Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. timber agency didn't adequately protect old forest on Vancouver Island: watchdog
VICTORIA - An investigation by British Columbia's forest practices watchdog has found the provincial agency responsible for auctioning timber sale licenses did not adequately protect old forest in an ...
May 12, 2021
B.C. Covid cases rise; AstraZeneca vaccines held for second doses
Covid-19 cases were up slightly in British Columbia Wednesday, with 600 new cases. There were 515 on Tuesday. Interior Health had 39 new cases. Elsewhere, Vancouver Coastal Health had 150 new cases, t...
May 12, 2021
B.C reaches vaccine milestone
More than 50 per cent of all eligible people in B.C. have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.The works out to over 2.1 million residents.With more than a million vaccine doses arriving this...
May 12, 2021
Unpaid COVID-19 fines could lead to refusal of driver's licences, B.C. says
VICTORIA - People who don't pay their COVID-19 fines may be unable to obtain or renew a British Columbia driver's or vehicle licence under proposed legislation introduced Wednesday. Public Safety Mini...
May 12, 2021
B.C. government helps fund new ALS research position at UBC
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is providing $2 million to the ALS Society of BC, helping to establish a permanent ALS research professorship at the University of British Columbia. The prov...
May 12, 2021
UPDATE: Autopsies set for bodies found near Penticton
Police believe the deaths of two people in a remote area near Penticton were an isolated incident. "At this time there is nothing to indicate a greater general risk to public safety. Should we recover...
May 12, 2021
B.C. expecting more AstraZeneca vaccine to use for 2nd doses: health minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province expects to receive more Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and some of that supply will be used for people's second doses. Dix says a "...
May 12, 2021
Vancouver mayor says no time for drug decriminalization redo
Vancouver's mayor says he understands that some drug users aren't happy with the city's proposed model for decriminalization but time is of the essence and the details can be worked out later. Kennedy...
May 12, 2021
UPDATE: Man now facing murder charge in woman's death
UPDATE A man located by police in the Okanagan this week has been charged with the second degree murder of an Alberta woman. Philip Toner, 41, has appeared in Kelowna provincial court and was remanded...
May 12, 2021
Final court dates set in Meng Wanzhou's case as her lawyers ask to bring new evidence
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer say they will apply to introduce new evidence in her extradition case next month. A B.C. Supreme Court judge set June 29 and 30 for a hearing o...
May 12, 2021
