British Columbia

B.C. ends quarantine program for temporary foreign workers, self-isolation continues

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says it is ending the COVID-19 quarantine program for temporary foreign workers but will keep a different program for another year to support self-...

Mar 30, 2022

First Nations need long-term funding for residential school investigations: chief

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The chief of a First Nation that's searching for unmarked graves at a former residential school in British Columbia says they're looking for long-term funding as they prepare for...

Mar 30, 2022

Trudeau visits Vancouver school, Ukrainian bakery ahead of Liberal fundraiser

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jokingly warned students at a Vancouver school Tuesday that they need to be nice to their substitute teachers because they'll never know when those former tea...

Mar 29, 2022

B.C. records one death from COVID-19; sees slight drop in hospitalizations

VICTORIA - The number of people in hospital due to COVID-19 has dropped slightly in British Columbia. The Health Ministry says in a statement Tuesday that there were 273 people in hospital and 46 in i...

Mar 29, 2022

Lululemon surpasses US$6B annual sales; Q4 profits up 32 per cent to US$434.5 million

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. capped an exceptional year in which it surpassed US$6 billion in revenues for the first time, with net profits growing nearly 32 per cent in the fourth quarter. Th...

Mar 29, 2022

B.C. manages cybersecurity risks posed by staff working from home: audit

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the government has effective tools in place to manage cybersecurity risks that could arise from an increase in public service employees working from ...

Mar 29, 2022

Trudeau to visit B.C. First Nation in 'path to healing' after graves discovery

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the discovery of unmarked graves at residential school sites has highlighted for all Canadians the horrors of our past for which we all bear some respons...

Mar 29, 2022

B.C.'s children's rep says funding practices for Indigenous child welfare are flawed

VICTORIA - British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the system of funding child welfare services for Indigenous kids is "deeply flawed" and there's an urgent need to overhaul prac...

Mar 29, 2022

B.C. doctor alleged to be opposed to COVID-19 regulations suspended during probe

VANCOUVER - The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia says it has suspended a doctor from practising while it completes an investigation into allegations that he circumvented COVID-19...

Greg Fry Mar 29, 2022

Man jailed for pointing handgun at teens near Departure Bay Beach

NANAIMO - Four teens planning to film a TikTok video flipped the script by instead phoning police, resulting in an 18-month jail sentence against the accused.Darian Scott Rogers, 27, pleaded guilty to...

Mar 29, 2022