Category Archives: British Columbia
Douglas Lake Ranch owner wins appeal restricting public access to lakes
The Douglas Lake Cattle Company, owner of the Douglas Lake Ranch, has successfully appealed a court decision allowing public access to Minnie and Stoney Lakes near Merritt.In 2018, Justice Joel Groves...
Mar 05, 2021
B.C. tax changes affecting sugary drinks, vaping products coming into effect April 1
VICTORIA - Tax changes targeting sugary drinks and e-commerce services based outside of B.C. will come into effect on April 1 after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C. government says the...
Mar 05, 2021
Tax on sweetened drinks begins April 1
People who buy sweetened carbonated beverages will have to start paying provincial sales tax (PST) on the products as of next month.That's one of two planned tax changes that were delayed by the COVID...
Mar 05, 2021
B.C. high court finds in favour of large landowner in fight over access to lakes
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has sided with the largest private landowner in the province in a dispute over public access to public land. In a unanimous ruling, a panel of the B.C. Cou...
Mar 05, 2021
Two injured in helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C.: emergency health services
VANCOUVER - Two people have been transported to hospital in serious but stable condition after a helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a statement that they rec...
Mar 05, 2021
Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dentists, teachers and bus drivers are among the essential workers who hope to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia, as a provincial committee determines who should b...
Mar 05, 2021
Several patients on new unit at Vancouver General Hospital test positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Health officials are reporting a COVID-19 outbreak in a fourth unit of Vancouver General Hospital. A statement from Vancouver Coastal Health says three patients have tested positive for th...
Mar 05, 2021
Churches' challenge of public health rules back in B.C. Supreme Court
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the British Columbia government and the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms are back in B.C. Supreme Court today, squaring off over the legality of COVID-19 rules that p...
Mar 05, 2021
B.C. to determine which essential workers will receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be given to first responders and essential workers, but it still needs to be determined which industrie...
Mar 04, 2021
B.C. records 564 new Covid-19 cases, including 46 variant cases
B.C. has recorded 564 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (Mar. 4), with transmission continuing at a high level in the Lower Mainland. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided the information i...
Mar 04, 2021
