British Columbia

Struggling for funds: Breast Cancer Awareness Collection launched by charity

TORONTO-The month of October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and one particular organization says they're struggling to continue to bring awareness to cancer in young women, due to the pandemic.Reth...

Oct 02, 2020

NDP, Liberal, Green candidates to debate climate change in B.C. election forum

VANCOUVER - The first debate to be announced during British Columbia's election campaign won't be among the leaders, but it will focus on a major issue in the campaign. New Democrat candidate George H...

Oct 02, 2020

Vancouver home sales surge 56.2 per cent to record level in September

VANCOUVER - The real estate market in Vancouver had its best September on record this year in terms of the number of homes sold. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says 3,643 were sold i...

Oct 02, 2020

Furstenau promises shift in long-term care model

VICTORIA-Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is promising to shift long-term care homes away from a for-profit model if her party wins next month's election.Furstenau says the COVID-19 pandemic shone a spotl...

Oct 02, 2020

B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Office of the Wet'suwet'en were in British Columbia Supreme Court Thursday seeking an order quashing the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a pipelin...

Oct 01, 2020

Five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 82 in B.C.

VICTORIA-There are five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health for a total of 317 since the start of the pandemic.Provincially, 82 new cases of the virus were reported this afternoon (Oct. 1) includ...

Oct 01, 2020

BC RCMP ask drivers to slow down as driving conditions change

SURREY-BC RCMP are reminding British Columbians that this month is Drive Relative to Conditions Month, and that RCMP across the province will be pulling over drivers to ensure they're equipped for the...

Oct 01, 2020

BC quick action curbed number of COVID deaths in long-term care: Analysis

VANCOUVER- An analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds quicker more decisive action in B-C curbed the number of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care homes, compared with death...

Oct 01, 2020

NDP promises to overhaul long-term care in B.C. over the next 10 years

VANCOUVER - The NDP is promising to spend $1.4 billion to improve the long-term care system in British Columbia with party Leader John Horgan saying the COVID-19 pandemic exposed failures in the care ...

Oct 01, 2020

3 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 125 in B.C.

VICTORIA-Three new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health for a total of 312 in the north since the start of the pandemic.Provincially, there are 125 new cases, including one epi-linked case bringing B....

Sep 30, 2020