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Malahat Nation, production company announce plans for film studios

The 85-acre Mill Bay site could have as many as six sound stages up to 36,000 square feet each and several production workshops as well as a commercial complex with a hotel

Feb 10, 2024 5:17 AM Read more >

Okanagan residents rally to help aging ski legend

Ski pioneer Dag Aabye has his own Wikipedia page documenting his amazing life.

Feb 10, 2024 4:01 AM Read more >

Conviction quashed for Campbell River woman who coughed on grocery store employee

The woman was accused of yelling and swearing that “COVID wasn’t f---ing real.”

Feb 9, 2024 9:00 PM Read more >

Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker

CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. — A British Columbia woman who was accused of deliberately coughing in the direction of a grocery store worker early in the COVID-19 pandemic has had her convictions for assault and causing a disturbance overturned.

Feb 9, 2024 4:32 PM Read more >

Holdover fires persisting through winter in Prince George Fire Centre

A holdover fire is a fire that remains dormant or undetected for a considerable time after it starts

Feb 9, 2024 6:35 AM Read more >

Kamloops driver high on mushrooms when he caused crash gets probation

Liam Richard Marvin Woodland will not have a criminal record if he completes his probation without incident.

Feb 9, 2024 4:58 AM Read more >

UVic students' society wants more provincial investment to avoid budget cuts

The society says it has raised concerns for years about the unsustainable reliance on international student tuition for revenue

Feb 9, 2024 12:16 AM Read more >

Poilievre promises to fix Canada's ailing access to information system, but would not expand it to include Parliament

Pierre Poilievre made the comments Thursday at a Vancouver news conference.

Feb 8, 2024 4:44 PM Read more >

No layoffs or closures says buyer of 21 Bell radio stations in B.C.

COURTENAY, B.C. — The president of the company buying 21 B.C. radio stations from Bell Media says there won't be any closures or layoffs, despite concerns from B.C. Premier David Eby about the sale.

Feb 8, 2024 4:40 PM Read more >

Richmond condo developer gets reprieve, nearly half the units remain for sale at Prima

Sale of remaining units "slower than anticipated," largely due to interest rates, says court filing.

Feb 8, 2024 3:30 PM Read more >