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B.C. to launch 'circle of care' for neurodiverse kids but parents have many questions
May 16, 2022 - 1:00 AM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is set to launch one-stop support centres for children with issues like ADHD, autism and Down syndrome, but parents say promises of a no-wait system that won't require assessments or a diagnosis seem unrealistic due to a shortage of health-care professionals.
Emergency alert system in B.C. to be in place for extreme heat in June: minister
May 13, 2022 - 4:46 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public safety minister says an automated alert system will be in place in June to notify residents of dangerously high temperatures like last year's fatal heat dome.
$416 million in disaster funding comes through for homes lost in B.C. wildfires
May 13, 2022 - 4:33 PM

VANCOUVER - The federal government said it's preparing for what could be a challenging summer of wildfires in parts of the country as several ministers gathered in Vancouver to outline how funds will support those already affected.
B.C. invests $789 million for new safe, accessible and culturally inclusive museum
May 13, 2022 - 4:20 PM

VICTORIA - The Royal British Columbia Museum needs to be brought into the 21st century and that means spending nearly $800 million on a new building, Premier John Horgan says.
Chilly conditions break century-old temperature records in parts of southern B.C.
May 13, 2022 - 9:15 AM

VANCOUVER - Highways through southern British Columbia's mountain passes looked more like mid-winter than mid-May Friday as Environment Canada advised another five centimetres of snow was expected before the latest unseasonable weather eased.
Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
May 12, 2022 - 5:01 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on the Fraser River to map its effects and assess the risk of future slides on salmon.
Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
May 12, 2022 - 4:43 PM

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19.
Former B.C. premier says Canada has taken a back seat to others in LNG market
May 12, 2022 - 3:28 PM

VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says Canada’s natural gas industry is losing ground internationally because of government over-regulation, while Australia makes more gains in the Pacific market.
Higher interest rates push homes sales in B.C. back toward normal: association
May 12, 2022 - 1:08 PM

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the sharp increase in mortgage rates is pushing the province's home sales down "a path to normalizing," although it estimates a balanced market is at least a year away.
Plane that crashed with fugitives was overweight, heading for Toronto: Witness
May 12, 2022 - 10:57 AM

VANCOUVER - A woman who knew the pilot of a fatal flight that killed two men wanted in separate murder plots says he told her he was heading for Toronto and was concerned about the plane's weight.
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The moon will be eclipsed over Kamloops, Okanagan tonight
- This article was first published May 7, 2022. There will be a lunar eclipse on May 15 when the moon falls into the earth’s cone-shaped shadow, and it will be happening at a reasonable hour for skywatchers in Kamloops and the Oka

Hugely-popular Vernon night market returns this summer
After a very successful run last year the Polson Artisan Night Market returns to the Vernon park next week. Co-founder Mayla Janzen said she started the market as a way to sell her handmade blankets during the pandemic when all the craft sh

Cartels in Oregon are morphing their pot-growing ops: police
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Foreign drug cartels that established illegal outdoor marijuana farms in Oregon last year are adapting as pressure on them begins to mount, law enforcement officials said Thursday. New challenges are emerging as a t

Why Kelowna may be heading toward a downtown highrise overbuild
The most visible sign that Kelowna is the fastest growing major metropolitan area in Canada with the third-fastest growing downtown core is the plethora of highrises that are not only under construction but in the works. There are 25 highri

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