Category Archives: British Columbia
Crown says burden is on Meng's lawyers to prove device information was wrongly shared
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Canada's attorney general says there's no evidence that the RCMP shared the serial numbers with U.S. investigators of the devices of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. John Gibb-C...
Mar 25, 2021
B.C. eases rules around long-term care visits
British Columbia is easing the restrictions on visits to long-term care homes. https://youtu.be/n8l4gDE7fnA Starting April 1, all residents in long-term care and assisted living will be able to have f...
Mar 25, 2021
B.C. raising fines for promoting, attending events that break COVID-19 rules
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is more than doubling the fines for those promoting and attending events against COVID-19 health rules in an effort to crack down on "selfish behaviour." The fine has in...
Mar 25, 2021
Province hikes Covid-19 fines for gatherings
The fines for violating B.C.'s Covid-19 health restrictions around gatherings have more than doubled.Effective immediately, the fine for promoting and for attending a non-compliant gathering or event ...
Mar 25, 2021
Romanian police protest cutbacks, poor conditions
BUCHAREST, Romania - Hundreds of police protested Thursday in the Romanian capital of Bucharest over cutbacks and poor working conditions. They converged in front of the Ministry of Internal Affairs b...
Mar 25, 2021
People infected with COVID-19 may need just one dose of vaccine, studies say
VANCOUVER - Scientists at the National Advisory Committee on Immunization are reviewing research that suggests people who have been infected with COVID-19 can turbocharge their antibodies with just on...
Mar 25, 2021
21-year-old and 15-year-old charged with first-degree murder in death of B.C. woman
BURNABY, B.C. - Homicide investigators say a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old have been charged with first-degree murder after a woman's burned body was found in a park in Burnaby, B.C. Cpl. Frank Jang o...
Mar 24, 2021
Smaller communities in Interior Health get their own vaccination clinics
Forty-five smaller, rural communities in Interior Health's (IH) will be getting Covid-19 vaccination clinics for people 18-and-older over the coming weeks.They are being called community specific clin...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. Covid surge continues; 716 new cases
Covid-19 cases are up for a fifth straight day in B.C.The province reported 716 new cases Wednesday, the highest since the 737 cases on Mar. 19, pushing the overall number to 93,969.Eighty-five (85) p...
Mar 24, 2021
B.C. records deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdose deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its deadliest February yet for illicit drug overdoses with 155 lives lost last month. The BC Coroners Service says it is the 11th consecutive month in which th...
Mar 24, 2021
