British Columbia

Housing assessments show slight increases for homeowners in B.C. Lower Mainland

VICTORIA - Housing values in British Columbia's Lower Mainland have been "resilient" through the COVID-19 pandemic with assessment notices showing moderate increases in property valuations. BC Assessm...

Jan 04, 2021

169 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health over the long weekend

VICTORIA - The COVID-19 pandemic shows no signs of slowing down in British Columbia.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there were 2,211 new cases over the long weekend, including 169 in N...

Jan 04, 2021

Wind warnings for Vancouver Island and B.C. coast while snow expected in Interior

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada has issued wind warnings for parts of Vancouver Island and the British Columbia coast, while snowfall warnings are in place in the eastern Interior. The department forec...

Jan 04, 2021

B.C.'s top doctor limits staff increases at five industrial worksites

VICTORIA - An order by British Columbia's top doctor requires five major industrial projects in the Northern Health region to limit how many staff are allowed to return to work in the next two months ...

Jan 04, 2021

Petition to keep B.C. schools closed collects thousands of names

VERNON - An online campaign to have the winter break extended at B.C. schools has surpassed its original goal.A petition to keep schools closed for another two weeks due to concerns about rising COVID...

Jan 03, 2021

Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier

LOWER POST, B.C. - A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work and seek government help is a place of pain and fear for those who remember it as a residential school. Some of the 175 or ...

Jan 03, 2021

Local trainer recommends gradual changes to help reach health goals in 2021

With the turn of the calendar to the new year comes change.Not just from 2020 to 2021, but changes in one's life. One of the more popular New Years' resolutions is improved health, but as one local pe...

Jan 02, 2021

B.C.'s top doctor says 'start 2021 in the right space' by not gathering to celebrate

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer is urging people to start 2021 by following COVID-19 precautions to prevent a surge in cases similar to those in other jurisdictions. Dr. Bonnie...

Dec 31, 2020

683 new cases of COVID in B.C., 36 in Northern Health

VANCOUVER - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there have been 683 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours in British Columbia, 36 in Northern Health.Here's the regional breakdown:Va...

Dec 31, 2020

Industry, local mayors say they weren't consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan

VANCOUVER - Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded."...

Dec 31, 2020