Author Archives: Greg Fry
Anti-poverty groups blast Canada for accepting vaccines needed in poor countries
OTTAWA - Two of the world's leading anti-poverty organizations are criticizing Canada's decision to draw COVID-19 vaccines from an international fund designed to help poor countries. Oxfam Canada and ...
Feb 05, 2021
COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities hit lowest point since December: minister
Indigenous Services Canada says the number of people with COVID-19 in First Nations communities has declined to the lowest point since Dec. 6 with 1,869 active cases reported as of yesterday.The depar...
Feb 04, 2021
New program offers B.C. businesses grants to build or expand online stores
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing a new grant program to support small and medium-sized businesses in expanding or pivoting to online sales. Ravi Kahlon, minister of jobs, econ...
Feb 03, 2021
Canada to get up to 1.1 m more doses by March through global vaccine alliance
OTTAWA - Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But as with most things COVID-19, v...
Feb 03, 2021
Charan Gill, labour and human rights pioneer in British Columbia, dies at 84
LANGLEY, B.C. - A longtime labour and human rights leader in British Columbia has died. The family of Charan Gill say he died in hospital on Feb. 2, following a battle with cancer. Gill was 84. Born i...
Feb 03, 2021
Downward COVID-19 infections in B.C. will help with faster-spreading variants: Henry
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say there's an encouraging trend in the COVID-19 curve in the province with the efforts of residents making a difference. It comes as the state of emergenc...
Feb 02, 2021
Canada on verge of deal to make COVID-19 vaccines at home
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today is expected to announce the makings of an agreement to produce COVID-19 vaccines within Canada. Industry Minister Francois-Phillipe Champagne tells The Can...
Feb 02, 2021
B.C. supports international travel restrictions: premier
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says the province supports the federal government's move to impose new travel restrictions due to COVID-19. John Horgan says in a statement the decision to limit ...
Jan 29, 2021
Vancouver Coastal Health warns of rising COVID-19 cases in Whistler, B.C.
Vancouver Coastal Health is urging residents and visitors in Whistler, B.C., to do what they can to prevent community transmission of COVID-19 amid a rise in cases. The health authority says in a news...
Jan 28, 2021
B.C. Hydro to offer 'clean' industries reduced rate as province aims to cut emissions
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it's partnering with the province's hydroelectricity utility to offer a lower rate for some industries and public transportation agencies with the goal of reducing ...
Jan 28, 2021