Category Archives: British Columbia
'It's penalizing everybody': curler says old-timer hockey team ruined adult sports for everyone
When the province announced Wednesday (Dec. 2) a cluster of COVID-19 cases around a B.C. Interior hockey team's trip to Alberta, many indoor adult sports were banned. Curling, initially, was not on th...
Dec 06, 2020
Fraser Health changes school notifications for students, staff over COVID-19
SURREY, B.C. - The Fraser Health authority is changing the way it notifies people in schools about their exposures to COVID-19. Jordan Tinney, the superintendent of the Surrey School District, says in...
Dec 05, 2020
Settlement brings derelict hotels into City of Vancouver ownership
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it has reached a settlement with the owners of the Balmoral and Regent hotels to expropriate the derelict properties on the Downtown Eastside. The hotels, which ...
Dec 04, 2020
Salmo COVID-19 community cluster contained
Interior Health has declared the COVID-19 community cluster in the broader Salmo area contained.A total of 25 COVID-19 cases were connected to the cluster in the Salmo region extending south from Nels...
Dec 04, 2020
B.C. Covid update Friday: 711 new cases, 11 deaths
The Friday COVID-19 update for B.C. included 711 new cases and 11 more deaths. New cases in Interior Health totalled 81. IH now has 633 active cases with 16 people in hospital and four in intensive ca...
Corey Fischer Dec 04, 2020
Former B.C. social worker arrested, facing fraud charges: RCMP
KELOWNA, B.C. - The RCMP say the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved 13 charges against a former social worker alleged to have stolen money from foster children in his care. The Mounties say in a ne...
Dec 04, 2020
Federal-provincial cost-sharing deal aids B.C. public transit services in pandemic
VANCOUVER - B.C. Transit, TransLink and BC Ferries will get more than $1 billion in pandemic relief funds under details of an agreement that were finalized on Friday by the federal and provincial gove...
Dec 04, 2020
Age, income among top factors affecting health during pandemic in B.C., survey shows
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's deputy provincial health officer says a survey on people's experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic shows the most important areas that must be addressed relate to healt...
Dec 04, 2020
Metro Vancouver transit system confirms ransomware attack, says payment data secure
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit authority is confirming that it was the target of a ransomware attack on part of its information technology systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software th...
Dec 03, 2020
High-risk seniors to get COVID-19 vaccine first in B.C.: provincial health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says seniors in long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first to get a vaccine against COVID-19 as the province rolls out an immunization program in the...
Dec 03, 2020

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