British Columbia

380 children injured in road incidents each year: ICBC tips for drivers as children head back to school

NORTH VANCOUVER-According to ICBC 380 children are injured in crashes while walking or cycling each year in accidents involving vehicles, which is why the Corporation is issuing some tips for drivers ...

Sep 08, 2020

Post-secondary students heading back to school reminded of provincial mental health supports

VICTORIA-As post-secondary students head back to school the Province is once again highlighting a mental-health resource for students.Here2Talk was launched earlier this year and is a mental-health co...

Sep 08, 2020

First Nations Justice Council and Province work together to open more justice centres across B.C.

VICTORIA-A partnership between the Province and First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) are creating Indigenous justice centres throughout B.C., with a few recently opening and more to come in the futu...

Sep 07, 2020

'You are improving the lives of British Columbians every day,': Premier thanks workers in Labour Day statement

VICTORIA-B.C.'s Premier, John Horgan, issued a statement in regards to Labour Day."The history of Labour Day in Canada is rooted in protest, from a time when fighting for basic rights on the job was i...

Sep 07, 2020

Two drivers under investigation after crash on Sea to Sky highway: RCMP

WHISTLER, B.C. - Mounties are providing more details about a crash that sent two kids to hospital and closed the Sea to Sky highway south of Whistler for several hours on Saturday afternoon. They...

Sep 06, 2020

Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared

VANCOUVER - Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she's worried about how public health officials ...

Sep 06, 2020

Alaskans fined, taken to U.S. after allegedly violating Quarantine Act in B.C.

VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say four Americans have been fined $500 each for violating emergency orders under the Quarantine Act.Spokeswoman Dawn Roberts says a vehicle with Alaska licence pl...

Sep 05, 2020

Alaskans fined, taken to U.S. after allegedly violating Quarantine Act in B.C.

VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say four Americans have been fined $500 each for violating emergency orders under the Quarantine Act. Spokeswoman Dawn Roberts says a vehicle with Alaska licence p...

Sep 05, 2020

Mounties issue travel reminder after U.S. boater fined for ignoring COVID-19 law

SURREY, B.C. - Foreign boaters should be careful to follow the rules ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, B.C. Mounties say after an American sailor was fined and forced to turn around for faili...

Sep 04, 2020

Seven new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 121 in B.C.

VICTORIA-Seven new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health Region were reported this afternoon (Sept.4).Provincially, 121 new cases were added to B.C.'s total, including five epi-linked ones for a to...

Sep 04, 2020