In a recent ICBC survey, an alarming 30 per cent of respondents admitted that they have nodded off while driving and 43 per cent admitted to driving while feeling fatigued in the last year. In B.C., crashes involving driver fatigue peak in July and August and as a result, an average of four people are […]

Ed Note: The following is a press release issued by RCMP Cpl. Dan Moskaluk: An April 2013 Smithers investigation into an incident of forcible confinement in a vehicle, has led to several more victims being identified in the Williams Lake area. The alleged incidents predate the Smithers BC matter and spanned from 2007 to 2012...

Lifesaving Society of BC and Yukon National Drowning Prevention Week (NDPW) got off to a rather shaky start as two people died in separate incidents during the weekend. In Victoria a 21-year-old international student drowned while swimming in Thetis Lake while a 19-year-old died after falling off his raft on the Similkameen River and getting […]

The “Cabbage of Choice” I’m not sure if it’s just our growing area, but Ladner has what I would describe as an abundantly healthy population of Small White butterflies. So many so, that most years I don’t even bother growing Brassicas. The butterfly (Pieris rapae), lays a single tiny yellow egg on the underside of a Brassica...

Fires in the Yukon has B.C. firefighters heading north. The Wildfire Management Branch said its sending another 43 personnel to the Yukon to help with fire suppression efforts.  One Unit Crew from the Cariboo Fire Centre, one 12-person Incident Management Team and 11 other staff left last week. A total of 145 Wildfire Management Branch […]

A successful program that provides lower-income families, pregnant women and seniors with coupons for locally produced food is receiving an additional $2 million investment, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today. “We know that having access to healthy, fresh foods makes a huge difference in health,” said Lake. “Unfortunately, for some British Columbians, it can be […]

Alcoholic beverages to beaches and parks? Not totally out of the question after the Liberals gained another term in office. According to attorney general Suzanne Anton the Liberal government is considering changed to the liquor act to allow people to bring alcoholic beverages to beaches and parks. “Our government has an aggressive agenda,” Anton said […]

Check out this new video from the Wilderness Committee and Vancouver filmmaker Dan Pierce, titled "Save the Salish Sea: Protecting an Ecological Gem from Fossil Fuel Extraction." The 5 min film details the government and industry vision to transform Vancouver into a "carbon corridor" to export fossil fuels to new markets....

Here’s a boater that should take a refresher Safe Boating Course. Tuesday (July 9) evening RCMP in Penticton was called to the City Wharf after a boater parked his vessel on the dock.   Luckily, only one occupant on board received minor injuries, all the while several tourists on the wharf scrambled out of the […]

The Huffington Post LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — About 40 people were still missing a day after a runaway train derailed in Quebec, igniting explosions and fires that destroyed a busy downtown district and killed five people. Police said a higher death toll was inevitable, and authorities feared the number might soar once they're...