British Columbia

Funeral and feast gatherings in northern B.C. lead to COVID warnings

VICTORIA - An outbreak of COVID-19 in British Columbia's Nass Valley has prompted an alert from the Northern and First Nations health authorities. The warning goes out to anyone who attended gath...

Sep 01, 2020

Former British Columbia chief justice Lance Finch dies at 82

VANCOUVER - Lance S.G. Finch, a former chief justice of British Columbia, has died at the age of 82. Chief Justice Robert J. Bauman says as a judicial leader, Finch was strong, steady a...

Sep 01, 2020

New supportive housing coming for homeless in Vancouver, province and city say

VANCOUVER - The B.C. government and City of Vancouver are partnering to build 450 new supportive homes for people experiencing homelessness. Housing Minister Selina Robinson and Mayor Kennedy Ste...

Sep 01, 2020

Patient wants B.C. to protect legal rights of mentally ill like most provinces

VANCOUVER - A week after giving birth to her daughter, Shareen Nimmo was forced to enter a psychiatric facility without being informed of her rights or having access to independent legal advice. ...

Sep 01, 2020

Ad criticized by teachers meant to allay anxiety: B.C.'s public health officer

VICTORIA - The provincial health officer says a back-to-school ad being criticized by the B.C. Teachers' Federation as unrealistic wasn't meant to be a commercial about what classrooms would look...

Aug 31, 2020

B.C. sees 294 cases of COVID-19 over weekend, four additional deaths

VICTORIA - Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is urging people to take control of the latest rise in cases of COVID-19 in B.C. by going back to the basics on their personal safety plans. ...

Aug 31, 2020

Three Greens in leadership race to replace former leader Andrew Weaver Sept. 14

VICTORIA - Andrew Weaver casts a long shadow over British Columbia's Green party and the candidates running to replace the former leader credit him for the party's recent political success in the prov...

Aug 31, 2020

B.C. announces $3.5-million fund to clean up shores of central coast

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has announced a fund to clean up the shoreline of the central coast in a bid to create jobs as communities try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It...

Aug 31, 2020

COVID-19 impact turns B.C.'s 2019-20 budget surplus to $321 deficit

VICTORIA - The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has turned British Columbia's budget forecast from black to red. The government's final budget numbers show a deficit of $321 million from a project...

Aug 31, 2020

Vancouver Aquarium closes programming amid 'financially challenging' time

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Aquarium is closing to the public, putting its programming on pause while it attempts to recover from the financial devastation of COVID-19. Ocean Wise, the non-profit organi...

Aug 31, 2020