Category Archives: British Columbia
Two teenagers at Surrey, B.C., school injured in alleged assault, police say
SURREY, B.C. - Police say two teenagers at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary school in Surrey, B.C., have been injured following an alleged assault with a weapon. Surrey RCMP say they responded to reports of ...
Feb 22, 2022
Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 drop in B.C. over four-day period; 44 people died
VICTORIA - British Columbia says another 44 deaths have been reported due to COVID-19 over the past four days for a total of 2,830 fatalities in the province. It also says there were 688 people in hos...
Feb 22, 2022
Budget: Surge in housing prices help B.C. economy bounce back through tail-end of pandemic
Nearly two years after a global COVID-19 pandemic devastated British Columbia's economy, the financial bounce back is almost complete.But the rosy economic picture is expected to be short-lived due to...
Feb 22, 2022
Climate change focus of B.C. budget after floods, wildfires and heat waves
VICTORIA - The challenges of climate change facing British Columbia are expected to be the main focus of the budget Finance Minister Selina Robinson tables today. Robinson says ensuring communities ha...
Feb 22, 2022
Challenges of climate change focus of B.C. government's budget, says finance minister
VICTORIA - B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says making sure communities have the resources they need to deal with the effects of climate change will be a focal point of her budget when it is rel...
Feb 21, 2022
B.C. prepares to remove some housing approval powers from local governments: minister
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is considering taking away some of the permit powers municipal governments have to approve housing construction in an effort to get more homes built in the p...
Feb 21, 2022
B.C. government adding 602 nursing seats in a move to address skills gap
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is adding 602 new nursing seats to public post-secondary institutions in a move the B.C. Nurses' Union calls a "promising step" toward addressing a staffing...
Feb 20, 2022
Firefighters investigating cause of 'volatile' fire at Vancouver's PNE
VANCOUVER - Explosions and 30-metre flames were part of a volatile fire that lit up part of the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver overnight. Assistant Fire Chief Brian Bertuzzi says crews respo...
Feb 20, 2022
Physician assistants could fill part of B.C.'s need for more doctors: advocates
VANCOUVER - Joanna Chan wants to come back to British Columbia to work as a physician assistant and she's not alone. The Canadian Association of Physician Assistants says a recent survey of its 800 me...
Feb 20, 2022
What you need to know about mischief charges and the Ottawa protests
VANCOUVER - Some of the most high-profile organizers of protests against government and COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa are facing charges that include mischief and counselling to commit mischief. What do...
Feb 20, 2022