British Columbia

Central Island active COVID-19 cases rise to again top 200

NANAIMO - The central Vancouver Island region is seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases which is outpacing other areas of the health authority.Island Health reported 84 new cases on Friday, Sept. 10, an...

Sep 10, 2021

B.C. health officials report 820 COVID-19 cases and another nine deaths

VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are reporting 820 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the active infections in the province to 5,850. In a news release Friday, they say another nine people have ...

Sep 10, 2021

COVID-19 claims nine more lives, including two in northern B.C.

VICTORIA - The provincial government has announced 820 more cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia.It brings the total number of cases in B.C. since the pandemic began to 173,159. Of those, 165,027 peo...

Sep 10, 2021

Advance polls open in Nanaimo ahead of upcoming federal election

NANAIMO - The first of four advance voting opportunities is underway prior to the federal election.The early in-person voting option runs across Canada between Friday, Sept. 10 and Monday Sept. 13 bet...

Sep 10, 2021

Campfire allowed across all but southern Vancouver Island as wildfire conditions ease

VANCOUVER - As of noon Friday, campfires are once again allowed across most of British Columbia, with only the drought-challenged region of southern Vancouver Island still covered by restrictions. The...

Sep 10, 2021

PG 's jobless numbers head in the wrong direction

PRINCE GEORGE- Statistics Canada number crunchers show the economy added 90,000 jobs in August, the third consecutive monthly increase.The national unemployment rate fell to 7.1 per cent for the month...

Sep 10, 2021

Nanaimo man awaits sentence after child porn guilty plea

NANAIMO - A local man must wait for a judge's sentence for possession of child pornography, the latest case in a continuous cycle of the disturbing behaviour before Nanaimo judges.On Thursday, Sept 9,...

Sep 10, 2021

Former B.C. lottery director says he's 'whistleblower' on money laundering at casinos

VANCOUVER - A former director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering office says he is the "whistleblower" that likely prompted the public inquiry examining how hundreds o...

Sep 10, 2021

Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to speed asylum process for refugees

VANCOUVER - Shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Friba Rezayee's phone started lighting up with messages from women and girls pleading for help. Rezayee, who made history as one of Afghanist...

Sep 10, 2021

98 new cases of COVID-19 in northern B.C. and one more death

VICTORIA - The provincial government is reporting 774 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, including 98 more cases up north.Here's the regional breakdown, which includes new and active cases:* 2...

Sep 09, 2021