British Columbia

Two arrested after alleged assault at Friday's anti-racism protest, VPD says

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Police Department says two people were arrested after an alleged assault at Friday's otherwise peaceful protest against racism and police brutality. Constable Tania Visi...

Jun 06, 2020

Hospitality licencees able to sell existing liquor stock amidst pandemic

VICTORIA- The Province is providing temporary relief to hospitality licensees who have had to suspend their operations due to the COVID-19 situation by allowing them to sell their existing liquor stoc...

Jun 06, 2020

'It’s brewing': Inmates, guards worry about violence after COVID-19 lockdown

VANCOUVER - Jennifer Larue just wants her husband to be able to hold their baby. But COVID-19 outbreaks at federal prisons and the subsequent lockdown to prevent the virus spread means Larue's husband...

Tanner King Jun 06, 2020

Indigenous families say their loved ones' deaths in custody are part of pattern

VANCOUVER - One of Chantel Moore's grandmothers says her granddaughter's shooting death in New Brunswick isn't the first time she has lost a family member to police violence. Nora Martin joi...

Jun 06, 2020

Just one new case of COVID-19 in B.C.

VICTORIA-British Columbia continues to flatten the COVID-19 curve as the province announced just one new test-positive case today, bringing the provincial total to 2,632. One case from yesterday has a...

Jun 05, 2020

B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip appeals for living-donor kidney transplant

VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs is used to advocating for the rights of First Nations, but now Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is facing a different kind of fight and advocati...

Jun 05, 2020

Newest Chairwoman for Advisory Council on Indigenous Women, is a PG local

ckpgPRINCE GEORGE- Barb Ward-Burkitt, a Prince George local is the newest chairwoman of the Minister's Advisory Council on Indigenous Women (MACIW).The announcement came from the Ministry of Indigenou...

Jun 05, 2020

COVID-19 modeling data highlight path to fewer restrictions, vacations

VICTORIA - British Columbia is making summer holiday plans as COVID-19 cases continue declining and businesses and communities look to wider reopenings while taking precautions to prevent th...

Jun 04, 2020

UPDATE: No new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, no deaths in B.C.

VICTORIA-No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Northern Health region, today.The north's total of confirmed cases remains at 64.Cases by Health Region:Vancouver Coastal Health: 909Fraser Healt...

Jun 04, 2020

United Way and PWB provide hand sanitizer to non-profits on the frontlines

PRINCE GEORGE-The United Way of Northern B.C. (UWNBC) and Pacific Western Brewing are joining forces to distribute hand sanitizer to non-profit agencies working on the frontlines with the most vulnera...

Jun 04, 2020