Category Archives: British Columbia

Province launches new infrastructure program for arts and culture venues
VANCOUVER-A new Arts and Infrastructure Program has been launched in order to help organizations improve spaces for artists and cultural activities.The $2-million Arts and Infrastructure Program will ...
Aug 18, 2020

Airconditioning costing British Columbians more: BC Hydro report
VANCOUVER- A new BC Hydro report finds that air-conditioning use in on the rise but that many British Columbians may be using it inefficiently, leading to higher energy bills, sometimes by over $200.T...
Aug 18, 2020

B.C. officials announce 236 COVID-19 cases over three days, says penalties coming
VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the B.C. government will announce stricter penalties this week for those who flout public health rules as COVID-19 cases climb in the province. Officials an...
Aug 17, 2020

Grizzly attacks, injures mountain biker on remote B.C. trail
LILLOOET, B.C. - A grizzly bear attacked a man who was mountain biking Sunday in a remote area of British Columbia's interior. The Conservation Officer Service says the 58-year-old man was riding...
Aug 17, 2020

10 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 236 in B.C.
VANCOUVER- A total of 10 new cases of COVID-19 over a three day period were reported in the Northen Health region, this afternoon (Aug.17).The ten new cases in the north bring the total of test-positi...
Aug 17, 2020

Masks will be mandatory at times in B.C.'s middle and high schools
VICTORIA - Staff and students at middle and secondary schools in British Columbia will be required to wear masks on buses and in common areas when classes resume. The provincial go...
Aug 17, 2020

Police called when B.C. little league finds it bank accounts emptied of $230,000
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A little league baseball club in Metro Vancouver says it has contacted RCMP after discovering hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from its accounts. A statement posted by the pr...
Aug 17, 2020

Bhangra dancer looks to bring message of hope to B.C. during COVID-19
VICTORIA - Gurdeep Pandher has danced bhangra with firefighters, in front of a lighthouse and has even done so while wearing a wetsuit and holding a surfboard during a visit to Vancouver Isl...
Aug 16, 2020

Staff at South Okanagan jail test positive for COVID-19
B-C's Interior Health region says contact tracing is underway after three staff members at a provincial jail in the South Okanagan tested positive for COVID-19. The health authority says the staff mem...
Aug 15, 2020

U.S. left out key statements by Huawei executive in extradition request: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A former adviser to the U.S. State Department says the American government omitted key statements by Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in order to support its extradition c...
Aug 14, 2020