Category Archives: British Columbia
SSR Mining Inc. and Alacer Gold Corp. to merge in all-stock transaction
VANCOUER, B.C. - SSR Mining Inc. and Alacer Gold Corp. have signed a deal to merge operations. Under the all-stock deal, Alacer shareholders will receive 0.3246 SSR Mining shares for each Alacer share...
May 11, 2020
Analysts expecting below average gas prices to last through summer
As Canada begins to ease some COVID-19 restrictions and more people get out on the roads, fuel pricing experts say the price of gas likely won't shoot up to where it was last summer. The last several ...
May 11, 2020
COVID-19 testing, contact tracing key to fending off second wave, experts say
VANCOUVER - Provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 have ramped up testing capacity as they plan to reopen their economies, but infectious disease experts say there will be recurring out...
May 11, 2020
Alpine snowpack still above normal, flood risk remains elevated: province
While much of the low- and mid-elevation snowpack has melted already, there is still plenty of water yet to come down from the alpine.The B.C. River Forecast Centre has released its May 1 Snow Survey ...
Corey Fischer May 10, 2020
Vancouver's long-term care homes test for variety of symptoms for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Seniors who complained of fatigue, confusion or just didn't seem like themselves were tested for COVID-19, allowing the Vancouver Coastal Health authority to get in front of the ...
May 10, 2020
BC Covid update May 9: 15 new cases; two more deaths
"We honour our mothers by keeping them safe."That was Dr. Bonnie Henrys message to British Columbians on Saturday, a day before Mother's Day which is normally a big day for family gatherings."Let's sh...
Corey Fischer May 09, 2020
Dr. Henry on Mother's Day: avoid close contact, unless your mom's in your immediate household
British Columbia has 29 new cases of coronavirus since Thursday, bringing the total to 2,315. To date, 1,579 (68 per cent) of those who had tested positive have recovered. The Interior Health regin ha...
Corey Fischer May 08, 2020
Five phase plan for return to in-class learning
B.C.'s Ministry of Education is working with its 60 school districts, and other partners, to begin a phased-in approach to resuming in-class learning, but the timing is up in the air.The ministry said...
Corey Fischer May 08, 2020
Huge job losses in B.C. indicate a 'hard road ahead': finance minister
VANCOUVER - The retail, food and restaurant sectors are calling for more help in the wake of new job numbers that show B.C. lost about 264,000 jobs in April. New unemployment data from Statistics Cana...
May 08, 2020
Police seek tips on food delivery person
Kelowna RCMP have released surveillance images of a delivery driver for an online food courier company in the hopes of generating tips into an investigation. The images were captured on the evening of...
Corey Fischer May 08, 2020

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