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Top doctor says B.C. on track to ease more restrictions next week
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she's confident more COVID-19 restrictions can be lifted next week as planned due to dramatic declines in cases and because the person-to-person transmiss...
Jun 10, 2021
PM to get short list of potential governor general candidates in a few days
OTTAWA - Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says a short list of potential candidates to become Canada's next governor general will be in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's hands in "the ...
Jun 10, 2021
RCMP investigating a double murder find another body in the same B.C. community
NARAMATA, B.C. - As Mounties investigated the double murder of two British Columbia brothers, they uncovered another death in the same community that they believe is a homicide. RCMP say in a release ...
Jun 10, 2021
New CAO hired for Regional District of Nanaimo
NANAIMO - The Regional District of Nanaimo board turned to its neighbour for its next chief administrative officer. The board announced the hiring of Doug Holmes to lead the RDN after he served the sa...
Jun 10, 2021
Auditor scolds Alberta over mine cleanup fund, how province handles polluted sites
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general is criticizing the government for failing to fix problems pointed out six years ago in a program that's supposed to guarantee coal and oilsands mines clean up afte...
Jun 10, 2021
Tahltan Nation, B.C. government sign agreement for shared decision-making
VICTORIA - A new agreement between the Tahltan Nation and the British Columbia government will help ensure sensitive areas aren't open to development, while providing greater certainty for everyone, s...
Jun 10, 2021
Experts say removing alleged London attacker's social media profile was right move
People who study online hate say Facebook was right to remove the profile of a man accused of killing four members of an Ontario Muslim family, but they say social media companies need to do more to s...
Jun 10, 2021
Alberta finance minister defends $1.3B loss on Keystone XL as 'calculated decision'
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the province's $1.3-billion investment of taxpayers money in the now-defunct Keystone XL pipeline project was a prudent gamble given the potential payoff in ...
Jun 10, 2021
Systemic review of B.C. government supports for Indigenous children required: report
VICTORIA - The overdose death of a 17-year-old on her birthday has prompted a call for a systemic review of British Columbia's supports for Indigenous children and youth in care. Jennifer Charlesworth...
Jun 10, 2021
Centre back Vanessa Gilles making case to be part of Canadian Olympic roster
Canadian defender Vanessa Gilles was late coming to soccer. "I used to play tennis ... with mini-skirts and what-have-you," she said with a laugh. "I was very much into the tennis scene. "(But) mental...
Jun 10, 2021