Category Archives: British Columbia
Stolen jade boulder found and returned, says B.C. gift shop owner
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The owner of a gift shop in British Columbia's southern Interior says a jade boulder stolen from outside the store earlier this month has been found. Heidi Roy says the nearly 1,30...
Dec 28, 2020
B.C. health authorities report new COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes
SURREY, B.C. - Three regional health authorities in British Columbia are reporting new COVID-19 outbreaks in assisted-living facilities and long-term care homes. Interior Health says six residents and...
Dec 28, 2020
First U.K. COVID-19 variant case detected in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are reporting the province's first known case of the U.K. COVID-19 variant. The affected individual returned from the U.K. on Dec. 15 to their home in the ...
Dec 27, 2020
First case of COVID-19 variant in B.C.
Health officials are reporting the first confirmed case of a person in British Columbia infected with the COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom:"The individual, who resides in the Is...
Corey Fischer Dec 27, 2020
Senior snowbirds congregate in B.C. when wings clipped by COVID-19 border closures
VANCOUVER - On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 p...
Corey Fischer Dec 27, 2020
Visit restrictions contributed to depression among care home residents: doctor
VANCOUVER - A plastic barrier sits on a table between Debbie Drew and her father during their visits in the reception area of a long-term care home where the first Canadian died of COVID-19. Nine mont...
Dec 27, 2020
Pandemic spurs tiny house interest, while builders say regulatory hurdles remain
The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many Canadians to re-evaluate their housing and work arrangements, spurring some to think not big, but tiny. Pamela Robertson builds tiny homes in Gibsons on B.C.'s ...
Corey Fischer Dec 26, 2020
B.C. Covid Update Thursday: 582 new cases
The province reported 582 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, for a total of 48,609 cases in British Columbia. That included 70 cases in Interior Health. There are 8,865 active cases of COVID-19 in the...
Corey Fischer Dec 24, 2020
COVID-19 has made its way to second B.C. mink farm, no workers sick
VICTORIA - Minks on a second farm in British Columbia's Fraser Valley have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The Ministry of Agriculture says three minks that died on the f...
Dec 24, 2020
Three inmates test positive for COVID-19 at federal prison in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The Correctional Service of Canada says three inmates at Fraser Valley Institution recently tested positive for COVID-19, though it does not say when they were tested or whether the...
Dec 23, 2020

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