Category Archives: British Columbia

Woman returning from Iran is B.C.'s sixth case of new coronavirus
VICTORIA - A sixth case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia after a woman in her 30s returned to the province this week from travel in Iran. Provincial health officer ...
Feb 22, 2020

Unreleased report finds stop checks, searches of protesters unlawful: Watchdog
VANCOUVER - A civilian police watchdog has released a letter that was described Thursday as "explosive" by a supporter of hereditary chiefs opposed to a pipeline in northern British Columbia...
Feb 22, 2020

Babies frequently exposed to cleaning products at higher risk of asthma: study
VANCOUVER - New research suggests frequent exposure to common household cleaning products can increase a child's risk of developing asthma. The CHILD Cohort Study found young infants living ...
Feb 22, 2020

B.C.'s soda drink tax will help kids lose weight, improve health, says doctor
VICTORIA - Children's health in British Columbia will benefit from the provincial government's decision to tax sugary soda drinks, says the chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Dr. Tom W...
Feb 21, 2020

Ottawa, province, First Nations sign deal to protect southern mountain caribou
VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments and two First Nations have signed a long-awaited agreement to protect the endangered southern mountain caribou herds.Federal Environment Minist...
Feb 21, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press

Attempted theft of seaplane ends with collision in Vancouver harbour
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver are investigating after a float plane was badly damaged in what appears to have been a botched theft. Const. Tanya Visintin says officers were called to the c...
Feb 21, 2020

Ottawa, province, First Nations sign deal to protect southern mountain caribou
VANCOUVER - The federal and British Columbia governments and two First Nations have signed a long-awaited agreement to protect the endangered southern mountain caribou herds. Federal Environment Minis...
Feb 21, 2020

Ministers 'available' to meet Wet'suwet'en chiefs but chiefs won't be there
VANCOUVER - Canada's minister in charge of Indigenous relations is making a bid to meet with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, but with the First Nation's leadership en route to meet supporter...
Feb 21, 2020

Lululemon stores in China mostly closed due to novel coronavirus outbreak
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says most of its stores in China have been closed since early February due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Vancouver-based company says that most of its 38 ...
Feb 21, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Woman returning from Iran has COVID-19 in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Another case of the coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says a woman in her 30s has been diagnosed with COVID-19 after retur...
Feb 20, 2020