British Columbia

Two B.C. schools move to 'functional closure' after holiday break, says ministry

VICTORIA - Two schools have stopped in-person classes in British Columbia, less than two days after most students returned to classrooms following an extended holiday break due to the surging COVID-19...

Jan 11, 2022

CUPE BC calls on province to bring back funding for daytime cleaning

PRINCE GEORGE - With students returning to B.C. classrooms, the union representing over 30,000 school support workers is calling for additional measures to reduce absences due to COVID-19 and other il...

Jan 11, 2022

Top doctor says B.C.'s latest wave of COVID-19 to drag on for weeks

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the current wave of COVID-19 infections is expected to continue for several more weeks. Dr. Bonnie Henry says many people who have contract...

Jan 11, 2022

B.C. braces for heavy rain, potential floods as latest atmospheric river arrives

VANCOUVER - The latest atmospheric river to wash over British Columbia was expected to soak parts of the south coast with as much as 150 millimetres of rain in a series of waves that won't relent unti...

Jan 11, 2022

B.C. court rejects First Nations' petition, but finds fishing rights were violated

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has rejected a petition from two First Nations that asked for an injunction to force the restoration of natural flows of the Nechako River, which has...

Jan 10, 2022

B.C. hospitals among those dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks

VICTORIA - There has been a surge of COVID-19 infections in health-care and long-term care facilities in British Columbia with seven more outbreaks reported in the last few days. A statement from the ...

Jan 10, 2022

Atmospheric river packing several powerful rainstorms heading for southern B.C.

VANCOUVER - Power has been restored in two Vancouver Island communities that lost electricity early last week as snow, ice and wind storms pounded parts of British Columbia, but forecasters warn anoth...

Jan 10, 2022

BC Ferries warns of staff shortages, service disruptions in the coming months

VICTORIA - BC Ferries says a combination of the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant, a global shortage of mariners, severe weather and the flu season has the potential to disrupt ferry service ove...

Jan 10, 2022

Lululemon revises earnings guidance as Omicron impacts sales, profits

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. is lowering its fourth-quarter earnings estimates as the Omicron variant curbs the retailer's sales. The Vancouver-based company says it now expects its net revenu...

Jan 10, 2022

Heavy rain, rising temperatures could mean floods on Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island

VICTORIA - The agency that monitors British Columbia's waterways is warning of "minor to significant flooding" on B.C.'s Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island as warming temperatures and persistent rain...

Jan 09, 2022