Category Archives: British Columbia

A local grocer is participating in a campaign aimed at giving kids easier access to school meal supports during the COVID-19 pandemic.Save-On-Foods, part of the Jim Pattison Group, has committed $500,...

British Columbia's death toll from COVID-19 increased by six on Thursday, for a total of 31. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed the grim number, with three in the Vancouver Coastal H...

The B.C government has announced a series of temporary support measures to help the province's most vulnerable residents during the COVID crisis. That includes people on income or disability assistanc...

Students attending British Columbia's 25 public post-secondary institutions, who are experiencing emergency financial pressures, will benefit from a one-time investment of $3.5 million in emergency fi...

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales started off strong in March but tapered as the COVID-19 outbreak intensified. It says that despite the slowdown, overal...

VANCOUVER - The new coronavirus has spawned an increase in online and telephone crime, targeting anxious Canadians who are self-isolating at home in front of their computers, experts sa...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says wearing homemade or non-medical masks may prevent people from spreading droplets that cause COVID-19, but wearing a mask likely does l...

VANCOUVER - A recent spike of overdose deaths in Vancouver is an important reminder there are two ongoing public health emergencies, the city says as the province grapples with the rollout of a safe s...

VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. says it has temporarily slowed operations and reduced its crews by up to 50 per cent at its steelmaking coal and Highland Valley Copper operations in response to the CO...

Premier John Horgan announced last night that he was extending the province's State of Emergency through April 14 due to the COVID pandemic. In a speech to the province he summarized what the governme...