British Columbia

Interior Health alerts residents COVID surge 'becoming a concern'

KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia's Interior Health authority has issued a COVID-19 alert to its residents as cases rise in the region. The authority says in a statement that it's concerned by the upwa...

Nov 11, 2020

Lottery corp.'s anti-money laundering chief tells inquiry about his police concerns

VANCOUVER - A former police officer who heads the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering programs says he was concerned and surprised about the response from police agencies over...

Nov 10, 2020

Another giant, invasive hornet found in B.C. agriculture area

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - An Asian giant hornet has been found near Langley, B.C., about five kilometres away from where another so-called murder hornet was discovered last week. The provincia...

Nov 10, 2020

TransLink tests anti-microbial copper coatings on high-touch surfaces

VANCOUVER - Officials with Metro Vancouver's transportation network say TransLink will be the first system in North America to test the use of anti-microbial copper on high-touch surfaces to better un...

Nov 10, 2020

Police say computer fraud siphons $375,000 from Prince George, B.C.

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP say the City of Prince George has become the victim of a significant fraud. The city called police in September when staff sent two payments to a contractor for more than $7...

Nov 10, 2020

Air Force flybys give public focus to physically distanced Remembrance Day ceremonies

VANCOUVER - Remembrance Day services will look much different this year as restrictions due to the pandemic force many changes but Canada's Air Force hopes its efforts will help honour war veterans. T...

Nov 10, 2020

11 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 998 in B.C.

VICTORIA-998 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. since Saturday's last update.The new number of cases puts B.C.'s total of test-positive cases at 18,714. In Northern Health we saw an increase of 11 cases of...

Nov 09, 2020

Horgan says return to lockdown measures possible if COVID-19 cases spike

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan did not rule out returning to lockdown measures in British Columbia if the number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb. Horgan made the statement in his first address af...

Nov 09, 2020

Metro Vancouver expands protected wetland near Pitt Meadows

PITT MEADOWS, B.C. - Metro Vancouver's network of regional parks has grown with the expansion of a protected wetland near Pitt Meadows, B.C. Bill Dingwall, the mayor of Pitt Meadows, says 56 hectares ...

Nov 09, 2020

Rents won't climb in B.C. until at least July 2021 as province extends freeze

VICTORIA - Tenants in British Columbia will be protected from rent increases until at least next summer. In one of its first acts since being re-elected on Oct. 24, Premier John Horgan's New Democrat ...

Nov 09, 2020