Category Archives: British Columbia

Cullen commission money laundering report due in May gets extension to December
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has granted a commission into money laundering an extension to produce its final report and make recommendations. The report was due in May, but the commiss...
Mar 19, 2021

Victims lose $2M in cryptocurrency frauds, Vancouver police warn scams more frequent
VANCOUVER - Police say cryptocurrency scams cost victims in the Vancouver-area about $2 million in just one week and investigators believe the frauds are becoming more common. Vancouver police Const. ...
Mar 19, 2021

Only U.S. would be interested in Meng's border exam answers: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the chief financial officer of telecom giant Huawei says a Canadian border officer had no reason to question her about the company's activity in Iran except to assist U.S. inv...
Mar 19, 2021

B.C. completes 95% of surgeries postponed during first wave of COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says 95 per cent of surgeries that were postponed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have been completed, partly through a more efficient use ...
Mar 19, 2021

B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID-19 rules: lawyer says
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judg...
Mar 18, 2021

Vancouver police identify 24-year-old woman as victim of fatal shooting
VANCOUVER - Police say they've identified the woman shot inside a social housing building on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside early Wednesday morning. They say in a news release 24-year-old Shania Paulso...
Mar 18, 2021

622 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 54 in Northern Health
VICTORIA - Six-hundred and twenty-two new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 54 in the northern health region. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix add there have bee...
Mar 18, 2021

Tsilhqot'in call on B.C., Canada to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction amid COVID-19
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory is calling on the provincial and federal governments to recognize its inhe...
Mar 18, 2021

B.C. front-line workers to be eligible for vaccine in weeks
VICTORIA - More than 300,000 front-line workers in British Columbia will now be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks. The government says grocery workers, police, firefighters, teach...
Mar 18, 2021

CP NewsAlert: B.C. front-line workers to be eligible for vaccine in weeks
VICTORIA - More than 300,000 front-line workers in British Columbia will now be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks. The government says grocery workers, police, firefighters, teach...
Mar 18, 2021