British Columbia

Large cultural, social events cancelled in Vancouver, Surrey, to battle COVID

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's two largest cities, Vancouver and Surrey, are complying with the latest directions from the provincial health officer to cancel all gatherings of more than 250 people, i...

Mar 13, 2020

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing could also reduce spread in Canada: epidemiologist

VANCOUVER - Drive-thru clinics testing people for COVID-19 in South Korea could serve as a model for Canada, where the spread of the virus is comparatively limited but increasing to the poin...

Mar 13, 2020

Allan Schoenborn case returns to B.C. Review Board for annual hearing

COQUITLAM, B.C. - The British Columbia Review Board is considering whether a psychiatric hospital director should have the discretion to allow limited, unescorted access into the community&n...

Mar 12, 2020

Miner Teck Resources vows to cut carbon intensity by a third in the next decade

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is doubling down on its greenhouse gas emissions targets, announcing it will aim to reduce carbon intensity in its operations by 33 per cent over the next 10 ...

Mar 12, 2020

'Riverdale' production halts in Vancouver due to novel coronavirus concerns

VANCOUVER - Warner Bros. Television says the Vancouver-based production of teen drama "Riverdale" has been halted until further notice. A statement from the studio says work was halted after a member ...

Mar 12, 2020

B.C. faith leaders participate in COVID-19 conference call with premier

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan held a conference call today with faith leaders to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic. Provincial ...

Mar 11, 2020

Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada

VANCOUVER - Canada reported its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a long-term care home in North Vancouver, health officials said. British Columbia's provincial he...

Mar 11, 2020

Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates

VANCOUVER - Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especial...

Mar 11, 2020

Dr. Bonnie Henry, virus hunter, healer, resolves to 'break' COVID-19

VICTORIA - At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr. Bonnie Henry wiped tears as she broke the news confirming diagnosis of two cases of COVID-19 transmission at a North Vancouver lo...

Mar 10, 2020

New storm would dump snow on B.C. mountain passes; centre warns of flood risk

VANCOUVER - Travellers on many high mountain passes in British Columbia's southern Interior are being warned to expect winter conditions as Environment Canada posts snowfall warnings fo...

Mar 10, 2020