British Columbia

Free COVID-19 rapid tests to be made available in B.C. for 70 and up starting Friday

VICTORIA - Rapid tests and the option for a new vaccine will be available soon for British Columbia residents. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says one rapid test box containing five tests ...

Feb 23, 2022

Ottawa allocates close to $12 million for Indigenous commercial fisheries in B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it's contributing $11.8 million to support Indigenous commercial fisheries in British Columbia. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announced the funding a...

Feb 23, 2022

Second judge to consider stay application of old-growth logging protesters in B.C.

NANAIMO, B.C. - A judge hearing a request to stay proceedings against people arrested at old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island says the application has a reasonable prospect of success, but ...

Feb 23, 2022

Budget funding for BC Wildfire Service garners mixed reaction from experts

VANCOUVER - A fire ecologist says new provincial funding to expand the BC Wildfire Service to a year-round endeavour is a welcome step toward preventing disasters, while others in the field say the fu...

Feb 23, 2022

New office tower planned for the Bay building in downtown Vancouver

VANCOUVER - The redevelopment plan for the Hudson's Bay building in downtown Vancouver will include a 12-storey office tower that keeps the century-old facade of the retail store. Hudson's Bay Co. and...

Feb 23, 2022

RCMP release new video of suspects in Coastal Gaslink attack

HOUSTON - Mounties have released a new video in an effort to track down the suspects responsible for last week's (Feb. 17) acts of violence at a Coastal Gaslink (CGL) work camp near Houston, B.C.Video...

Feb 23, 2022

Kamloops, B.C., child honoured for bravery after acting to help injured grandmother

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-year-old girl has been honoured by RCMP in Kamloops, B.C., after she managed to get out of a crashed car, cross a busy highway and summon help for her injured grandmother. A pos...

Feb 23, 2022

Two teenagers at Surrey, B.C., school injured in alleged assault, police say

SURREY, B.C. - Police say two teenagers at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary school in Surrey, B.C., have been injured following an alleged assault with a weapon. Surrey RCMP say they responded to reports of ...

Feb 22, 2022

Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 drop in B.C. over four-day period; 44 people died

VICTORIA - British Columbia says another 44 deaths have been reported due to COVID-19 over the past four days for a total of 2,830 fatalities in the province. It also says there were 688 people in hos...

Feb 22, 2022

Nanaimo cancer centre remains on horizon as mental health, disaster relief headline B.C. budget

NANAIMO - Better care, closer to home for mid-Island residents battling cancer remains in the plans for the B.C. government, albeit without any specifics.Finance minister Selina Robinson delivered thi...

Feb 22, 2022