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Category Archives: British Columbia

Vancouver proposes tax hike as COVID-19 digs a $100-million revenue hole
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says the COVID-19 pandemic has had a "significant impact" on its finances, including a projected $85-million drop in revenue and $13 million in additional costs. But ...
Nov 24, 2020
Meng could have been arrested before going through customs: officer
VANCOUVER - An RCMP officer who assisted in the arrest of Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver's airport two years ago says the Huawei executive could have been arrested before going through customs.  Const...
Nov 24, 2020
'If someone is overdue, call 911:' search & rescue official
Some family members out for an off-roading adventure ended up being rescued after spending a cold night in their disabled vehicle.A father, his daughter and her boyfriend had gone for a drive to Glen ...
Corey Fischer Nov 24, 2020
B.C. health officials try to clear up confusion over COVID-19 restrictions
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials are working to clear up confusion surrounding COVID-19 restriction guidelines announced last week. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Mi...
Nov 23, 2020
B.C. Indigenous man files human rights complaints over detainment at Bank of Montreal
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous man from British Columbia has filed complaints with the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission after he and his granddaughter were handcuffed when ...
Nov 23, 2020
B.C. Covid update: 1,933 new cases, 17 new deaths
B.C. is reporting 1,933 new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend, along with 17 new deaths. One-hundred and-four (104) of the cases were in Interior Health (IH), while 88 per cent were in the Fraser a...
Corey Fischer Nov 23, 2020
Bond elected interim leader of B.C Liberal Caucus
The B.C Liberal Caucus has elected its interim leader of the Official Opposition today (Nov. 23). Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond will serve in the role until a leadership race can be held. I...
Corey Fischer Nov 23, 2020
B.C. Liberals name legislator Shirley Bond as interim party leader
VICTORIA - Longtime legislature member Shirley Bond will serve as the B.C. Liberal party's interim leader after Andrew Wilkinson's resignation on Saturday. Bond has been a member of the legislature si...
Nov 23, 2020
Hearing continues in extradition case involving Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou
VANCOUVER - A hearing continues today in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested at the Vancouver airport in 2018 at the request of American officials. B.C. Supreme Cou...
Nov 23, 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions coming into effect as case numbers soar across Canada
Regions across Canada braced for a host of new public health restrictions on Sunday as the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic sent case counts soaring from coast to coast. Surging case counts that r...
Corey Fischer Nov 22, 2020

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Open Burning Ban
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