Category Archives: British Columbia
Convention centre repurposed as COVID field hospital to close in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The makeshift hospital at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which was repurposed with COVID-19 overflow beds, is being shut down without ever taking patients. Vancouver Coastal Health says ...
Jul 13, 2021
No blip in new COVID cases in B.C.
Interior Health is reporting 13 new COVID-19 cases, part of the 33 reported by the province on Tuesday.That comes after 30 new infections were announced on Monday.There are 639 active cases in the pro...
Jul 13, 2021
Aritzia swings to Q1 profit as revenues more than double despite store closures
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says it swung to a $17.9-million profit in the first quarter as revenues more than doubled from a year ago despite a majority of its Canadian stores being closed. The Vancouve...
Jul 13, 2021
'Dream' lottery win for Okanagan resident
A Kelowna man now has a little "extra" spending money.David Dube won $500,000 from the January 19, 2021 Lotto Max Extra prize draw after his ticket matched 4/4 numbers.Dube broke the good news to his ...
Jul 13, 2021
Four dead, one missing after collapse of crane in Kelowna
KELOWNA - The Mounties say four people were killed and a fifth person is missing after a crane collapsed in Kelowna. Insp. Adam MacIntosh says four people at the site, all construction workers, were k...
Jul 13, 2021
More than 160 unmarked graves found at B.C. residential school site: First Nation
CHEMAINUS, B.C. - A newsletter circulating online from a First Nation community on Vancouver Island says more than 160 unmarked and undocumented graves have been found at a former residential school s...
Jul 13, 2021
Remembrance event planned after unmarked graves discovered on Penelakut Island
NANAIMO - A somber event is planned to honour the children who lost their lives at a residential school in the Gulf Islands. Joan Brown, chief of the Penelakut Tribe, said the March for the Children e...
Jul 13, 2021
Taser, bean bag gun needed to stop man linked to sword attack in Vancouver: police
VANCOUVER - Two people have been treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries in what Vancouver police say started with one man attacking another with a sword. A statement from police says office...
Jul 13, 2021
South African miner AngloGold Ashanti submits proposal to buy Corvus Gold
VANCOUVER - AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. says it has made an offer to buy the stake in Corvus Gold Inc. that it does not already own for about $460 million. The South African gold miner already holds a 19.5...
Jul 13, 2021
City applies for provincial funding to boost either Metral Dr. or Albert St. projects
NANAIMO - It's hoped the province can pitch in on two active transportation projects in Nanaimo. Councillors on Monday, July 12 unanimously approved applying for two Active Transportation Infrastructu...
Jul 13, 2021
