Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. Covid update: 1,236 new cases over weekend, 13 deaths
British Columbia continues to hold steady on its new Covid-19 cases, with 1,236 over the weekend, or an average of 412 a day. Interior Health had 153 new cases over the three days, and there were 13 n...
Feb 08, 2021
B.C.'s post-secondary 'micro credentials' program aims to build fast track to jobs
BURNABY, B.C. - British Columbia is launching a post-secondary training program that aims to put students on the fast track to high-demand jobs. Advanced Education Minister Anne Kang says the program ...
Feb 08, 2021
B.C. ombudsperson wants fair, consistent policy on long-term care visits
VICTORIA - British Columbia's ombudsperson is calling on the province to make its policy on long-term care visits fair and consistent after complaints to his office by those trying to see loved ones d...
Feb 08, 2021
Icy cold claims life in B.C., as arctic air sends much of Canada into a deep freeze
VANCOUVER - A woman has died as extreme cold grips most of Western Canada and parts of the territories and northern Ontario. RCMP in Dawson Creek, B.C., say the woman's death, related to exposure, hap...
Feb 08, 2021
B.C. nurses finishing training to prescribe medication to battle addiction
VANCOUVER - Thirty registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses in British Columbia are expected to complete their training this month to prescribe medication to those battling addiction to opi...
Feb 08, 2021
Abusers from Mount Cashel Orphanage allegedly victimized boys in B.C., lawsuit says
VANCOUVER - A lawsuit alleges that a Catholic congregation shuffled abusive teachers from a notorious orphanage in Newfoundland and Labrador to two schools in the Vancouver area where more boys were v...
Feb 08, 2021
Federal Court orders B.C. prison to return PlayStation game card to inmate
VANCOUVER - An inmate serving time for first-degree murder has won a Federal Court battle that orders prison officials to return the memory card to his portable video game. Patrick Fischer asked the c...
Feb 08, 2021
Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic
VANCOUVER - COVID-19 has taken a toll on many Canadians, but for Chinese-Canadians the impacts have been magnified by racism aimed at individuals and businesses, community leaders say. Amy Go, the pre...
Feb 08, 2021
B.C. bracing for a cold week as Arctic air moves south: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of extreme cold across swaths of northern B.C., while more snow is expected in the southern Interior as Arctic air moves through the province. The weather age...
Feb 07, 2021
'Jarring experience' in B.C. psych wards because of 'uniquely problematic' law
VANCOUVER - A peer-support worker who helps youth with mental health challenges says being involuntarily detained in a psychiatric facility half a dozen times has given him insight into the lack of le...
Feb 07, 2021
