwaii on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks. Shaking felt from Haida Gwaii to northern Vancouver Island and parts of mainland Shaurya Kshatri · CBC News · Posted: Sep 15, 2024 10:55 PM EDT | Last Updated:Continue Reading

British Columbia The B.C. government has announced it will expand involuntary care for those with mental health and addictions issues, and will open “highly secure” facilities to house people detained under the Mental Health Act throughout the province. Premier David Eby made a public safety pitch Sunday, announcing mental healthContinue Reading

British Columbia Doug Manning and Sam Cooper knew they both planned to take a philosophy course at UBC Okanagan but didn’t realize they’d be in the exact same class until they got their schedules a week before classes began. Doug Manning and Sam Cooper are looking forward to working onContinue Reading

British Columbia In 2008, as the then-B.C. Liberal government was poised to bring in Canada’s first carbon tax, the B.C. NDP staunchly opposed it, saying a climate plan should not tax consumers but target major industrial producers such as the gas, oil, cement and aluminum industries. In 2008, NDP usedContinue Reading

British Columbia A report into a triple stabbing last year in Vancouver says the accused had been let out of custody at a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year prior without incident. Blair Donnelly was on a day pass from a psychiatric hospital when he stabbed 3 peopleContinue Reading

British Columbia·Updated A Canadian man accused of killing a woman from Dawson Creek, B.C., while both were in Mexico, has been found not guilty by a court in that country. Kiara Agnew, 23, was found dead in a Cancun-area hotel in March 2023CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2024 8:52Continue Reading

British Columbia The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has fined Coastal GasLink (CGL) $590,000 for deficiencies related to erosion and sediment control measures.  CGL received 4 penalties for similar issues in 2022 and 2023 totaling nearly $800K Alex Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Sep 12, 2024 8:29 PM EDT |Continue Reading