Category Archives: British Columbia
Omicron cases double in B.C., Interior's COVID-19 cases also climb
The active COVID-19 case count for the Interior hit 688 Friday after 131 new cases were confirmed in the region.The cases were part of 789 identified across the province, and as of Friday the provinci...
Dec 17, 2021
Great Nanaimo Toy Drive another rousing success with 500+ families helped
NANAIMO - The good people at the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive are celebrating a monumental year.They spent all this week collecting toys and building their "Santa Sacks", with the final bag of goodies bein...
Dec 17, 2021
Capacity limits, parties cancelled as B.C. tries to hold back Omicron spread
VICTORIA - British Columbia is placing restrictions on events and gatherings until the end of January in an effort to limit the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant. Measures range from limits on v...
Dec 17, 2021
Province-wide health restrictions place limits on events/gatherings, sports tournaments cancelled
NANAIMO - Drastically rising COVID-19 cases in the province led to several notable public health orders to take effect Monday Dec 20.Dr. Bonnie Henry told a Friday, Dec 17 media briefing action is req...
Dec 17, 2021
Ride-hailing company Uber's application to expand in B.C. rejected
VICTORIA - Ride-hailing company Uber's application to expand service in B.C. beyond Metro Vancouver and Whistler has been denied. The Passenger Transportation Board says it has reviewed evidence showi...
Dec 17, 2021
B.C. bringing in new COVID restrictions effective Monday
With cases of COVID-19 on the rise, particularly those involving the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, the B.C. Government is bringing in new restrictions. Effective midnight, Dec. 20, new restric...
Dec 17, 2021
Notorious Gabriola Island fisheries violator jailed following late night boat chase
NANAIMO - A banned angler with a lengthy and damning history of flouting fishery laws received a six-month jail sentence after he was caught red-handed in Vancouver Harbour.Scott Stanley Matthew Steer...
Dec 17, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise in B.C. as Health Ministry warns of Omicron variant
VICTORIA - British Columbia's COVID-19 cases are climbing with 753 new infections and three more deaths reported Thursday. The Health Ministry says in a news release there are now 135 cases of the con...
Dec 16, 2021
B.C. hears from 161 First Nations on plans for old-growth logging deferrals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is finalizing plans with First Nations that have indicated support for plans to defer logging in certain old-growth forests, while it continues talks...
Dec 16, 2021
Federal government announces closure of most Pacific herring fisheries
VANCOUVER - Most commercial fisheries for Pacific herring on the West Coast have been closed with the exception of harvests by First Nations for food and ceremonial purposes. Fisheries Minister Joyce ...
Dec 16, 2021
