Category Archives: British Columbia
Crews search for skier, snowboarder missing since Saturday night on Cypress Mountain
VANCOUVER - North Shore Rescue is searching for a skier and snowboarder who have been missing on Cypress Mountain resort since Saturday night. Team leader Mike Danks says rescue crews were called by W...
Mar 21, 2021
B.C.'s northern spotted owl breeding facility welcomes disabled California relative
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - A northern spotted owl found injured near San Francisco has arrived at a British Columbia breeding facility where the adult male is expected to find a mate and potent...
Mar 21, 2021
Survey suggests one in two people of colour have experienced online racism in Canada
VANCOUVER - Noor Fadel says most people assume that the night she was attacked by a racist man on a SkyTrain in Vancouver in 2017 was the worst night of her life. In fact, the nights that followed wer...
Mar 21, 2021
B.C. reports 737 new cases of COVID-19 as officials tout Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia officials say the province will use "every last drop" of available vaccine in its parallel COVID-19 vaccination programs. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Hea...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. Covid cases hit two-month high
B.C. has recorded its highest daily Covid-19 case count in more than two months.The province announced 737 cases on Friday, the highest number since Jan. 7, raising the total to 90,786.The majority of...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C.'s top doctor 'thankful' as court ruling upholds public health orders
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's top doctor says she is thankful a petition challenging her COVID-19 orders in B.C. Supreme Court has been dismissed. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says in a...
Mar 19, 2021
Cullen commission money laundering report due in May gets extension to December
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has granted a commission into money laundering an extension to produce its final report and make recommendations. The report was due in May, but the commiss...
Mar 19, 2021
Victims lose $2M in cryptocurrency frauds, Vancouver police warn scams more frequent
VANCOUVER - Police say cryptocurrency scams cost victims in the Vancouver-area about $2 million in just one week and investigators believe the frauds are becoming more common. Vancouver police Const. ...
Mar 19, 2021
Only U.S. would be interested in Meng's border exam answers: lawyer
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the chief financial officer of telecom giant Huawei says a Canadian border officer had no reason to question her about the company's activity in Iran except to assist U.S. inv...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. completes 95% of surgeries postponed during first wave of COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says 95 per cent of surgeries that were postponed during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic have been completed, partly through a more efficient use ...
Mar 19, 2021
