Category Archives: British Columbia

No charges to be laid in B.C.'s 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire: Wildfire Service
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Wildfire Service has officially released the cause of a 2017 blaze that eventually charred a huge area of trees and bush in the southern Interior&n...
May 04, 2020

Michael J. Fox Foundation podcast tackles COVID-19 pandemic challenges
VANCOUVER - Michael J. Fox's research foundation is launching a podcast to help people with Parkinson's disease navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research s...
May 04, 2020

B.C. health officials to release new COVID-19 modelling figures today
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is expected to release new modelling data for COVID-19 today, as the province also prepares to begin reopening the economy. Dr. Bonnie Henry said S...
May 04, 2020

Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020

Teens set off flare in B.C. store in 'reckless' act, traumatize clerk: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP are accusing two teenagers of creating mayhem in a convenience store in Nanaimo, B.C., after shoplifting and then setting off a flare indoors on their way out. Mount...
May 03, 2020

B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 03, 2020

'Invasion of privacy': Watchdogs concerned about apps tracking COVID-19 patients
VANCOUVER - Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19. New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskat...
May 02, 2020

Customers skip the line as warehouse, sample sales shift online amid pandemic
VANCOUVER - Last year, more than 2,000 shoppers descended on a Toronto pop-up store, looking for deals at undergarment maker Knix's first warehouse sale. It was a success: the company sold out of most...
May 02, 2020

'Invasion of privacy': Watchdogs concerned about apps tracking COVID-19 patients
VANCOUVER - Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19. New Brunswick, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Saskat...
May 02, 2020

James resolute about government's $1.5 billion cushion to aid COVID-19 recovery
The British Columbia government is counting on its $1.5-billion economic recovery fund to get the province through the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Finance Minister Carole James. J...
May 01, 2020