British Columbia

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. care centre

VANCOUER, B.C. - British Columbia health officials say a man has died of the new coronavirus at a care centre in North Vancouver. The death at the Lynn Valley care centre is believed to be the fi...

Mar 09, 2020

B.C. activates pandemic plan, ready to escalate if needed for COVID-19

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has activated a pandemic co-ordination plan to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 21 people in the province and is prepared to escalate the plan if needed....

Mar 08, 2020

Researchers call on B.C. to ditch plan to switch to permanent daylight time

VANCOUVER - Sleep and mental health researchers are calling on British Columbia to ditch plans to switch to permanent daylight time in keeping with three neighbouring American states as...

Mar 08, 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 08, 2020

B.C. Finance Minister Carole James has Parkinson's, won't seek re-election

VICTORIA - B.C. Finance Minister Carole James says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and will not seek re-election next year, but she intends to stay on in cabinet "as long as I can do t...

Mar 07, 2020

Protesters pack up camp at B.C. legislature after five arrests Wednesday night

VICTORIA - Dozens of Indigenous youth and their supporters packed blankets and tarps Thursday, ending a 17-day protest at British Columbia's legislature that saw a fire burning constantly&nb...

Mar 07, 2020

Man guilty of murder, aggravated assault in B.C. high school stabbings

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A judge who found a man guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in an attack on two B.C. high school students says there is no evidence that Gabrie...

Mar 06, 2020

Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.

VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said Wednesday the wom...

Mar 06, 2020

B.C. activates pandemic plan, ready to escalate if needed for COVID-19

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has activated a pandemic co-ordination plan to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 21 people in the province and is prepared to escalate the plan if needed....

Mar 06, 2020

Researchers call on B.C. to ditch plan to switch to permanent daylight time

VANCOUVER - Sleep and mental health researchers are calling on British Columbia to ditch plans to switch to permanent daylight time in keeping with three neighbouring American states as...

Mar 06, 2020