Category Archives: British Columbia
Trustees vote to end program assigning uniformed police officers to Vancouver schools
VANCOUVER - Uniformed police officers will no longer be assigned to Vancouver public schools after trustees voted to end its school liaison officer program.The program has been under review for almost...
Apr 27, 2021
B.C. reports 17 deaths and nearly 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 over three days
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says the province has confirmed that COVID-19 was a factor in the death of an infant from the Interior Health region. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henr...
Apr 26, 2021
B.C. Covid update Monday: 2,491 new cases, 17 deaths
British Columbia had 2,491 new Covid-19 cases over the weekend, which is an average of 830 a day. That's down from the province's seven-day average of 954 a day. https://youtu.be/J3DJ0cSzzM8 Interior ...
Apr 26, 2021
More funding added to business relief program
The B.C. government is adding more than $75 million to the Circuit Breaker Business Relief Grant, bringing the amount available for hard-hit B.C. businesses to more than $125 million.The grant remains...
Apr 26, 2021
B.C. expands child and youth mental health teams for early support
VICTORIA - British Columbia's mental health and addictions minister says the province will expand services for young children, school-aged youth and their families. Sheila Malcolmson says 60 new full-...
Apr 26, 2021
Province expands mental health, substance use services for children
The B.C. government is investing $56 million into new mental health and substance use services to support children, youth and their families."So families don't lose critical time when mental health an...
Apr 26, 2021
Trans Mountain ordered to delay pipeline construction in B.C. bird nesting area
VANCOUVER - Environment and Climate Change Canada has ordered a halt to construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline through a forest in Burnaby, B.C., until the end of bird nesting season. The departm...
Apr 26, 2021
Boy, 15, dead, 14 year-old charged, after two groups of youths fight in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A 15-year-old Vancouver boy has died after a fight between two groups of young people in a west-side park. Vancouver police says the teen was stabbed during the fight on Saturday. He under...
Apr 26, 2021
B.C. Attorney General David Eby to testify at money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER - The politician who set the wheels in motion for the money laundering inquiry in British Columbia will testify before the commission today. David Eby has been called before the Cohen Commis...
Apr 26, 2021
Animals at risk as B.C. falls behind in educating veterinarians: society
VANCOUVER - A society representing veterinarians in British Columbia says a provincial personnel shortage is responsible for animals suffering an dying, and the COVID-19 pandemic has only compounded t...
Apr 25, 2021
