Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. homework assignment asks for 'positive experiences with residential schools'
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find "positive experiences with resid...
Nov 25, 2020
738 new COVID cases, 70 in Interior Health
B.C is reporting 738 new COVID-19 cases, along with 13 new deaths. The Fraser Health region lead the new cases with 443, with 169 in Vancouver Coastal, 70 in Interior Health, 21 in Island Health and 3...
Corey Fischer Nov 25, 2020
Woman suffers heart attack after being spit on by man refusing to wear mask
A hotel worker in Nelson, B.C., suffered a heart attack shortly after a confrontation with a patron who refused to wear a mask and wouldn't leave the hotel's coffee shop.Rob Little, manager of The Adv...
Corey Fischer Nov 25, 2020
Horgan's NDP cabinet built to tackle pandemic, economic recovery, says former premier
VICTORIA - Former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt says he understands the balancing act that John Horgan is facing as he is set to introduce his NDP government's new cabinet Thursday during a pandemic that...
Nov 25, 2020
Unsafe drug supply causing record-breaking fatalities
The latest report from the B.C. Coroners Service shows 162 people died of illicit and fentanyl-related overdoses last month in B.C. That amounts to five fatal overdoses every day, and is more than dou...
Corey Fischer Nov 25, 2020
Mountie says she doesn't believe the RCMP shared Meng's device information with FBI
VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who oversaw the arrest of Meng Wanzhou two years ago says she is not aware of any Mounties sharing information from the Huawei executive's electronics with U.S. law enforce...
Nov 25, 2020
Five people dying every day from toxic illicit drugs in B.C.: Coroner
VICTORIA - The B.C. Coroners Service says its latest data on illicit drug deaths show an average of five people are dying every day in the province. Chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says 162 people died la...
Nov 25, 2020
New record for COVID-19 cases in B.C.
B.C. has set another grim new record for COVID-19 cases. The province reported 941 new cases Tuesday, raising the total to 28,348. The previous daily record was 762 set last week. Interior Health (IH)...
Corey Fischer Nov 24, 2020
No further charges related to investigation in Bountiful, B.C.: special prosecutor
VICTORIA - A special prosecutor in British Columbia has declined to approve any further charges against people associated with the community of Bountiful where a fundamentalist Christian sect practise...
Nov 24, 2020
B.C. teachers union calls for parents to encourage mask wearing in schools
VANCOUVER - The union representing British Columbia teachers is calling on parents to support a "culture" of wearing masks as it continues to push for a mandatory mask policy in schools. Teri Mooring,...
Nov 24, 2020

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