British Columbia

Greater Vancouver business organization says members face uncertain outlook in 2021

VANCOUVER - The association representing businesses across Metro Vancouver says the costs of COVID-19 continue to mount for its members. The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released its annual Re...

Jan 19, 2021

B.C. COVID-19 immunizations still on track for end of March: top doctor

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says production delays for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are a temporary setback that will slow down the delivery of first doses in the province over th...

Jan 18, 2021

Pandemic doesn't slow cargo shipments at the port in Prince Rupert, B.C.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The port in Prince Rupert, B.C., has set another record in defiance of the economic downtown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The port authority announced Monday that despite unp...

Jan 18, 2021

Rescue society praises B.C.'s teens survival skills after he got lost snowmobiling

100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The backcountry survival skills of a British Columbia teen who got lost while snowmobiling are being praised by search and rescue volunteers who found him safe. The South Caribo...

Jan 18, 2021

Cost, other options, prompt B.C. to phase out enhanced driver's licence and ID cards

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is phasing out two types of travel identification cards that allowed easier entrance into the United States. The enhanced driver's licence and enhanc...

Jan 18, 2021

Victoria firefighters use homeowners' jackhammer to rescue cat trapped in tiny pipe

VICTORIA - A Victoria firefighter says using a jackhammer and other home repair tools to save a cat stuck in a tiny basement drainpipe ranks as the strangest rescue call he's been on in his 20-year ca...

Jan 17, 2021

Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts

VANCOUVER - Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say. T...

Jan 17, 2021

B.C. travel ban will cripple struggling tourism sector, says industry coalition

VICTORIA - A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the provincial government not to pursue plans to ban domestic travel in their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The c...

Jan 16, 2021

Snowshoer dies after overnight search on Vancouver-area mountain: RCMP

SQUAMISH, B.C. - A snowshoer who set out alone on a rugged mountain trail on Vancouver's north shore Thursday has died.Squamish RCMP say the 21-year-old woman from Ontario was removed from a steep gul...

Jan 15, 2021

B.C. hospice refusing to provide medically assisted dying must vacate premises

DELTA, B.C. - A hospice that has refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious objections will have to vacate a facility in Delta, B.C., by the end of March.Health Minister Adrian ...

Jan 15, 2021