British Columbia

RSV still among cases of illness among children in BC, but there are signs of stabilizing

PRINCE GEORGE - In light of the recent spike in influenza cases among children, the illness RSV is also affecting kids and vulnerable populations.The current cold and flu season has hit many people ha...

Dec 09, 2022

Speed up shift to family care, says B.C. coroner's jury in death of Cree teen

BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia's representative for children and youth says one of the messages she hopes comes out of a coroner's inquest into the death of an Indigenous teenager is the importance ...

Dec 09, 2022

B.C.'s respiratory illness surge stabilizing after deaths of six kids: disease centre

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says a deadly spike in acute respiratory illness is showing signs of stabilizing, after the flu-related deaths of at least six children and ...

Dec 09, 2022

Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget

VICTORIA - A B.C. advocacy group says it's going to push the government to fulfil a promise to cover the cost of prescription contraception, and for it to be included in the next provincial budget. Th...

Dec 08, 2022

BCAFN reacts to new provincial cabinet

PRINCE GEORGE - The new provincial cabinet was revealed yesterday and the response from the BC Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) is a positive one.The assembly says that the new cabinet must "build go...

Dec 08, 2022

Conroy brings rural perspective to B.C.'s bottom line, may expand speculation tax

VICTORIA - Katrine Conroy says she asked to keep her old job as British Columbia's forests minister, but Premier David Eby had other ideas and now she's in charge of managing the province's purse stri...

Dec 08, 2022

Fortis bills to drop in January

Fortis B-C says gas customers can expect to see slightly lower figures on their gas bills next month. The utility says bills should drop an average four per cent or four dollars per month depending on...

Greg Fry Dec 08, 2022

Safety board says maintenance problems, blade failure led to fatal crash in B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fatal helicopter crash near Campbell River, B.C., three years ago was caused by a failure in the main rotor blades. The lone pilot, who was also...

Dec 08, 2022

Children's deaths from influenza up in B.C., with five mortalities last month

VICTORIA - At least five children died in British Columbia from influenza last month alone, a rise that comes as an early season of respiratory illnesses adds strain to the beleaguered health-care sys...

Dec 08, 2022

Katrina Chen exits B.C. cabinet, citing 'long-standing trauma,' gender-based violence

VICTORIA - Former British Columbia cabinet member Katrina Chen says she took herself out of contention for a new ministerial position in order to deal with "long-standing trauma" suffered as a result ...

Dec 07, 2022