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Category Archives: British Columbia

Advocates aim to shape 'Vancouver model' for drug decriminalization
VANCOUVER - City councillors in Vancouver voted unanimously this week to ask the federal government to decriminalize small amounts of illicit drugs for personal use, a decision advocates hope will bla...
Nov 27, 2020
B.C. records 887 more cases of COVID-19, with death toll now at 384
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded 887 new cases of COVID-19 as the province nears 30,000 infections from the illness.  Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie H...
Nov 26, 2020
New high for COVID-19 cases in B.C.
Health officials are reporting 887 new COVID-19 cases in B.C., a new daily high for the province. Sixty-five of the new cases are in Interior Health. There has also been 13 new COVID-related deaths, b...
Corey Fischer Nov 26, 2020
Mountie with airport knowledge says he warned against arresting Meng on plane
VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who oversaw a small team based at Vancouver's airport says he dismissed a suggestion the night before Meng Wanzhou's flight landed to arrest the Huawei executive by boardin...
Nov 26, 2020
Indigenous groups criticize ABC series 'Big Sky' for insensitivity to MMIWG
VANCOUVER - Several Indigenous groups are lambasting ABC's "Big Sky" for a storyline about kidnapped women in Montana that fails to mention Indigenous victims. The Union of British Columbia Indian Chi...
Nov 26, 2020
Vancouver council unanimously endorses drug decriminalization, seeks federal approval
VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ask the federal government to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs. Mayor Kennedy Stewart put forward the motion ea...
Nov 26, 2020
Fresh off majority government win, B.C.'s Horgan to introduce new NDP cabinet
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan will announce his new cabinet today with the expectation that the pandemic will occupy the duties of many of his ministers. Horgan's cabinet unveiling comes after t...
Nov 26, 2020
B.C. working on vaccine rollout plan as province records 738 new COVID-19 cases
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials say they are working on British Columbia's plan to handle COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says Dr. Ross Brown of Vancouver Co...
Nov 25, 2020
Vacancy taxes put more rental condos in Metro Vancouver market: CMHC study
VANCOUVER - The Canada Mortgage Housing Corp. says more than 11,000 condos were added to rental market in Metro Vancouver last year, spurred in part by taxes on empty homes.  The CMHC report was ...
Nov 25, 2020
Revelstoke resident caught in emergency scam
Revelstoke RCMP is urging the general public to remain extra vigilant after back to back reports of the Emergency Scam, otherwise known as the Grandparent Scam, in the Revelstoke area.On November 25, ...
Nov 25, 2020

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Open Burning Ban
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