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Minister backs shift away from privately owned rooming hotels after B.C. fire inquest
February 06, 2024 - 4:29 PM
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's housing minster says the province needs to shift away from accommodating vulnerable people in privately owned rooming hotels — but it won't be fast or cheap.
End public funding of privately owned rooming hotels, says B.C. fire inquest jury
February 05, 2024 - 6:52 PM
BURNABY, B.C. - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire that killed two people in Vancouver two years ago has recommended ending public funding for single-room-occupancy hotels in privately owned buildings.
Critical firefighting equipment being moved or stolen, says BC Wildfire Service
August 21, 2023 - 3:04 PM
BC Wildfire Service says critical equipment used to fight some of the province's devastating blazes has been moved and sometimes stolen, in one case three times.
Properties destroyed as latest B.C. wildfire flares, forcing urgent evacuations
August 02, 2023 - 11:14 PM
Owen Rose said his "worst fears were realized" as he watched an out-of-control wildfire creep over a ridge and race toward Gun Lake in southern British Columbia, destroying about a dozen properties in its path.
B.C. urges preparedness and strategy to fight extreme climate events
June 20, 2022 - 5:56 PM
VANCOUVER - A combination of 18 years of preparation, resourceful adaptation and a stroke of luck helped a small British Columbia community avoid being overrun by an aggressive wildfire last August, says its mayor.
Early morning apartment fire in Penticton, B.C., leaves two people dead
October 27, 2020 - 5:34 PM
PENTICTON, B.C. - The Mounties say two people have died in an early morning fire Tuesday that partially destroyed a 30-unit apartment building in Penticton, B.C.
Wildfire east of Kelowna, B.C., still out of control, area remains evacuated
August 26, 2017 - 7:57 PM
KELOWNA, B.C. - A wildfire burning about 20 kilometres east of Kelowna, B.C., forcing about 1,000 people from their homes, remains out of control.
Raging wildfire in northern B.C. spreads, challenges suppression efforts
May 14, 2015 - 4:56 PM
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Crews battling a rapidly spreading wildfire in northern British Columbia were starting to make some progress when the blaze flared up again early Thursday, fire officials said.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su
No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world
B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th
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How Kamloops councillors and staff have leashed the mayor
A workplace investigation into the mayor of Kamloops and how he treats staff was so secret that the City wouldn'
April 18, 2024 7:00 AM
iN PHOTOS: Enchanting cherry blossoms, colourful tulips bloom in Kamloops, Okanagan
The cherry blossoms are just beginning to bloom pink and white in the Okanagan and will soon open up in Kamloops, gi
April 18, 2024 6:00 AM
Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter gets lifetime ban from NBA
TORONTO - Jontay Porter has been banned from the NBA for life. The former Toronto Raptors backup centre's
April 17, 2024 9:00 PM
The Latest | Netanyahu says Israel will decide how to respond as Iran warns against retaliation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earli
April 17, 2024 8:07 PM
Drunk driver pleads guilty five years after Kamloops collision
A man pleaded guilty in Kamloops court after a drunk driving collision put multiple people in the hospital five year
April 17, 2024 7:00 PM
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