British Columbia

Uncontrolled slash fire burning fast, prompting evacuations near Squamish: RCMP

SQUAMISH, B.C. - RCMP say a slash fire is burning out of control north of Squamish, British Columbia, prompting local evacuations. Mounties say the fire has started moving up the Squamish Va...

Apr 15, 2020

Horgan says B.C. data will show success in flattening the COVID-19 curve

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says people in British Columbia should congratulate themselves for their efforts to flatten the COVID-19 curve, but it's still too early to loosen restrictions.&nbs...

Apr 15, 2020

Cities need help to survive COVID-19 financial impact: Vancouver mayor

Vancouver's mayor wants to know if economic relief is on its way as cities deal with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Kennedy Stewart acknowledged on Wednesday that the city is looking at ...

Apr 15, 2020

UPDATE: 2 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health

VICTORIA-Two new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health Region were announced today by B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer.Bringing the total number of cases in the Northern Health Region to 30.44 new ...

Apr 15, 2020

B.C.'s state of emergency extended

VICTORIA-The BC government is extending the provincial state of emergency for another two weeks.Premier John Horgan made the announcement today as he addressed the media.According to the BC Government...

Apr 15, 2020

More support for commercial truck drivers during COVID-19 crisis

VICTORIA-The B.C. Government announced new measures they are taking to improve travel for commercial truck drivers across the province during the COVID-19 crisis.A release from the Ministry of Transpo...

Apr 15, 2020 Photo Courtesy: Province of British Columbia via Flickr

Vancouver council members hear toilet flush, not each other, at virtual meeting

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says city council's first attempt at a virtual meeting was a bumpy one that included technical glitches, delays and the whoosh of a flushing toilet. The public meeting ...

Apr 14, 2020

UPDATE: 2 more cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 3 deaths in B.C.

VICTORIA-Two new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health Region were announced today.Provincially there are 27 new cases of the virus, along with three deaths, two in the Vancouver Coastal Health Reg...

Apr 14, 2020

Thomas Braidwood, B.C. judge who led Dziekanski inquiry dies, dies at 89

VANCOUVER - A former judge who led an inquiry into the RCMP's use of a Taser on a man from Poland after he arrived at Vancouver's airport in 2007 has died. Thomas Braidwood, who was a justice on ...

Apr 14, 2020

'Now, we are facing a global pandemic on top of a fentanyl-poisoning crisis,' says BC Minister

VICTORIA-B.C.'s Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Judy Darcy, released a statement today in recognition of the fourth anniversary of the declaration of the overdose crisis as a public health e...

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