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Victoria clinical trial to use AI to reduce prostate-cancer radiation treatments

Victoria clinical trial to use AI to reduce prostate-cancer radiation treatments

The goal is to reduce prostate cancer radiation therapy to just two sessions from five, reducing side-effects and wait times
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Nanaimo man, 54, with prostate cancer aims to raise awareness

Nanaimo man, 54, with prostate cancer aims to raise awareness

Prostate cancer is easy to treat if caught early, says Don Helgeson, but many men don’t know enough about PSA tests
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RCMP locate vehicle involved in fatal hit and run in Courtenay, B.C.

RCMP locate vehicle involved in fatal hit and run in Courtenay, B.C.

COMOX, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia's Comox Valley say they have found the vehicle that was involved in a fatal hit and run earlier this week. They say officers responded to a report of an injured cyclist around 11 p.m.
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Okanagan residents rally to help aging ski legend

Okanagan residents rally to help aging ski legend

Ski pioneer Dag Aabye has his own Wikipedia page documenting his amazing life.
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Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker

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.
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Coast's first FireSmart literacy program sparks interest in children

Coast's first FireSmart literacy program sparks interest in children

Children get hands-on experience with fire engines while learning about wildfire prevention at Gibson's & District Public Library
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Holdover fires persisting through winter in Prince George Fire Centre

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
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Kamloops driver high on mushrooms when he caused crash gets probation

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

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

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.
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