British Columbia

B.C. students to return to school Sept. 10 as part of gradual restart

VICTORIA - Children in British Columbia will be returning to classrooms two days later than originally planned as part of a gradual restart to schooling, the education minister says. Rob Fleming ...

Aug 12, 2020

Province invests in 500 additional health-care professionals for COVID-19 contact tracing

VICTORIA-B.C. Premier John Horgan was accompanied by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister, Adrian Dix this afternoon to announce additional positions in health-care.The Prov...

Aug 12, 2020

COVID orientation days will kick off K-12 back to school

VICTORIA-Orientations to get staff and K-12 students familiarized with what school will look like this fall will kick off the school year.On the week of September 8-11 a gradual restart to classes wil...

Aug 12, 2020

Return-It BC launches enhancements to make recycling easier for British Columbians

PRINCE GEORGE-Recycling just got a bit easier.Customers visiting Return-It depots in select areas across the province will be able to participate in a pilot project aiming at making recycling a bit ea...

Aug 12, 2020

B.C. students won't return to class as originally planned on Sept. 8

VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister says students won't be back in classrooms on the originally planned date of Sept. 8. Rob Fleming says students will be welcomed back to classrooms...

Aug 11, 2020

Northern Health reaches 100 test-positive cases of COVID-19

VICTORIA-Four additional cases of COVID-19 were reported this afternoon (Aug.11) in the Northern Health region.Today's cases brings the north's total of test-positive cases to 100.Cases by Health Regi...

Aug 11, 2020

$875,000 in suspected cocaine seized off vessel arriving in B.C.

RICHMOND-BC RCMP along with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the seizure of suspected cocaine off a commercial vessel in British Columbia that happened earlier this year.On June 2, 2...

Aug 11, 2020

BC Ferries to receive part of COVID-19 federal funding

VICTORIA-BC Ferries will be included to receive part of the Safe Restart Agreement funding amidst the pandemic.The Safe Restart Agreement, announced earlier this year by the federal government, aims a...

Aug 11, 2020

Three new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 131 in B.C.

VICTORIA-Three additional cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health region were reported this afternoon (Aug.10).The new cases bring the north's total to 96 test-positive cases.Cases by Health Region:V...

Aug 10, 2020

Some ICBC COVID-19 temporary measures expire this month

NORTH VANCOUVER-Some of ICBC's COVID-19 temporary measures are set to expire in the coming weeks.A release by the Crown Corporation says that as British Columbia moves into Phase Three of its Restart ...

Aug 07, 2020