Category Archives: British Columbia
Site specific road checks will be held to enforce travel restrictions
The B.C. government has given the go ahead to site-specific road checks on travel corridors between regions to help enforce the non-essential travel restrictions announced last week. The road checks m...
Apr 30, 2021
Minister to release enforcement details of COVID-19 travel ban in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's solicitor general is expected to announce more details about enforcement of a travel ban aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, who is also the public ...
Apr 30, 2021
Former B.C. minister Kash Heed next up to testify at money laundering public inquiry
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia cabinet minister and police chief will be the latest high-profile politician to testify today at the public inquiry into money laundering. Kash Heed, who was B.C....
Apr 30, 2021
Old-growth forest activists to appeal B.C. court injunction against blockades
VANCOUVER - A group of activists maintaining blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged have filed a notice to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that granted an in...
Apr 29, 2021
UPDATE: Man arrested after woman's death released without charge
A man taken into custody in connection with a Shuswap woman's death, has been released without charge. The RCMP Southeast District Major Crime Unit and BC Coroners Service continue their parallel inve...
Apr 29, 2021
B.C. pop-up vaccine clinics not successful, face challenges, say health officials
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials admitted efforts to administer pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics in Metro Vancouver pandemic hot zones did not work properly. Provincial health officer Dr. B...
Apr 29, 2021
B.C. Covid update Thursday: more vaccines on the way
Dr. Bonnie Henry had some positive news about vaccines in her Covid-19 update today. The provincial health officer said British Columbia expects to receive one million doses of the Pfizer vaccine in t...
Apr 29, 2021
B.C. working to house people camping in Vancouver park as deadline to leave looms
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's housing minister says campers in Vancouver's Strathcona Park can either choose to accept the housing they are offered or leave the park by tomorrow's deadline. David Eby...
Apr 29, 2021
B.C. records nearly 500 toxic drug deaths since Jan. 1: coroner
VICTORIA - Toxic drug deaths killed 158 people in British Columbia last month, pushing the total number of deaths linked in the province's overdose crisis to 498 since the start of the year.A statemen...
Apr 29, 2021
Canadian PPE manufacturers team up to lobby government to build industry standards
KELOWNA, B.C. - Some of Canada's largest medical mask manufacturers have joined forces to lobby government to establish industry standards for personal protective equipment. The Canadian Association o...
Apr 29, 2021
