4 months What to expect when Royal BC Museum re-opens Old Town this summer You can expect the historical streets and storefronts to look very similar, but there will be additions of more information and context.
5 months Take a closer look at your trees and shrubs for unique growths, ‘Plant Galls’ may have formed with insects inside The phenomena is found on several local trees and shrubs and is caused when certain insects lay their eggs.
5 months Meet a museum mount maker: Royal B.C. Museum exhibits shine thanks to their subtle supports While she doesn’t want you to necessarily notice her work, Cindy Van Volsem with the Royla B.C. Museum hopes her efforts make the main attractions pop.
5 months Touchable miniatures make the latest Dinosaur exhibit at the Royal BC Museum more accessible Museum staff made the model by creating a 3D computer model, then the model was scaled down and a plastic model was 3D printed.
5 months Royal BC Museum publishes photo album documenting how people across B.C. endured first year of pandemic The book will contain a multimedia portal; and a QR Code will direct readers online to experience videos and accompanying music soundtracks.
6 months Discover the dinosaurs of prehistoric B.C. at the Royal BC Museum's newest exhibit ‘Buster’, a life sized recreation of a Ferrisaurus will be centre stage at the new exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum.
6 months Elegant Indigenous innovations are being shared in a new educational program at the Royal B.C. Museum Pre-contact artifacts are being shared with classes and Indigenous groups online and in person. The Museum’s is sharing artifacts, like fish hooks which catch only certain sized halibut and woven baskets, so well made, they can be used to cook in.
6 months Get a glimpse behind the scenes of B.C.’s biggest movie screen Before moving to the new laser projector, the crew had to hoist seven hundred pound film reels into place and constantly change dangerously hot bulbs.
8 hours 'We meet the nicest people': Lasqueti Island brothers recognized for 35 years of search and rescue Two brothers living on Lasqueti Island have become a lifeline for people who get into trouble in the Georgia Strait's unforgiving and downright dangerous conditions.
10 hours B.C. premier suspects Ottawa holding on to information about foreign interference British Columbia Premier David Eby says he "strongly" suspects that the federal government is holding back information that could help the province protect its residents with connections to India from foreign interference.
11 hours Police searching for missing North Island teen RCMP are asking the public to keep a lookout for a missing teen from northern Vancouver Island.
12 hours A first in B.C. as parasite that causes whirling disease invades southeastern lake Parks Canada says it is responding to a suspected case of whirling disease in Yoho National Park, in British Columbia's southeast Rocky Mountains.