Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C.'s income and disability rates to increase by $175 per month in April
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is raising income and disability assistance rates by $175 a month for more than 300,000 people starting in April. Nicholas Simons, the minister of social dev...
Mar 16, 2021
Permanent increases in B.C. assistance rates
The province is boosting payments for seniors and those receiving income assistance and disability benefits starting next month. It says individuals on income and disability assistance will get a perm...
Mar 16, 2021
Union points to high COVID work claims by teachers as proof all students need masks
VANCOUVER - The head of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation is citing a high number of COVID-19 workplace claims in her renewed call for the province to require all students to wear masks in cla...
Mar 16, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions force cancellation of Vaisakhi Khalsa parade in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced cancellation of what organizers say is the world's largest Vaisakhi Khalsa Day parade in Surrey, B.C. A statement from the Gurdwara Sahib Dasmesh Darba,...
Mar 16, 2021
Reward increased for information on missing cowboy
The family of missing Merritt-area ranch manager Ben Tyner has announced an increase in the size of the reward for information about him that could also lead to charges in his suspected death.In a pos...
Mar 16, 2021
Former B.C. politician, Indigenous leader, ordered to stand trial on sex charges
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - A prominent First Nations leader and former provincial cabinet minister has been ordered to stand trial on all four sex charges against him following a preliminary hearing in Pri...
Mar 16, 2021
Further investigation by TSB after two die in February tug sinking off northern B.C.
TERRACE, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board will conduct a broader investigation into the deadly sinking of a tugboat last month along British Columbia's north coast.Two men died and one survived ...
Mar 16, 2021
B.C. farmland values up eight per cent
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) has released its annual farmland values report and B.C. saw an average increase in farmland values of 8%, the highest provincial average increase in Canada for 2020. It was al...
Mar 15, 2021
SPCA appeals for donations after 119 dogs surrendered from home in northern B.C.
FORT NELSON, B.C. - The British Columbia SPCA says the recent and unexpected surrender of 119 dogs from a property near Fort Nelson is straining the non-profit society's resources. Chief prevention an...
Mar 15, 2021
B.C. Covid update: 1,506 new cases
B.C. is reporting 1,506 new Covid-19 cases from over the weekend, or an average of 502 per day. That includes 80 new cases in Interior Health. There are ten new deaths, raising the total to 1,406. htt...
Mar 15, 2021
