Category Archives: British Columbia
$13 million reasons why April fools is no joke
Tammy Manning won't soon forget the day she won $13,000,000.The McBride resident is having the March 19 the Lotto Max draw date that made her a multimillionaire, permanently etched onto her arm by her...
Apr 01, 2021
B.C. safeguards time off for workers to get vaccinated: labour minister
VICTORIA - Job-protected leave has been written into British Columbia's Employment Standards Act to give workers time off to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. Labour Minister Harry Bains says the safeg...
Apr 01, 2021
Meng Wanzhou extradition case has 'overwhelming' U.S. connection: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has an "overwhelming" connection to the United States. Robert Frater respond...
Apr 01, 2021
B.C. expands local overdose supports to rural, remote and Indigenous communities
VICTORIA - Expanded supports for local overdose response and awareness for people living in rural, remote and Indigenous communities have been announced by the B.C. government. More than $1 million in...
Apr 01, 2021
Staff shortage amid B.C.'s deadliest COVID-19 care home outbreak: report
VANCOUVER - An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread th...
Apr 01, 2021
Human Rights Code can't protect anti-maskers making unproven claims: tribunal
VANCOUVER - A decision by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal says anyone denied service for refusing to wear a mask must be ready to prove they have a disability if they intend to file a compl...
Apr 01, 2021
New daily high for B.C. Covid cases with 1,013
New Covid-19 cases continue to skyrocket in B.C. The province reported 1,013 cases on Wednesday, a record daily high since the pandemic started. The total number of cases also surpassed a milestone, w...
Mar 31, 2021
Upgraded centre offering medical assistance in dying to reopen in B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice in Delta, B.C., is now in the possession of a health authority after a provincially funded society refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious grounds. Fr...
Mar 31, 2021
Man charged after Vancouver Masonic hall fire, two fires remain under investigation
VANCOUVER - Police say a 42-year-old man has been charged in relation to one of three fires at buildings operated by Freemasons in Metro Vancouver. They say Benjamin Kohlman has been charged with arso...
Mar 31, 2021
'Dollar clearing' doesn't give U.S. jurisdiction to charge Meng Wanzhou: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou says payments between a Huawei subsidiary and an HSBC client that were cleared in American dollars do not give the United States jurisdiction to charge the execut...
Mar 31, 2021
