Category Archives: British Columbia
Noise that vibrates Earth dropped drastically after COVID-19 restrictions: study
VANCOUVER - An international team of researchers used data from seismic stations in 117 countries to determine that restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 led to an unprecedented...
Jul 23, 2020
Live streaming of board meetings to start in August
Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) Regular board meetings are going to become more accessible to the public through the use of video conference technology.Beginning with the August 20th meeting...
Jul 23, 2020
Tourism Industry Association of BC proposes $680 million stimulus package
The Tourism Industry Association of BC is a coalition of more than 19,000 businesses that serve the millions of tourists who visit the province each year. On Tuesday (July 21), the group presented the...
Jul 23, 2020
Another Kelowna site where Covid exposure may have occurred
Interior Health has identified another location in Kelowna where individuals may have been exposed to COVID-19. People who visited Browns Socialhouse on Harvey Avenue on July 13 or July 16-19 are aske...
Corey Fischer Jul 23, 2020
Vancouver votes to halt police street checks, but police board has final say
VANCOUVER - Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ban officers from conducting street checks - the process of arbitrarily demanding and recording identification, outsi...
Jul 23, 2020
Teck posts $149M Q2 loss on big drop in revenues due to weaker demand, prices
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is reporting a second-quarter loss attributable to shareholders of $149 million on a big drop in revenues due to weaker demand and resource prices during the ...
Jul 23, 2020
UPDATE: Church murder suspect found not criminally responsible
UPDATE A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled a man accused in a shooting death in a Salmon Arm church last year was not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. The verdict means 25-year-old Ma...
Corey Fischer Jul 22, 2020
Proposed B.C. legislation to detain youth who overdose could harm them: doctor
VANCOUVER - Indigenous and civil liberties groups say the British Columbia government failed to consult them before proposing legislation that would force youth under 19 to stay in hospital after...
Jul 22, 2020
B.C. government to control crowds at six busy parks with free day pass
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is introducing a pilot program to control crowds at some of its busiest parks, as residents look to local destinations for recreation. Beginning Monday, free...
Jul 22, 2020
Restrictions put on B.C. bars and nightclubs with Covid cases on rise
B.C.'s Covid case count has jumped by 34 cases since Tuesday, including 13 new cases in Interior Health. It raises the provincial case total to 3,362, with 285 active cases, and 17 of those cases in h...
Corey Fischer Jul 22, 2020

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