British Columbia

Vancouver police name victim following city's fourth homicide of 2021

VANCOUVER - Police have identified a 37-year-old Vancouver man as the city's latest homicide victim. A statement from Vancouver police says 37-year-old Robinson Russ was fatally stabbed on April 4. Co...

Apr 09, 2021

British Columbia sets new daily COVID-19 case record with 1,293 infections

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is reporting 1,293 new COVID-19 cases, smashing previous daily records of infection. The new cases are part of a surging third wave and bring the total cases recorded in t...

Apr 08, 2021

New funding for B.C. businesses affected by COVID-19 rules

VICTORIA - New funding will be available to businesses in British Columbia affected by the latest measures to fight the spread of COVID-19, but the economic recovery minister says those who break the ...

Apr 08, 2021

Variants of concern higher than reported, but giving precise data challenging: BCCDC

VANCOUVER - A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the number of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern is higher than what has been publicly reported i...

Apr 08, 2021

Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador

VANCOUVER - Canada's ambassador to the United States says Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood...

Apr 08, 2021

Conservancy protects area sacred to Tahltan Nation in northwestern B.C.

VICTORIA - Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan...

Apr 08, 2021

Nearly 20 per cent of eligible B.C. residents have received COVID-19 vaccine

VICTORIA - Almost 20 per cent of those who are eligible for a vaccine in British Columbia have had their shot. A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adr...

Apr 07, 2021

Lumby, B.C., traffic stops were not carried out by police impersonator: RCMP

LUMBY, B.C. - Mounties in British Columbia's Boundary region say a public warning about a fake officer pulling people over led to four more people coming forward. However, police say they've since con...

Apr 07, 2021

COVID-19 variants of concern higher than reported in British Columbia, experts say

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is severely under-reporting the number of COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern, limiting the public's awareness of the threat, experts say. Sarah Otto, a University...

Apr 07, 2021

Vancouver funds permanent position to lead overdose response team

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver is providing funding for a permanent position to lead a program aimed at supporting people who have survived overdoses. Mayor Kennedy Stewart says a "very important" ...

Apr 07, 2021