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Category Archives: British Columbia

2,364 new COVID cases in B.C., 46 new deaths
British Columbia is reporting 2,364 new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend, and 46 new deaths. The numbers include 750 cases from Friday to Saturday, 731 from Saturday to Sunday and 596 from Sunday ...
Corey Fischer Nov 30, 2020
Owner of missing diamond-covered eagle loses latest round in insurance fight
VANCOUVER - A legal battle over a missing diamond-encrusted eagle statue valued at nearly $1 million will continue, more than four years after the artwork was stolen during a robbery in Delta, B.C. In...
Nov 30, 2020
Review finds no evidence of alcohol game at B.C. ERs, but vast Indigenous profiling
VICTORIA - A former judge says she found widespread systemic racism in British Columbia's health-care system, but she could not confirm allegations of an organized game to guess the blood-alcohol leve...
Nov 30, 2020
DASHCAM VIDEO: Man survives head-on collision with snowplow
Dave Landine is lucky to be alive.On Friday (Nov. 27) the Prince George man, who is a contractor for Canada Post, was struck head-on by a snowplow on Highway 16 near McBride at the Goat River chain of...
Nov 30, 2020
Review recommends changes to deal with widespread racism in B.C. health care
An independent review into Indigenous discrimination in British Columbia's health-care system has found Indigenous people are exposed to widespread racism that often results in negative experiences at...
Corey Fischer Nov 30, 2020
B.C.'s economic recovery minister says getting through pandemic will be team approach
VICTORIA - The British Columbia cabinet minister appointed to lead the province's COVID-19 pandemic recovery says he plans to mount a large team effort from inside and outside of government spur econo...
Corey Fischer Nov 29, 2020
Mountie says he suggested meeting with CBSA on Meng arrest to avoid 'problems'
VANCOUVER - The Mountie who says he warned against arresting Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou by boarding her plane when it landed in Vancouver says he made his own decision to come into the airport and ...
Nov 27, 2020
B.C.'s top doctor says shop online or stay home if you don't wear mask where required
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor has a message for people who don't follow a provincial order to wear a mask in indoor public spaces: order takeout, shop online or stay home. Dr. Bonnie Henry ...
Nov 27, 2020
COVID-19 rapid test study launches at Vancouver airport for departing passengers
RICHMOND, B.C. - A study has launched to investigate the safest and most efficient way to rapidly test for COVID-19 in people taking off from the Vancouver airport. The airport authority says the stud...
Nov 27, 2020
B.C. Covid update Friday: record 911 new cases
B.C. has set a new daily high for COVID-19 cases with 911, with 71 per cent of those (649) in the Fraser Health region. Forty-seven (47) of the new cases are in Interior Health. Eleven more people hav...
Corey Fischer Nov 27, 2020

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