Category Archives: British Columbia

Survey suggests one in two people of colour have experienced online racism in Canada
VANCOUVER - Noor Fadel says most people assume that the night she was attacked by a racist man on a SkyTrain in Vancouver in 2017 was the worst night of her life. In fact, the nights that followed wer...
Mar 21, 2021

B.C.'s northern spotted owl breeding facility welcomes disabled California relative
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - A northern spotted owl found injured near San Francisco has arrived at a British Columbia breeding facility where the adult male is expected to find a mate and potent...
Mar 21, 2021

B.C. reports 737 new cases of COVID-19 as officials tout Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia officials say the province will use "every last drop" of available vaccine in its parallel COVID-19 vaccination programs. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Hea...
Mar 19, 2021

B.C.'s top doctor 'thankful' as court ruling upholds public health orders
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says she is thankful a petition challenging her COVID-19 orders in B.C. Supreme Court has been dismissed. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a...
Mar 19, 2021

Cullen commission money laundering report due in May gets extension to December
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has granted a commission into money laundering an extension to produce its final report and make recommendations. The report was due in May, but the commiss...
Mar 19, 2021

Victims lose $2M in cryptocurrency frauds, Vancouver police warn scams more frequent
VANCOUVER - Police say cryptocurrency scams cost victims in the Vancouver-area about $2 million in just one week and investigators believe the frauds are becoming more common. Vancouver police Const. ...
Mar 19, 2021

Only U.S. would be interested in Meng's border exam answers: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the chief financial officer of telecom giant Huawei says a Canadian border officer had no reason to question her about the company's activity in Iran except to assist U.S. inv...
Mar 19, 2021

B.C. completes 95% of surgeries postponed during first wave of COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says 95 per cent of surgeries that were postponed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have been completed, partly through a more efficient use ...
Mar 19, 2021

B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID-19 rules: lawyer says
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judg...
Mar 18, 2021

Vancouver police identify 24-year-old woman as victim of fatal shooting
VANCOUVER - Police say they've identified the woman shot inside a social housing building on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside early Wednesday morning. They say in a news release 24-year-old Shania Paulso...
Mar 18, 2021