British Columbia

B.C. call centres open to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for elderly, Indigenous

VICTORIA - Call centres open today across British Columbia to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for some of the province's most elderly residents. B.C. says the vaccine call centres will open at 7 a....

Mar 08, 2021

B.C. announces vaccines sites ahead of booking COVID-19 shots appointments Monday

VICTORIA - Health authorities across British Columbia announced locations for COVID-19 vaccine centres Sunday, the day before some of the province's oldest residents could start booking appointments t...

Mar 07, 2021

Mother of slain daughters supports recent changes to Canada's Divorce Act

VICTORIA - Legal experts and a mother whose ex-partner was convicted of murdering their two daughters hope changes to Canada's Divorce Act will better protect children. Changes to the law took effect ...

Mar 07, 2021

Major crime unit investigates shooting death of 37-year-old Victoria-area man

METCHOSIN, B.C. - The Vancouver Island Major Crime Unit is investigating a shooting death of a 37-year-old man in the rural Victoria-area community of Metchosin, B.C. West Shore RCMP spokesman Const. ...

Mar 06, 2021

B.C. tax changes affecting sugary drinks, vaping products coming into effect April 1

VICTORIA - Tax changes targeting sugary drinks and e-commerce services based outside of B.C. will come into effect on April 1 after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. government says the...

Mar 05, 2021

B.C. high court finds in favour of large landowner in fight over access to lakes

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has sided with the largest private landowner in the province in a dispute over public access to public land. In a unanimous ruling, a panel of the B.C. Cou...

Mar 05, 2021

Two injured in helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C.: emergency health services

VANCOUVER - Two people have been transported to hospital in serious but stable condition after a helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a statement that they rec...

Mar 05, 2021

Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Dentists, teachers and bus drivers are among the essential workers who hope to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia, as a provincial committee determines who should b...

Mar 05, 2021

Several patients on new unit at Vancouver General Hospital test positive for COVID-19

VANCOUVER - Health officials are reporting a COVID-19 outbreak in a fourth unit of Vancouver General Hospital. A statement from Vancouver Coastal Health says three patients have tested positive for th...

Mar 05, 2021

Churches' challenge of public health rules back in B.C. Supreme Court

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the British Columbia government and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms are back in B.C. Supreme Court today, squaring off over the legality of COVID-19 rules that p...

Mar 05, 2021