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B.C. to determine which essential workers will receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be given to first responders and essential workers, but it still needs to be determined which industrie...
Mar 04, 2021
B.C. eases requirements, extends deadline for small business recovery grants
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has eased the eligibility requirements for small and medium-sized businesses applying for funds under its $345-million pandemic recovery grant program. The province has ...
Mar 04, 2021
Island Health, province post above-average day for new COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Case counts across the province continue to pace above recent averages, however public health maintains there is still light at the end of the tunnel.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Hen...
Mar 04, 2021
Powerful quake hits off New Zealand, prompting evacuations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Friday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pac...
Mar 04, 2021
Phish guitarist to found substance abuse treatment centre
LUDLOW, Vt. - Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio plans to start a substance use disorder treatment centre in Vermont, where the band was formed in 1983. Anastasio, who is now 14 years sober, announced Thu...
Mar 04, 2021
Line 5 'very different' from Keystone XL, Canada will fight hard for it, says O'Regan
WASHINGTON - Canada's natural resources minister is calling the cross-border Line 5 pipeline a "non-negotiable" element of talks with the United States. Seamus O'Regan is vowing to defend the underwat...
Mar 04, 2021
Blue Jays surrender two runs on wild pitches in 8-2 exhibition loss to Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. - A lack of control from Toronto's pitchers was a factor in the Detroit Tigers' 8-2 win over the Blue Jays in spring training action Thursday. The Tigers (3-2) scored eight unanswered r...
Mar 04, 2021
California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coron...
Mar 04, 2021
TransLink study shows copper kills almost all bacteria on high-touch surfaces
VANCOUVER - Results of a study led by Metro Vancouver's transit operator reveal copper on high-touch surfaces is lethal to bacteria. A statement from TransLink says the findings of the industry-leadin...
Mar 04, 2021
Dallas police officer charged with 2 counts capital murder
DALLAS - A Dallas police officer was arrested Thursday on two counts of capital murder in two unconnected 2017 killings that weren't related to his police work, authorities said. Bryan Riser, a 13-yea...
Mar 04, 2021