British Columbia

People infected with COVID-19 may need just one dose of vaccine, studies say

VANCOUVER - Scientists at the National Advisory Committee on Immunization are reviewing research that suggests people who have been infected with COVID-19 can turbocharge their antibodies with just on...

Mar 25, 2021

21-year-old and 15-year-old charged with first-degree murder in death of B.C. woman

BURNABY, B.C. - Homicide investigators say a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old have been charged with first-degree murder after a woman's burned body was found in a park in Burnaby, B.C. Cpl. Frank Jang o...

Mar 24, 2021

B.C. records deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdose deaths

VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdoses with 155 lives lost last month. The BC Coroners Service says it is the 11th consecutive month in which th...

Mar 24, 2021

Crown says it was reasonable for border screening to precede Meng's arrest

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says it was entirely reasonable for border officers to question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou before her arrest in 2018. Diba Majzub told the B.C. Su...

Mar 24, 2021

New affordable housing projects announced for southern Vancouver Island

VICTORIA - More than 90 new, affordable homes are coming to southern Vancouver Island, after the B.C. and federal governments announced $13.1 million in funding for the initiative. The homes will be s...

Mar 24, 2021

30 years after Victoria's Michael Dunahee vanished, a new sketch is released

VICTORIA - It has been 30 years since Michael Dunahee disappeared from a playground in Victoria in a case that became one of the largest missing child investigations in Canada. The Victoria Police Dep...

Mar 24, 2021

B.C. Premier John Horgan to announce partnerships in COVID immunization plan

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Dr. Penny Ballem, the lead on the provincial COVID-19 immunization team, are to reveal more information today on the vaccine rollout. A government r...

Mar 24, 2021

B.C. accelerates vaccine timeline for extremely clinically vulnerable, seniors

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is accelerating the timeline for the COVID-19 vaccine once again, allowing people who are "extremely clinically vulnerable" and some seniors to book ...

Mar 23, 2021

Homeless shelter future fuels simmering dispute between province, Penticton council

PENTICTON, B.C. - The future of a homeless shelter at the centre of a dispute between the British Columbia government and the City of Penticton was debated by council today without any immediate chang...

Mar 23, 2021

Judge blocks admission of new evidence on 'loan loss' in Meng case

VANCOUVER - Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has lost a bid to admit additional evidence in her extradition case showing no risk of loan loss by the international bank at the centre of the fraud allegati...

Mar 23, 2021