Category Archives: British Columbia
Health-care professionals ready to help but some say vaccine rollout too slow
VANCOUVER - Marcia Carr returned to nursing during the first wave of the pandemic after four years in retirement and now wants to "hit the ground running" to help vaccinate as many people as possible....
Jan 07, 2021
B.C. Conservatives condemn plan to give prisoners priority for COVID vaccine
The B.C. Conservative Party calls it "unacceptable" for prison inmates to get a COVID-19 vaccine ahead of vulnerable residents.Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said this week about 600 federa...
Jan 07, 2021
Man with gang ties is victim of targeted shooting in Surrey, B.C., say police
SURREY, B.C. - Investigators are appealing for witnesses, dashcam video or other surveillance tape as they investigate the first homicide of the year in Surrey, B.C. A statement from the Integrated Ho...
Jan 07, 2021
B.C. reports 625 new COVID-19 cases, eight additional deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister and provincial health officer urged people to look after their mental health and well-being as the province reported 625 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesda...
Jan 06, 2021
Increase in B.C. Covid cases, 8 more deaths
B.C.'s COVID-19 case count is on the rise again.Provincial health officials announced 625 new cases on Wednesday (Jan. 6) for a total of 55,254.That comes after 428 cases on Tuesday and a daily averag...
Jan 06, 2021
B.C. aims to reduce backlog of surgeries within 22 months
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says 90 per cent of patients who had their surgery postponed during the first wave of the pandemic have now had their procedures. Adrian Dix says operatin...
Jan 06, 2021
Victoria mayor says council member's Africa trip during pandemic 'irresponsible'
Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says she's disappointed that a member of council travelled to Somalia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Helps says she spoke with Coun. Sharmarke Dubow about his recent trip to E...
Jan 06, 2021
Province catches up on missed surgeries
The B.C. government said surgeries have been completed for 90 per cent of patients who had their procedures delayed when the first wave of COVID-19 hit in March. Health Minister Adrian Dix made the an...
Jan 06, 2021
Vancouver blast that tore three-metre crater in sidewalk blamed on failed cables
VANCOUVER - Electrical faults in underground utility cables set off a fire and a subsequent electric arc that the fire department says caused a three-metre crater in a new commercial area under Vancou...
Jan 06, 2021
Province doubles home energy retrofit rebates
The B.C. government is doubling CleanBC Better Homes retrofit rebates for select home-heating and energy-efficiency upgrades to support B.C.'s economic recovery and help British Columbians save on ene...
Jan 06, 2021
