Category Archives: British Columbia
'Riverdale' production halts in Vancouver due to novel coronavirus concerns
VANCOUVER - Warner Bros. Television says the Vancouver-based production of teen drama "Riverdale" has been halted until further notice. A statement from the studio says work was halted after a member ...
Mar 12, 2020
B.C. faith leaders participate in COVID-19 conference call with premier
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan held a conference call today with faith leaders to discuss the COVID-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic. Provincial ...
Mar 11, 2020
Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada
VANCOUVER - Canada reported its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a long-term care home in North Vancouver, health officials said. British Columbia's provincial he...
Mar 11, 2020
Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
VANCOUVER - Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especial...
Mar 11, 2020
Dr. Bonnie Henry, virus hunter, healer, resolves to 'break' COVID-19
VICTORIA - At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr. Bonnie Henry wiped tears as she broke the news confirming diagnosis of two cases of COVID-19 transmission at a North Vancouver lo...
Mar 10, 2020
New storm would dump snow on B.C. mountain passes; centre warns of flood risk
VANCOUVER - Travellers on many high mountain passes in British Columbia's southern Interior are being warned to expect winter conditions as Environment Canada posts snowfall warnings fo...
Mar 10, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. care centre
VANCOUER, B.C. - British Columbia health officials say a man has died of the new coronavirus at a care centre in North Vancouver. The death at the Lynn Valley care centre is believed to be the fi...
Mar 09, 2020
B.C. activates pandemic plan, ready to escalate if needed for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has activated a pandemic co-ordination plan to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 21 people in the province and is prepared to escalate the plan if needed....
Mar 08, 2020
Researchers call on B.C. to ditch plan to switch to permanent daylight time
VANCOUVER - Sleep and mental health researchers are calling on British Columbia to ditch plans to switch to permanent daylight time in keeping with three neighbouring American states as...
Mar 08, 2020
Dr. Bonnie Henry, virus hunter, healer, resolves to "break" COVID-19
VICTORIA - At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr. Bonnie Henry wiped tears as she broke the news confirming diagnosis of two cases of COVID-19 transmission at a North Vancouver lo...
Mar 08, 2020

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