British Columbia

B.C. care home allowed group activities to continue after positive test: family

VANCOUVER - Parbs Bains had a "sinking feeling" when she heard a single staff member tested positive for COVID-19 at her grandmother's care home. On Nov. 20, Little Mountain Place sent an email to fam...

Jan 13, 2021

Final arguments over criminal responsibility scheduled in high school stabbing case

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Final arguments are scheduled to begin today over the criminal responsibility of a man who fatally stabbed a student and wounded another at a high school in Abbotsford, B.C. Ga...

Jan 13, 2021

Doctors, nurses call on B.C. to test surgical, emergency patients for COVID-19

VANCOUVER - Testing patients for COVID-19 before their scheduled surgery and transfer to wards from emergency departments could reduce hospital outbreaks in British Columbia as cases rise, the results...

Jan 13, 2021

British Columbia reports 446 new COVID-19 infections and nine more deaths

VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say staying active and connected is important for physical and mental well-being despite the challenges of COVID-19. In a news release Tuesday, they say pe...

Jan 12, 2021

B.C. First Nation faces COVID-19 outbreak; community leaders issue racism warnings

VICTORIA - A First Nations community on Vancouver Island hard hit by COVID-19 is facing intolerance from some members of the surrounding community while it fights to contain the outbreak. Cowichan Tri...

Jan 12, 2021

446 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 46 in Northern Health

VICTORIA - The provincial government announced 446 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. today, 46 in Northern Health.Here's the regional breakdown:Vancouver Coastal Health: 96Fraser Health: 223Island Health:...

Jan 12, 2021

Meng's lawyers ask court to ease surveillance in bail agreement

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou have asked British Columbia's Supreme Court to ease her bail conditions as she fights extradition to the United States. Her husband, Liu Xia...

Jan 12, 2021

Homeless woman OK after man tries to set her blankets ablaze in Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER - A homeless woman is unhurt but police want to catch the man who tried to set her blankets on fire as she slept on a Vancouver street. A statement from the Vancouver Police Department on Tu...

Jan 12, 2021

Massive turbines trucked toward B.C.'s Site C dam in wide, slow convoy

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Two massive sections of turbine for the Site C hydroelectric project in British Columbia are being trucked slowly toward the dam and have reached Prince George.Two eight-metre-wi...

Jan 12, 2021

B.C.'s top doctor says gap between vaccine doses rooted in science

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says the first dose of a vaccine for COVID-19 gives "amazing" immunity, so the government's decision to allow for a 35-day gap before the second dose is admini...

Jan 11, 2021