The fast action of passing drivers kept a fire from spreading after it sparked along Highway 97B near Salmon Arm Saturday morning. Clary Lausnes reported the blaze Aug. 30, adding that "passing ...

A former pharmacist who killed his ex-partner in Vernon is up for statutory release in less than a month, and while his day parole has been extended until that date, the Parole Board of Canada says he ...

A fatal vehicle crash on Highway 1 east of Sicamous resulted in the death of an Ontario woman, leading into the September long weekend. At 7 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, Sicamous RCMP responded to a ...

The Saanich pair has been doing volunteer pet therapy work since 2023, starting with student visits at the University of Victoria. A nurse by trade, Foucher isn't in palliative care, but understands ...

Officer 'may have committed driving offences' in November 2024 stolen pickup incident, Independent Investigations Office of BC rules ...

Artificial intelligence is a relatively new technology, especially today’s large-language models, where users can enter a question and get a conversational response. ChatGPT, the most popular of such ...

In 2023, wildfires destroyed close to 2.9 million hectares in the province, making that year by far the worst wildfire season ever recorded. Just a few years earlier, 2018 saw destruction of 1.35 ...

PQB News/Vancouver Island Free Daily editor Philip Wolf welcomes your questions, comments and local story ideas. He can be reached via email at [email protected]; by phone at 250-905-0029 or ...

Interior Health has issued a toxic drug poisoning alert for Vernon. The alert was issued Friday, Aug. 29, just after 2 p.m. "Multiple non-fatal drug poisonings (overdoses) have been reported in the ...

Highway 1 remains closed near Sicamous due to a vehicle collision. The incident occurred east of Sicamous, between the Husky and Arnold frontage roads, on Friday morning, Aug. 29. As of 9 p.m., the ...

Isabelle Desrosiers, a Vancouver Island University psychology major graduate, conducted research into the "often-overlooked eating disorder known as orthorexia nervosa, where a person will obsess over ...

Fourteen spots in B.C. broke daily temperature records Wednesday, including Lytton as the hottest spot in Canada once again.