Category Archives: British Columbia

166 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend in Northern Health
VICTORIA - "It's a bit of a setback, but only a delay."The words of Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on the delay of the Pfizer vaccine arriving in Canada. The delay is due to a production d...
Jan 18, 2021

Rescue society praises B.C.'s teens survival skills after he got lost snowmobiling
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The backcountry survival skills of a British Columbia teen who got lost while snowmobiling are being praised by search and rescue volunteers who found him safe. The South Caribo...
Jan 18, 2021

Cost, other options, prompt B.C. to phase out enhanced driver's licence and ID cards
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is phasing out two types of travel identification cards that allowed easier entrance into the United States. The enhanced driver's licence and enhanc...
Jan 18, 2021

Victoria firefighters use homeowners' jackhammer to rescue cat trapped in tiny pipe
VICTORIA - A Victoria firefighter says using a jackhammer and other home repair tools to save a cat stuck in a tiny basement drainpipe ranks as the strangest rescue call he's been on in his 20-year ca...
Jan 17, 2021

Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts
VANCOUVER - Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say. T...
Jan 17, 2021

B.C. travel ban will cripple struggling tourism sector, says industry coalition
VICTORIA - A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the provincial government not to pursue plans to ban domestic travel in their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The c...
Jan 16, 2021

Snowshoer dies after overnight search on Vancouver-area mountain: RCMP
SQUAMISH, B.C. - A snowshoer who set out alone on a rugged mountain trail on Vancouver's north shore Thursday has died.Squamish RCMP say the 21-year-old woman from Ontario was removed from a steep gul...
Jan 15, 2021

B.C. hospice refusing to provide medically assisted dying must vacate premises
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice that has refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious objections will have to vacate a facility in Delta, B.C., by the end of March.Health Minister Adrian ...
Jan 15, 2021

509 new cases of COVID-19, 49 in Northern Health
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia's provincial government is reporting 509 new cases of COVID-19 in BC, 49 in northern health. That brings the total number of cases in B.C. to 60,117 - 53,115 people ha...
Jan 15, 2021

University of British Columbia director resigns after holiday trip amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - The director of the University of British Columbia's school of population and public health has resigned after apologizing for taking a holiday trip during the COVID-19 pandemic. Peter Ber...
Jan 15, 2021