Category Archives: British Columbia
Top doctor says B.C. can control the trajectory of its second wave of COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia is reporting 499 cases of COVID-19 detected over three days between Friday and Monday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is in the midst of a secon...
Oct 19, 2020
Five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 499 in B.C.
VICTORIA-There are five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health since Friday's last update.The five new cases reported this afternoon (Oct.19) bring the north's total to 355. Provincially, 499 cases ...
Oct 19, 2020
Possible tsunami threat for B.C.
SAND POINT, ALASKA-UPDATE: A tweet by Emergency Information B.C. confirms there is no tsunami threat to B.C.EARLIER: Emergency Information B.C. says they are assessing the risk of a tsunami after an e...
Oct 19, 2020
B.C. NDP leader 'disappointed' in high-profile candidate as chiefs call for removal
VICTORIA - NDP Leader John Horgan says he's disappointed that a former member of Parliament now running for his party made negative comments about a Liberal. Nathan Cullen made the remarks about Roy J...
Oct 19, 2020
Fraser Health reports new COVID-19 outbreaks at care home and meat packing facility
SURREY, B.C. - Fraser Health has declared new outbreaks of COVID-19 at a meat processing facility in Surrey, B.C., and two area long-term care homes. The health authority says evidence of transmission...
Oct 18, 2020
Surrey RCMP respond to drug overdose involving five people
SURREY, B.C. - The RCMP say naloxone was used to help five people who overdosed after using drugs together in the early hours of Saturday morning. They say officers initially responded to a report of ...
Oct 18, 2020
B.C.'s snap election means 700k ballots will be counted manually, delaying results
VANCOUVER - British Columbia residents won't learn the results of next Saturday's snap election for at least two weeks after polls close thanks to the need to count hundreds of thousands of mail-in ba...
Oct 18, 2020
Anti-mask group disrupts BC Ferries sailing from Nanaimo to West Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Police in West Vancouver were called to meet a BC Ferries vessel as it docked in Horseshoe Bay on Saturday after people opposed to public health restrictions aimed at fighting the spread o...
Oct 17, 2020
Five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 155 in B.C.
VICTORIA-There are five new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health region.That brings the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to 350 in the north. 155 new cases, including nine epi...
Oct 16, 2020
Throness running as independent
CHILLIWACK- A candidate who stepped aside as a B.C. Liberal plans to seek election as an Independent.Laurie Throness says he made the decision to stay in the race after being encouraged to do so by hi...
Oct 16, 2020