Category Archives: British Columbia

Family demands better oversight of B.C. care homes after outbreak kills 41 residents
VANCOUVER - The last time Bernadette Cheung saw her grandmother, she looked smaller somehow. It was August and the isolation of the pandemic had taken a toll, but the elderly woman with dementia still...
Jan 07, 2021

Woman walking in Nanaimo, B.C., is showered with cash: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her. Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street ...
Jan 07, 2021

Energy minister calls independent Site C dam report 'helpful,' will consult cabinet
VICTORIA - British Columbia's energy minister says he has received a report on the status of the Site C dam project and will soon present its findings to cabinet. Bruce Ralston says the report by form...
Jan 07, 2021

Health-care professionals ready to help but some say vaccine rollout too slow
VANCOUVER - Marcia Carr returned to nursing during the first wave of the pandemic after four years in retirement and now wants to "hit the ground running" to help vaccinate as many people as possible....
Jan 07, 2021

Man with gang ties is victim of targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., say police
SURREY, B.C. - Investigators are appealing for witnesses, dashcam video or other surveillance tape as they investigate the first homicide of the year in Surrey, B.C. A statement from the Integrated Ho...
Jan 07, 2021

B.C. reports 625 new COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister and provincial health officer urged people to look after their mental health and well-being as the province reported 625 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesda...
Jan 06, 2021

43 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health
VICTORIA - 625 new cases of COVID-19 in BC, 43 in Northern Health. Here's the regional breakdown:Vancouver Coastal Health: 178Fraser Health: 305Island Health: 28Interior Health: 71Northern Health: 43T...
Jan 06, 2021

B.C. aims to reduce backlog of surgeries within 22 months
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says 90 per cent of patients who had their surgery postponed during the first wave of the pandemic have now had their procedures. Adrian Dix says operatin...
Jan 06, 2021

Victoria mayor says council member's Africa trip during pandemic 'irresponsible'
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says she's disappointed that a member of council travelled to Somalia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Helps says she spoke with Coun. Sharmarke Dubow about his recent trip to E...
Jan 06, 2021

Vancouver blast that tore three-metre crater in sidewalk blamed on failed cables
VANCOUVER - Electrical faults in underground utility cables set off a fire and a subsequent electric arc that the fire department says caused a three-metre crater in a new commercial area under Vancou...
Jan 06, 2021