British Columbia

B.C. First Nations keeping COVID-19 cases down: health officials

VICTORIA - First Nations in British Columbia have been largely successful in keeping COVID-19 out of their communities by strictly following health guidelines and relying on the advice ...

Jun 26, 2020

10 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., one additional death

VICTORIA-A total of ten new cases of COVID-19 were reported in today's joint statement by B.C.'s Provincial Health Officer, and Minister of Health.None of the new cases were in the Northern Health reg...

Jun 26, 2020

20 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 2 deaths

VICTORIA- 20 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths were reported in today's (June 25) COVID-19 daily update.Out of the 20 one is an epidemiologically linked one. No new cases of the virus were reported...

Jun 25, 2020

Privacy commissioners in B.C., Ontario, order LifeLabs to improve security

VICTORIA - A joint investigation by the privacy commissioners of Ontario and British Columbia says Lifelabs failed to put in place reasonable safeguards to protect the personal health information of m...

Jun 25, 2020

University says it's making changes after crash that killed two students

VICTORIA - A report into a bus crash that killed two University of Victoria students calls for travel during daylight hours on a narrow logging road that it says should be improved by the pr...

Jun 25, 2020

Victoria extends temporary layoff provisions for workers, employers

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial government has extended the temporary layoffs provisions to a maximum of 24 weeks expiring on Aug. 30, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.Victoria says the mov...

Jun 25, 2020

Education steering committee tasked with preparing fall 2020 back to school for K-12

VICTORIA-B.C.'s Minister of Education has appointed a committee to help shape the future of education as B.C. prepares for the potential increase of students in schools for the fall of 2020.The month ...

Jun 25, 2020

2019 LifeLabs breach exposed personal health information of millions of Canadians

VICTORIA-A joint investigation conducted by two separate information and privacy commissioners (IPC) found that LifeLabs failed to protect the personal health information of millions of Canadians.The ...

Jun 25, 2020

Former inmate files lawsuit against two correctional officers

A former B-C inmate has filed a lawsuit against two correctional officers alleging they ignored calls to help a fellow inmate who went into distress in 2018. George Hansen alleges he suffers from post...

Jun 25, 2020

Province confirms COVID-19 supports for people and businesses with new legislation

VICTORIA-The province has announced new legislation that confirms supports for British Columbians and businesses, while responding to the fiscal impacts of COVID-19 by allowing government to run defic...

Jun 25, 2020