British Columbia

Pandemic conspiracy theories test truth, evidence, government, say experts

VICTORIA - The novel coronavirus threatens the health of Canadians, but to some people the pandemic stokes fears of a government plot to subvert freedoms, say experts who study conspiracy theories. Te...

Mar 28, 2020

B.C. measures appear to have slowed the increase in COVID-16: health officer

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says she's starting to see "glimmers of hope" in the fight against COVID-19 with an apparent flattening in the number of cases. The province&nbs...

Mar 27, 2020

Boston Pizza International laying off half of its corporate staff across Canada

VANCOUVER - Boston Pizza International Inc. is temporarily laying off approximately half of its 192 corporate staff across its three offices in Canada. The company says the cuts are due to a...

Mar 27, 2020

Lumber producer Canfor cuts production and capital spending due to COVID-19

VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is cutting production and reducing capital spending as it deals with the COVID-19 outbreak. The Vancouver-based lumber producer says it has reduced its planned capital sp...

Mar 27, 2020

Lululemon withholds guidance for 2020 due to COVID-19 as Q4 profits rise

VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says it is withholding its financial outlook for 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retailer has temporarily shuttered all its stores in Nor...

Mar 26, 2020

B.C. steps up emergency response to COVID-19 with co-ordinated supply chain plan

VICTORIA - British Columbia invoked extraordinary emergency powers Thursday to protect consumers from profiteers and to maintain the steady supply of goods and services for those who need them du...

Mar 26, 2020

Pandemic response must uphold human rights, avoid discrimination: B.C. commissioner

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner is urging policy-makers, employers, landlords and service providers to keep human rights principles at the core of their response to the C...

Mar 26, 2020

With a crash and a bang, B.C. residents applaud health-care workers

VANCOUVER - At the same time each night, Rev. Gary Paterson and about half a dozen other neighbours have begun gathering at least two metres apart on the rooftop patio of their building in Vancouver's...

Mar 25, 2020

Good deeds, spirit of sharing spreads amid pandemic panic purchasing

VANCOUVER - While panicked shoppers have been buying stores out of toilet paper and flour stocks, two tables have appeared on streets in the Vancouver area stacked with essential items and a sign that...

Mar 25, 2020

Man fined $10K for cutting down tree holding bald eagle nest in Comox

COURTENAY - A stiff fine was levied against a man responsible for cutting down a tree in Comox which destroyed an active bald eagle's nest.Russel Frederick Vida, 54, pleaded guilty to the March 5, 201...

Mar 24, 2020 Russell Frederick Vida was convicted after pleading guilty to cutting down a tree home to a bald eagle's nest in Comox. The case was resolved recently in provincial court in Courtenay following the March 5, 2019 incident. (BC Conservation Officer Service)