British Columbia

"The Good Doctor" actor Richard Schiff hospitalized with COVID-19

VANCOUVER - Actor Richard Schiff, who appears on the Vancouver-filmed TV series "The Good Doctor," has been hospitalized with COVID-19. The 65-year-old American performer, who stars as president of th...

Nov 18, 2020

Vancouver council approves plan that could set fees to drive into the downtown core

Vancouver city council has approved a Climate Emergency Action Plan that could see a levy placed on all vehicles entering the downtown core. Green Coun. Pete Fry says in a social media post that...

Nov 18, 2020

B.C. education minister wants to avoid school closures completely

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's education minister hopes the government will be able to avoid school closures under any scenario but he would defer to advice from public health officials should COVID-1...

Nov 18, 2020

Meng's border exam was necessary because of national security concern: officer

VANCOUVER - A senior border officer involved in the examination of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport two years ago says he has never seen a customs and immigration exam deferred to ...

Nov 17, 2020

Health officer says COVID-19 cases reach new high at 717 in B.C. and 11 deaths

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says COVID-19 cases are rising on Vancouver Island, in the Interior and in the North as people take the illness with them when they travel from ...

Nov 17, 2020

Recount affirms B.C. Liberal narrowly beats Green in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky

VICTORIA - Elections B.C. says a judicial recount in West Vancouver-Sea to Sky has affirmed incumbent B.C. Liberal Jordan Sturdy as the winner. On election night, the riding went to the B.C. Green par...

Nov 17, 2020

Powerful winds, high tides raise flooding concerns as storm sweeps across B.C.

VANCOUVER - Much of coastal British Columbia is braced for a brief but powerful windstorm while snowfall and winter storm warnings stretch from the inland north coast all the way to the northeast corn...

Nov 17, 2020

Ex-Mountie expected to face questions from ex-minister's lawyer at public inquiry

VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing former British Columbia cabinet minister Kash Heed is scheduled to cross-examine a retired RCMP officer today at a public inquiry into money laundering. Heed was gran...

Nov 17, 2020

B.C.'s top doctor resists instituting fines and making masks mandatory

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she is not in favour of instituting fines for people who don't follow the rules for wearing masks or maintaining physical distancing rules. Dr. Bonnie Hen...

Nov 16, 2020

U.S. extradition fight for Huawei CFO back in B.C. court with evidence hearings

VANCOUVER - The lengthy extradition process resumes today for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as her lawyers fight against her removal from Canada to the United States. The legal team for Meng is ...

Nov 16, 2020