Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. eases work-from-home rules as COVID-19 hospitalizations drop
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor has updated her public health orders as more employees return to their workplaces with COVID-19 infections dropping. The Health Ministry says provincial health...
Feb 17, 2022
Province unveils new economic plan 'for today, and tomorrow'
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Premier John Horgan was on hand to announce a new economic plan for the province on Thursday guided by two main principles, clean and inclusive growth.The plan is dubbed 'StrongerBC...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. nation to search for children who didn't come home from Alert Bay school
ALERT BAY, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation located off the coast of northeastern Vancouver Island says it has started an investigation on the grounds of a former residential school, looking for...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is spending more than $136 million to build a new trades and technology training complex in Burnaby. It says the complex at the British Columbia Institute of...
Feb 17, 2022
Canfor Pulp Products curtailing production at Taylor Pulp for at least six weeks
VANCOUVER - Canfor Pulp Products Inc. is curtailing production at its Taylor Pulp mill in B.C. for a minimum of six weeks due to transportation problems that have hurt its ability to ship product. The...
Feb 17, 2022
Maple Leaf flies at protests, the flag is a collective symbol with individual meaning
VANCOUVER - The symbolism attached to national flags often revolves around patriotism, but experts say the Maple Leaf's prominent appearance at COVID-19 mandate protests comes at a moment of reflectio...
Feb 17, 2022
Richmond tops the Shuswap and Okanagan for most-loved destination in Canada
Richmond B.C. has come out on top in a ranking of the 50 most-loved destinations in Canada.The Lower Mainland city was cited for its air travel, being the home of Vancouver International Airport.The r...
Feb 16, 2022
No vaccine passport means B.C. school events capped at 50% for spectators: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister says capacity at school-based events will be capped at 50 per cent for spectators to provide some physical distancing because proof of vaccination will...
Feb 16, 2022
Lawyer says he didn't advise B.C. Speaker on clerk's retirement benefit
VANCOUVER - A lawyer who advised British Columbia's former Speaker about a retirement allowance that is the subject of a criminal charge says the name of then-clerk Craig James never came up in those ...
Feb 16, 2022
Volunteers who supported seniors a lasting legacy of pandemic: B.C. seniors advocate
VICTORIA - The advocate for seniors in British Columbia says a rise in volunteer services supporting the elderly has been one of the "brightest lights" throughout the pandemic. Isobel Mackenzie says n...
Feb 16, 2022