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Four hospitals in B.C.'s Interior say they're setting up virtual emergency care where patients can be seen by a doctor virtually as part of a pilot project.

Chest compressions and other life-saving measures were taken as paramedics rushed to the scene, but despite the best efforts of emergency services, the man passed away.

'I had gas poured all over me, face, hands, shoes, coat. I got my flip phone out and he ran away. Called a few friends to call 911 for me,' said Wood.

A federal government plan to cull more than 300 ostriches at a B.C. farm over bird flu concerns has raised local tensions, leading to vandalism and an alleged assault.

“I think there’s general sympathy for the birds but not for the farm itself due to their inability to be forthright and honest from the get-go,” Randy Donselaar said.

Cpl. James Grandy with the Southeast District RCMP confirmed to Global News that Nakusp RCMP received a report of an ostrich being shot and killed.

Mitch Zorn is one of the eight finalists competing for a chance to peform at the Canadian Country Music Awards that will be held in Kelowna, B.C. later this year.

B.C. property assessments have been mailed out, and residents can expect to see increases. In Kelowna, for example, a typical home valued at $869,000 in 2021 is now up to $988,000.

School has been cancelled for Wednesday in the Arrow Lakes area because busses cannot get past downed trees on the roads.

According to Interior Health, the service adjustments are due to Omicron related COVID-19 staffing challenges.

Environment Canada reported that 23 records have been toppled as an unseasonably warm airmass continued on Monday.

B.C. set dozens of temperature records on Saturday as a warm spell continues. Hope went one step further than setting its own record — at 23.6 C, it was the hottest place in Canada

According to BC Hydro, just under 2,000 customers were still without power as of 10 a.m.

The announcement that the new sites will be ready this year is part of a flurry of pre-election messaging from the provincial government.

In August, 2016, Harry Charles Sadd, 70, was arrested in Victoria in connection with a series of alleged sex assaults.

A man in his 70s has been released on bail after he allegedly sexually assaulted some of his badminton players in the 1960s and 70s.

Police are searching for a suspect after a homosexual U.S. man was beaten unconscious and left nearly naked in the snow after telling another man about his sexual orientation at a central B.C. hot springs.

The RCMP are investigating what they're calling a gay-bashing in which the victim was brutally beaten in southeast B.C.

Residents in the Revelstoke and Nakusp areas should brace themselves for heavy snowfall.

The Village of Nakusp may be down to one doctor come the winter unless they can find several recruits to move to the Arrow Lakes community. The town of 5,000 is actively seeking new physicians to replace four which have left their practices lately for various reasons. The mayor remains optimistic they'll be able to attract health care professionals who want to become part of the community.