Category Archives: British Columbia

Hosts of Vancouver parties are arrested and charged, say police
VANCOUVER - Two hosts of what police say were repeated parties in a condominium in Vancouver's West End have been arrested on allegations of violating public health orders. Vancouver police say office...
Mar 08, 2021

Castlegar, B.C., man charged with manslaughter in death of off-duty police officer
NELSON, B.C. - A manslaughter charge has been laid following an investigation into the death of an off-duty police constable from Abbotsford, B.C. Fifty-five-year-old Const. Allan Young died in July l...
Mar 08, 2021

Construction starts on new St. Paul's Hospital in False Creek Flats area of Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Construction has kicked off for the new St. Paul's Hospital at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre, which the province says is the largest hospital redevelopment project in British Columbia's ...
Mar 08, 2021

Federal, B.C. governments announce $517-million rent aid program to help vulnerable
VICTORIA - A joint federal and B.C. government housing program announced today aims to help pay the rent for up to 25,000 people living in vulnerable situations. Ahmed Hussen, federal families, childr...
Mar 08, 2021

B.C. call centres open to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for elderly, Indigenous
VICTORIA - Call centres open today across British Columbia to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for some of the province's most elderly residents. B.C. says the vaccine call centres will open at 7 a....
Mar 08, 2021

B.C. announces vaccines sites ahead of booking COVID-19 shots appointments Monday
VICTORIA - Health authorities across British Columbia announced locations for COVID-19 vaccine centres Sunday, the day before some of the province's oldest residents could start booking appointments t...
Mar 07, 2021

Mother of slain daughters supports recent changes to Canada's Divorce Act
VICTORIA - Legal experts and a mother whose ex-partner was convicted of murdering their two daughters hope changes to Canada's Divorce Act will better protect children. Changes to the law took effect ...
Mar 07, 2021

Major crime unit investigates shooting death of 37-year-old Victoria-area man
METCHOSIN, B.C. - The Vancouver Island Major Crime Unit is investigating a shooting death of a 37-year-old man in the rural Victoria-area community of Metchosin, B.C. West Shore RCMP spokesman Const. ...
Mar 06, 2021

BCHL delays decision on season status
VERNON - The fate of the BC Hockey League season will be decided next week. The league's board of governors has agreed to push a vote on the status of the 2020-21 season to early next week due "to ong...
Mar 06, 2021 Spruce Kings Preseason

Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dentists, teachers and bus drivers are among the essential workers who hope to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia, as a provincial committee determines who should b...
Mar 05, 2021