British Columbia

Deadline is up for COVID restrictions in B.C., although top doctor hints at extension

VICTORIA - Provincewide COVID-19 restrictions are supposed to be lifted in British Columbia today, but there are indications that health officials will extend limits on events, sports and social gathe...

Dec 07, 2020

Horgan says COVID-19 relief promise top priority of short B.C. legislature session

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says his newly re-elected government will focus on ensuring families and individuals start receiving COVID-19 recovery benefits when the legislature resumes for a shorte...

Dec 06, 2020

Fraser Health changes school notifications for students, staff over COVID-19

SURREY, B.C. - The Fraser Health authority is changing the way it notifies people in schools about their exposures to COVID-19. Jordan Tinney, the superintendent of the Surrey School District, says in...

Dec 05, 2020

Settlement brings derelict hotels into City of Vancouver ownership

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it has reached a settlement with the owners of the Balmoral and Regent hotels to expropriate the derelict properties on the Downtown Eastside. The hotels, which ...

Dec 04, 2020

Former B.C. social worker arrested, facing fraud charges: RCMP

KELOWNA, B.C. - The RCMP say the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved 13 charges against a former social worker alleged to have stolen money from foster children in his care. The Mounties say in a ne...

Dec 04, 2020

Federal-provincial cost-sharing deal aids B.C. public transit services in pandemic

VANCOUVER - B.C. Transit, TransLink and BC Ferries will get more than $1 billion in pandemic relief funds under details of an agreement that were finalized on Friday by the federal and provincial gove...

Dec 04, 2020

Age, income among top factors affecting health during pandemic in B.C., survey shows

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's deputy provincial health officer says a survey on people's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic shows the most important areas that must be addressed relate to healt...

Dec 04, 2020

Pace of job gains slows to 62,000 in November

PRINCE GEORGE- The rate of job growth continued to slow in November with the economy adding 62,000 jobs, down from 84,000 in October. The gains were mostly focused in full-time work,according to Stats...

Dec 04, 2020

Metro Vancouver transit system confirms ransomware attack, says payment data secure

VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit authority is confirming that it was the target of a ransomware attack on part of its information technology systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software th...

Dec 03, 2020

High-risk seniors to get COVID-19 vaccine first in B.C.: provincial health officer

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says seniors in long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first to get a vaccine against COVID-19 as the province rolls out an immunization program in the...

Dec 03, 2020