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Average B.C. home price to crest $1-million in 2025, forecast says
12 hours ago · A new report forecasts the average price of B.C. home in 2025 at just over $1 million — the highest in Canada, some $280,000 above the national average. These figures appear in the latest forecast from the Canadian Real Estate Association released Wednesday morning. It paints British Columbia ...
Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal to pause Gaza war
13 hours ago · Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, mediators announced Wednesday, pausing a devastating 15-month war in the Gaza Strip and raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.. The deal, coming after weeks of painstaking negotiations in the Qatari capital, promises the release of dozens of hostages held by Hamas in phases ...
B.C. doctors launch campaign to highlight inequities in rural ...
7 hours ago · Fair Care Everywhere is meant to shine a spotlight on the urgent challenges faced by doctors working in rural B.C. A release Monday (Jan. 13) from BC Family Doctors says a rural doctor is a "one-stop-shop, delivering babies, driving hours to reach patients, managing life-threatening emergencies and providing end-of-life care, all without the support or resources available in urban centres."
Students with disabilities being excluded in B.C. public schools ...
13 hours ago · B.C.'s ombudsperson has opened an investigation into the alleged exclusion of some students in the province's public education system. Ombudsperson Jay Chalke announced Tuesday (Jan. 14) that his office started the investigation after receiving complaints from across the province about "children, including those with disabilities, being excluded from school with little or no instruction."
Local News - North Thompson Star/Journal
Highway 5 was closed early Saturday, January 11 in both directions due to a vehicle incident between Skinner Road and McMurphy pullout, approximately 20 kilometres north of Vavenby and 18 kilometres south of Avola.
2024 year in review for Star Journal
Dec 31, 2024 · At approximately 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon Jan. 18 a Dodge pickup drove into a vacant building in Barriere. Local Barriere RCMP and Barriere Towing were quickly on scene. The incident is reported to have been due to a medical issue and the driver has been transported to Royal Inland Hospital. The ...
E-Editions - North Thompson Star/Journal
Nov 28, 2024 · Altitude, Central Mountain Air In-flight Magazine December 2024. Passport to Kamloops. SOAR 2024 Dec/ 2025 Jan Edition
Masks back at B.C. hospitals, care facilities as respiratory illness ...
Jan 9, 2025 · Medical masks are again required in British Columbia health-care facilities as provincial authorities say cases of respiratory illness are rising. A statement from B.C.’s Health Ministry says workers, volunteers and visitors in facilities operated by provincial health authorities must wear masks ...
B.C. motorist stops to block suspected impaired driver, flunks own ...
Jan 3, 2025 · Oceanside RCMP say a Qualicum Beach motorist, who stopped to assist with a possible impaired driver and subsequently failed a roadside alcohol screening test themselves, received a 90-day driving prohibition and had their vehicle impounded for 30 days. Sgt. Shane Worth reported that at 5:30 p.m. on ...
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