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B.C. premier supports health-care workers after protests against vaccine cards
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan expressed his gratitude to health-care workers on Wednesday after protests outside some hospitals in the province. The provincial government will require proof of v...
Sep 01, 2021
RCMP charge 43-year-old man of no fixed address with murder of Bowser woman
PARKSVILLE - Police have laid a murder charge in connection to an incident in Bowser in late August.43-year-old Luciano Mariani was charged by police in the murder investigation of a Bowser woman. Mar...
Sep 01, 2021
VIU Mariners teams gearing up for post-shutdown sports season
NANAIMO - Plans are in motion for a near-normal return to action Vancouver Island University is planning for a near-normal fall sports season at all levels.The Mariners soccer teams have resumed playi...
Sep 01, 2021
Two children involved in latest coyote attacks in Vancouver's Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - The BC Conservation Officer Service says two children were involved in attacks by coyotes in Vancouver's popular Stanley Park overnight. On Twitter, the service said it "cannot stress enou...
Sep 01, 2021
Anti-vaccine protest attracts a big crowd in Kelowna
More than one thousand people carried signs and rallied against mandatory vaccinations in a protest outside Kelowna General Hospital today.LIVE: Live look at #Kelowna General Hospital. At least 1,000 ...
Sep 01, 2021
Ontario to require proof of vaccination in high-risk settings starting Sept. 22
TORONTO - Giving in to mounting pressure from experts, businesses and political opponents, Premier Doug Ford announced a vaccine certificate system Wednesday that will see Ontarians showing proof of i...
Sep 01, 2021
Child-care system or tax credit: Parties' pitches mean varying benefits for families
OTTAWA - Six years ago, Rob Gillezeau watched as a child-care pledge he worked on for the federal New Democrats got pitted against competing policy ideas on where the country should go politically on ...
Sep 01, 2021
Lockdown orders in N.W.T. to lift this weekend as COVID-19 cases start to decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Two communities in the Northwest Territories under lockdown orders since mid-August will see those orders lifted late Saturday as active cases of COVID-19 start to decline across the ter...
Sep 01, 2021
The Undecideds: Three Canadian voters still unsure who to support, two weeks in
Canadians are set to go to the polls Sept. 20, but not everyone knows what they will do when they get there. The Canadian Press is following three undecided voters through the ups and downs of this el...
Sep 01, 2021
Record number of Indigenous candidates running in federal election
A record number of Indigenous candidates are running in the federal election this year with what they say is a goal of advancing meaningful change in Canada's relationship with First Nations, Inuit an...
Sep 01, 2021