Only minor injuries in 14-vehicle pile-up on TransCanada near Golden
Fully 14 vehicles were involved in a crash on the TransCanada Highway yesterday, accordng to RCMP Sgt. Mike Pears. "RCMP received a report of a motor vehicle collision on the Trans Canada Highway at the top of Heather Hill, approximately 50 kilometers west of Golden. While en route, reports were received of additional vehicles...
UPDATED: German man killed in avalanche near Revelstoke identified
The 45-year-old man that died after being buried by an avalanche near Revelstoke this week has been identified as Jannik Inselkammer of Munich, Germany. Inselkammer was a Munich-area businessman who worked in the beer brewing industry. He was born into a brewing family and had several ownership stakes and managing director ...
Should the frequency of municipal elections be determined by the provincial government?
Fifty years ago municipal councils were elected to one year terms. Forty years ago the law was changed to allow for two-year terms. Twenty-four years ago terms were extended to three years, and now councils are to be elected to serve four year terms. The reasons for every term extension were to reduce election costs, to give...
UPDATE: Coroners Service releases name of Coal Mountain employee killed in accident Sunday
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a male who died following an industrial accident at the Teck Coal Mountain mine near Sparwood on March 16. He was Miles Bradley Lorenz, aged 59, of Coleman. Lorenz was a water truck driver and was filling his truck with water when he was impacted by […]
UPDATED: BC Coroners Service releases name of Blue River avalanche victim
The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died in an avalanche near Blue River Sunday as Jay Quayle, aged 35, of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. Quayle was one of a party of seven who had travelled to the Monashee Mountains near Blue River to go snowmobiling. They were snowmobiling in an area known as Red ...
Someone in BC has hit the Lotto Max Jackpot
Someone in BC is going to be pretty happy when they check their Lotto Max ticket. The Lottery Corporation said there is one winning ticket for the $50-million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw — and it was purchased by someone in Langley — after four consecutive weeks of no one winning the massive jackpot. Lotto Max ...
Avalanche centre warns about high risks this season
After four avalanche fatalities in the past six days, the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is urging backcountry users to make cautious and conservative decisions while in avalanche terrain. “We’ve been dealt a pretty troublesome snowpack this season and our terrain choices need to reflect that fact,” explains Karl Klassen,...
COMMENT: When one million job openings may actually mean just 210,000 new jobs
It would be tough to miss the ad, particularly if you're trying to watch anything online. The one where WorkBC tells us that: “BC's growing economy will lead to one million job openings by 2020.” Since it was uploaded to YouTube in February, it's had more than 900,000 views, the bulk of them paid for by the very people it's...
Another week, another non-winner in the $50-million Lotto Max draw
This story is getting to sound like a broken record. Another week has passed and another $50-million Lotto Max draw was not won. Three prizes of $221,245.70 in the LOTTO MAX 6/7+Bonus category from Friday's (March 7, 201) were won by winning tickets purchased in British Columbia and Ontario (the latter winners of two tickets)....
BC Nurses take to the streets to rally against staffing cuts
Hundreds of nurses marched through downtown Vancouver today and rallied for safe staffing levels and safe patient care at the Art Gallery. BC Nurses’ Union President Debra McPherson told the crowd “the healthcare system needs more nurses, not less. Patients need safe staffing levels. Without it, safe patient care is at...