Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID-19 rules: lawyer says
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judg...
Mar 18, 2021
Vancouver police identify 24-year-old woman as victim of fatal shooting
VANCOUVER - Police say they've identified the woman shot inside a social housing building on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside early Wednesday morning. They say in a news release 24-year-old Shania Paulso...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. records 622 new Covid cases, 136 variant cases
B.C. has recorded 622 new cases of Covid-19 Thursday (Mar. 18) and has identified 136 new cases as variants of concern. The new totals were included in an update prepared by Provincial Health Officer ...
Mar 18, 2021
Tsilhqot'in call on B.C., Canada to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction amid COVID-19
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory is calling on the provincial and federal governments to recognize its inhe...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C.'s vaccine rollout ahead of schedule; front-line workers get priority
Front-line workers, including first responders, grocery store employees, teachers and child care workers, will be among 300,000 B.C. residents eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations over the coming weeks ...
Mar 18, 2021
CP NewsAlert: B.C. front-line workers to be eligible for vaccine in weeks
VICTORIA - More than 300,000 front-line workers in British Columbia will now be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks. The government says grocery workers, police, firefighters, teach...
Mar 18, 2021
Meng's judge questions thoroughness of alleged 'covert criminal investigation'
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge is questioning why border officers didn't question Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou more rigorously if their exam was actually a covert criminal investigation, as h...
Mar 18, 2021
B.C. auto insurance rebate cheques delayed after 'criminal' cyberattack: minister
VICTORIA - The minister responsible for British Columbia's public auto insurance agency says a "criminal" cyberattack will delay COVID-19 rebate cheques that were supposed to be in the mail this week....
Mar 18, 2021
ICBC says COVID-19 rebate cheques delayed after cyberattack on third party
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia says it's temporarily delaying the delivery of COVID-19 rebate cheques due to a cyberattack on a third-party vendor contracted to provide printing and dis...
Mar 17, 2021
Quarantined B.C. farms where over 1,000 mink died resume breeding stock
VICTORIA - Two mink farms that are still quarantined after COVID-19 outbreaks have begun annual breeding programs along with seven other farms in British Columbia. The Agriculture Ministry said the pr...
Mar 17, 2021
