Ministry of Health Office of the Provincial Health Officer NEWS RELEASE Province strengthens COVID-19 measures for safer holiday season VICTORIA – The provincial health officer is implementing additional measures to address rising COVID-19 case counts that could result in increased hospitalizations and critical care admissions and the potential to overstress the health-care system. Revised provincial […]

The B.C. government has announced a series of new restrictions, accelerating rapid-testing, postponing surgeries and speeding vaccine booster rollout in response to a wave of COVID-19 Omicron variant cases crashing over the province. Effective Dec. 22 at 11:59 p.m., bars and nightclubs must close, gyms/fitness centres and dance studios must close and all indoor gatherings […]

December 9th Three men spotted at Shannon Lake – west of Princeton with a stolen trailer loading and stealing many thousand of dollars worth of motorized vehicles. A third trip from Hope to Princeton The owner witnessed the thieves returning to his home, with a pickup truck pulling his trailer, apparently intent on making away […]

FDS FROM A STUDEBAKER “Why do we always blame a bad mood on the bad weather?” she mused. Then added, out loud “It could be snowing apple blossoms in full sunshine and I would still be unhappy.” She turned from the window and its twenty-story view of Vancouver’s west end, and sighed. A week to […]

HOPE – The Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) has reopened between Hope and Merritt to essential commercial vehicles only following a month of extensive repairs. The highway was closed by multiple washouts on Nov. 14, 2021. “The people who build and maintain roads in B.C. have a reputation second to none, and their response to the […]

It is the time of the year for a bit of reflection on 2021, a quick update and a look into the coming year from an area “C” standpoint. 2021 was a year of intense difficulties for the Province as a whole. We faced fires, floods, and the covid-19 pandemic, but for the most part […]