Category Archives: British Columbia
Legacy and language around masks will be debated long after pandemic recedes: experts
First, we didn't have enough masks to protect us against COVID-19, then we all needed to wear them. Then we didn't, then we did again. There were fights, criminal charges and protests over them. And n...
Mar 24, 2022
Rapid COVID-19 tests available at B.C. pharmacies for people aged 18 and up
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says COVID-19 rapid tests are now available at participating pharmacies for people aged 18 and over. The Health Ministry says one kit containing five rapid a...
Mar 23, 2022
Free rapid tests for adults 18+ now available at B.C. pharmacies
NANAIMO - Any adult in B.C. can now get a free rapid antigen COVID-19 test kit through community pharmacies. The provincial government said starting Wednesday, March 23 any B.C resident 18 years of ag...
Mar 23, 2022
Public warned that unintentional poisoning can affect everyone
It's Poison Prevention Week, and the B.C. Drug and Information Centre is reminding people that it's not just children who can be victims of unintentional poisonings.The B.C. Drug and Poison Informatio...
Mar 23, 2022
Patients in B.C. waiting too long for surgery, not being counted by province: doctor
VANCOUVER - The incoming leader of a group that represents surgeons across British Columbia is questioning the health minister's claims that nearly all surgeries that were cancelled in the first and l...
Mar 23, 2022
New system to alert residents of possible landslide
Work has begun in the hills south of Sicamous to build an early warning system to alert a nearby mobile home community to the threat of a landslide.The District of Sicamous says the province is fundin...
Mar 23, 2022
B.C.'s median income rose in 2020 as national poverty rates declined
A report from Statistics Canada shows that the median income in British Columbia was $67,500 in 2020.The figures from the 2020 Canadian Income Survey (CIS) marked a 7.1 per cent, or $4,500 increase fr...
Mar 23, 2022
B.C. building enough homes to meet growing population, but not enough are affordable
VANCOUVER - The organization representing British Columbia's municipal governments says resolving the province's affordable housing crisis is more complex than just building more homes. A Union of B.C...
Mar 23, 2022
Victoria council debates First Nation reconciliation fund option for property taxes
VICTORIA - Homeowners in Victoria could soon have the option to voluntarily add between five and 10 per cent extra to their annual property tax bill as a contribution to a reconciliation fund for loca...
Mar 23, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to drop, no new deaths recorded in B.C.
VICTORIA - The Health Ministry says there have been no more deaths related to COVID-19 in British Columbia. B.C. reported 254 hospitalizations on Tuesday, a slight drop from Monday when there were 271...
Mar 22, 2022
