British Columbia

B.C. order for health workers' COVID-19 vax status lifts mention of vaccine deadlines

VICTORIA - British Columbia has removed any mention of COVID-19 vaccination deadlines from its order requiring health-care professionals to report their vaccination status. A statement issued late Mon...

Mar 08, 2022

Group hopes to make fourth attempt to have Russian pianist perform in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - The decision to cancel a Russian pianist's concert in Vancouver over concerns of protests has left Leila Getz conflicted as she ponders whether a rising young superstar she has repeatedly ...

Mar 08, 2022

B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain

VANCOUVER - British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansionand told the federal government it still has concerns about...

Mar 08, 2022

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 see slight drop in B.C.; 11 more deaths recorded

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 11 new deaths related to COVID-19 over a three-day period for a total of 2,914 fatalities since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry says in a news release ...

Mar 07, 2022

Lytton fire recovery work gets $18.4 million from province; debris removal starts

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will fund major recovery operations in the fire-ravaged village of Lytton, including long-awaited debris removal work now set to start Tuesday. Publi...

Mar 07, 2022

'No simple solution' to gas prices; B.C. has no tax reduction plans: Farnworth

VICTORIA - British Columbia's minister of public safety says the province has no plans to follow Alberta's lead to reduce its tax on gasoline to ease rising prices at the pumps. Mike Farnworth told a ...

Mar 07, 2022

Opposition to forced transfers of B.C. patients seeking medically assisted deaths

VANCOUVER - A national organization that supports those seeking a medically assisted death is campaigning to stop forced transfers of patients within public care facilities in British Columbia. Dying ...

Mar 07, 2022

Woman attacked at B.C. university campus remembered as kind, helpful

VANCOUVER - A 24-year-old woman who was killed at a university in British Columbia is being remembered as a kind and bubbly person who'd celebrated the start of a new life in Canada. Harmandeep Kaur w...

Mar 06, 2022

Debris from cargo ship spill last fall spreading along B.C. coast: beach cleaners

TOFINO, B.C. - A volunteer organization that has been cleaning up debris from a cargo ship that lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast last fall says the incident should be a wake-up call to the need ...

Mar 06, 2022

Victim of UBCO attack honoured as family seeks justice

A GoFundMe to help the family of a woman who was killed while working as a security guard at the University of B.C. Okanagan (UBCO) campus in Kelowna has raised more than $64,000.Relatives of the vict...

Mar 04, 2022