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Cutting-edge tech at B.C. college creates ancient-bone replicas for museums around the world

Cutting-edge tech at B.C. college creates ancient-bone replicas for museums around the world

The school's latest project is to recreate missing parts of a bowhead whale for academic study and human appreciation.
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Weekend downpours in southeast B.C., raise flood concerns for Fairmont Hot Springs

Weekend downpours in southeast B.C., raise flood concerns for Fairmont Hot Springs

FAIRMONT HOT SPRINGS, B.C. — An evacuation alert has been issued for more than 200 homes and businesses in southeastern British Columbia as a weekend downpour and the likelihood of more rain raise the potential for flooding in the Fairmont area.
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B.C. set to lay out restart road map as COVID-19 cases slow, vaccinations increase

B.C. set to lay out restart road map as COVID-19 cases slow, vaccinations increase

VICTORIA — A plan to be announced today will start to get life and the economy back to normal in British Columbia with the methodical lifting of COVID-19 health restrictions.
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Five more arrested in B.C. old-growth logging protest

Five more arrested in B.C. old-growth logging protest

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — Mounties say five more people have been arrested on southern Vancouver Island during protests against old-growth logging. RCMP say the arrests happened at an area called the Waterfall Camp, near Port Renfrew, B.C.
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B.C. records 974 new COVID-19 cases, officials ask residents to follow restrictions

B.C. records 974 new COVID-19 cases, officials ask residents to follow restrictions

VICTORIA — Officials are continuing to urge British Columbia residents to follow COVID-19 health restrictions ahead of Tuesday's restart announcement. B.C.
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Canadian landscape architecture icon Cornelia Oberlander dies at 99

VANCOUVER — Canadian landscape architecture icon Cornelia Oberlander has died at the age of 99.
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'So far, so good': B.C. COVID-19 vaccination numbers steady across ages, expert says

'So far, so good': B.C. COVID-19 vaccination numbers steady across ages, expert says

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's younger residents appear to be getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at rates similar to their older counterparts, a phenomenon that bucks trends seen in other provinces and fills at least one medical expert with optimism
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Long weekend starts with more than 100 turned around at police check points on B.C. highways

Long weekend starts with more than 100 turned around at police check points on B.C. highways

Two drivers received tickets
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Crisis centre donation puts focus on mental health challenges in medical profession

Crisis centre donation puts focus on mental health challenges in medical profession

Among her colleagues and friends, Dr. Kitt Turney was known as an energetic go-getter in the anesthesiology department at Lions Gate Hospital. But Turney also suffered from depression.
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More than a dozen arrested in B.C. anti-logging protests

PORT RENFREW, B.C. — Mounties say 14 people were arrested on southern Vancouver Island Saturday as officers enforced a court injunction ordering the removal of blockades set up to protest old-growth logging.
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