Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver senior succumbs to injuries suffered in violent home invasion
VANCOUVER - Police say an elderly woman has died and two people are under arrest following a violent home invasion on Vancouver's west side. A statement from police says 78-year-old Usha Singh died Tu...
Feb 03, 2021

Charan Gill, labour and human rights pioneer in British Columbia, dies at 84
LANGLEY, B.C. - A longtime labour and human rights leader in British Columbia has died. The family of Charan Gill say he died in hospital on Feb. 2, following a battle with cancer. Gill was 84. Born i...
Feb 03, 2021

Downward COVID-19 infections in B.C. will help with faster-spreading variants: Henry
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say there's an encouraging trend in the COVID-19 curve in the province with the efforts of residents making a difference. It comes as the state of emergenc...
Feb 02, 2021

Canada Line workers reach tentative agreement to keep SkyTrain rolling
VANCOUVER - The union representing workers on a key commuter link between Richmond and Vancouver says it has reached a tentative agreement with their members' employer. The British Columbia Government...
Feb 02, 2021

B.C. drivers to receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques averaging $190 next month
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques next month that average about $190 each. Horgan says the Insurance Corp. of British Colum...
Feb 02, 2021

High demand and higher prices for Vancouver real estate in January: board
VANCOUVER - Homes sales in much of Metro Vancouver in January increased by 52.1 per cent compared with sales from the same time last year. Colette Gerber, chair of the Real Estate Board of Greater Van...
Feb 02, 2021

Authenticity of stone carving at Royal B.C. Museum questioned
VICTORIA - The chief of a First Nation says he has the assurance of the Royal B.C. Museum that steps will be taken to determine how a carved stone pillar was deemed an Indigenous artifact perhaps dati...
Feb 02, 2021

British Columbia has 18 cases of U.K., South African COVID-19 variants
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has 18 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 variants that originated in South Africa and the United Kingdom, with seven of those emerging over the weekend. Provincial health of...
Feb 01, 2021

Federal government provides $15 million for safer drug pilot programs in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Four pilot projects in Vancouver and Victoria have received $15 million in federal funding to provide safer drugs for people at risk of dying from overdose.Mental Health and Addictions Min...
Feb 01, 2021

Woman 'clings to life' after attack in her home by men posing as police officers
VANCOUVER - Police say a Vancouver senior is "clinging to life" after being attacked by two men she believed were police officers. Sgt. Steve Addison says the 78-year-old lives alone in her home and w...
Feb 01, 2021