BC RCMP say they have officially kicked off their alongside ICBC to generate awareness of the growing number of car thefts in the province and across Canada.  Eugene Lum of the RCMP integrated municipal provincial auto crime team says there has been a decline in auto crime since 2018 in...

A student-favourite science teacher at Carihi recently received an award for teaching excellence. Bill Deagle teaches science at Carihi Secondary. He was awarded the Gordon Gore Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in BC for 2023. The prize is awarded by the BC Association of Physics Teachers and is presented...

  The province of BC says they’re providing specialized training to support the trades through TradeUpBC.   According to a media release, the one-stop shop will provide information about trades-training opportunities at post-secondary intuitions across BC including professional development offerings, micro-credentials and short-term training.   Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Lisa Beare...

BC's toxic drug crisis claimed an average of six lives a day from overdoses in February. The BC Coroners Service says 177 people died using illicit drugs province-wide – a 12 percent decline from the number reported in January, and an 11 percent decrease from the number in February last...

It was 66 years ago today (April 5) when engineers used 1,400 tons of explosives to blow up an underwater mountain near Campbell River. Ripple Rock in the Seymour Narrows had been a shipping hazard for centuries, only nine feet underwater at low tide. It claimed at least 110 lives...

Plans to rescue a whale calf stranded in a lagoon near Zeballos are rapidly taking shape. The Ehattesaht First Nation is working with a salmon farm company to set up a net pen in the ocean near the lagoon, where the calf can be kept safe until she can be...