Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. churches to appeal court decision that upheld COVID-19 restrictions
VANCOUVER - An appeal has been filed in a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that upheld public health orders banning indoor religious services in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the prov...
Apr 01, 2021
Quebec man accused of fatal B.C. stabbing appears in court
VANCOUVER - The man accused in a stabbing attack that left one woman dead and six other people hurt in North Vancouver appeared in provincial court on Thursday. Twenty-eight-year-old Yannick Bandaogo,...
Apr 01, 2021
Indigenous leader says Vancouver Island hospital project turns fears to healing
NORTH COWICHAN, B.C. - A British Columbia Indigenous leader says a planned 201-bed hospital replacement project will become a place of healing for his people after decades of fear of the current hospi...
Apr 01, 2021
832 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 39 in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 832 new cases of COVID-19 in British Colubmia today (April 1).That brings the total number of cases to 100,880 in B.C.Here's the region...
Apr 01, 2021
B.C. adds three more Vancouver hotels to housing stock for homeless
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government has purchased three more hotels to help house the homeless in Vancouver. Housing Minister David Eby says in a news release the properties will help the province meet it...
Apr 01, 2021
B.C. safeguards time off for workers to get vaccinated: labour minister
VICTORIA - Job-protected leave has been written into British Columbia's Employment Standards Act to give workers time off to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. Labour Minister Harry Bains says the safeg...
Apr 01, 2021
Meng Wanzhou extradition case has 'overwhelming' U.S. connection: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has an "overwhelming" connection to the United States. Robert Frater respond...
Apr 01, 2021
B.C. expands local overdose supports to rural, remote and Indigenous communities
VICTORIA - Expanded supports for local overdose response and awareness for people living in rural, remote and Indigenous communities have been announced by the B.C. government. More than $1 million in...
Apr 01, 2021
Staff shortage amid B.C.'s deadliest COVID-19 care home outbreak: report
VANCOUVER - An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread th...
Apr 01, 2021
Human Rights Code can't protect anti-maskers making unproven claims: tribunal
VANCOUVER - A decision by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal says anyone denied service for refusing to wear a mask must be ready to prove they have a disability if they intend to file a compl...
Apr 01, 2021