Category Archives: British Columbia
Don't blame schools for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should ...
Sep 14, 2022
No charges coming, but RCMP will update probe of vandalism against B.C. gondola
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP say they are ready to release new details about two acts of vandalism against a privately owned tourist attraction near Squamish, B.C. The Mounties' major crimes special projects s...
Sep 14, 2022
Homicide investigators probe fatal shooting, torched vehicle, in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - A man has been shot and killed in Burnaby, B.C. A statement from Burnaby RCMP says the attack happened just after 11 p.m. Tuesday along a busy stretch of Hastings Street near Confedera...
Sep 14, 2022
Crews work to better map perimeter of wildfire raging in northeastern B.C.
VANCOUVER - An infrared scan has been completed of a large wildfire in northeastern B.C., in an effort to confirm the perimeter of the out-of-control blaze that's threatening a community and a key hyd...
Sep 14, 2022
B.C. to close schools, give public workers day off to mourn Queen on Sept. 19
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will follow the federal government's lead and honour the national day of mourning to mark the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II on Monday, Sept. 19. It ...
Sep 13, 2022
B.C. police watchdog called to investigate fatal shooting during arrest
KEREMEOS, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has been called to investigate after a man was fatally shot and a woman was seriously injured in an incident involving RCMP in the southern Interior...
Sep 13, 2022
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says system in crisis since 2020 must be transformed
WHISTLER, B.C. - Health Minister Adrian Dix says British Columbia has been in a health-care crisis since at least the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while acknowledging there's urgent need for ch...
Sep 13, 2022
Study co-authored by B.C.'s top doctor says 80% of kids, youth have had COVID-19
VANCOUVER - A study co-authored by British Columbia's top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19. The ...
Sep 13, 2022
Wildfire smoke from B.C. and U.S. spreads east as several blazes still uncontained
VANCOUVER - Smoke from wildfires in British Columbia, Washington and Idaho has wafted east, prompting air quality advisories from Vancouver Island into Alberta. Environment Canada is maintaining advis...
Sep 13, 2022
37 B.C. mayors win by acclamation after standing unopposed
VANCOUVER - Municipal elections are still more than a month away, but mayors for dozens of communities across B.C. have already won by acclamation after standing unopposed. Nomination information coll...
Sep 12, 2022