Category Archives: British Columbia
Highway 1 closed east of Golden between Easter, Victoria Day weekends
It is going to take longer to travel between B.C. and Alberta by road as of later this month.The province has announced a full highway closure is needed on Highway 1 through the Kicking Horse Canyon b...
Apr 05, 2022
Status update of potential 4th COVID-19 dose for vulnerable people due at briefing
VICTORIA - The likelihood of British Columbia introducing a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose will be part of the government's first Health Ministry briefing since early last month. Health Minister Adrian ...
Apr 05, 2022
B.C.'s building permit values increased 130 per cent in February
British Columbia lead the way in increasing the total value of building permits in February.B.C.'s total value of building permits was $3.2-billion in February, up 130 per cent from the 1.39-billion i...
Apr 04, 2022
Veteran B.C. Liberal Stephanie Cadieux resigns seat, takes federal accessibility post
VICTORIA - A member of the British Columbia Liberal caucus is resigning her Surrey-area seat after 13 years at the legislature to become Canada's first chief accessibility officer. Stephanie Cadieux, ...
Apr 04, 2022
B.C. doubles its quota for veterinarian students
With a shortage of veterinarians in some British Columbia communities, the province is doubling the number of provincially subsidized students at Western Canada's main training facility at the Univers...
Apr 04, 2022
B.C. doubles number of subsidized seats in veterinary college to address shortage
VICTORIA - British Columbia is doubling the number of seats it will subsidize for first-year veterinary college to address a shortage of animal doctors. Anne Kang, the minister of advanced education a...
Apr 04, 2022
Environment Canada warns of windstorm, huge waves, deep snow for parts of B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a powerful windstorm was expected to lash much of the west coast of Vancouver Island with strong gusts and towering waves capable of inundating low-lying shorelines...
Apr 04, 2022
B.C. premier John Horgan tests positive for COVID-19, but says symptoms are 'mild'
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is isolating at home. Horgan announced on his verified Twitter account that he tested positive for COVID-19...
Apr 04, 2022
Premier tests positive for COVID-19
B.C. Premier John Horgan has tested positive for COVID-19. Horgan is not sure where he may have got the virus from, but says he is fully vaccinated and feeling okay. The 62-year-old Horgan, who had ra...
Apr 04, 2022
Vancouver's March home sales up 27% since February: B.C. real estate board
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales picked up between February and March but are still down from a year ago. The B.C. board says last month's sales totalled 4,344, a...
Apr 04, 2022
