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British Columbia targets workplace outbreaks, sets daily record of COVID-19 cases
VANCOUVER – British Columbia launched new strategies targeting workplace outbreaks of COVID-19 and screening for…
Variants of concern higher than reported, but giving precise data challenging: BCCDC
VANCOUVER – A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the…
New funding for B.C. businesses affected by COVID-19 rules
VICTORIA – New funding will be available to businesses in British Columbia affected by the…
Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
VANCOUVER – Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution…
Corrective to April 6 story about electric vehicle sales in B.C.
VICTORIA – The Canadian Press erroneously reported April 6 that more than 54,000 light-duty electric…
Electric vehicle sales surge, putting B.C. on track for emission reductions
VICTORIA – Electric vehicles are selling in record numbers in British Columbia. The provincial government…
Conservancy protects area sacred to Tahltan Nation in northwestern B.C.
VICTORIA – Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to…
Police seek suspect, witness, in unprovoked attack on boy in Esquimalt, B.C.
ESQUIMALT, B.C. – A 12-year-old boy is not physically hurt after what officers say was…
Suspected targeted stabbing in Abbotsford, B.C., leaves one man dead
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A man has been fatally stabbed in Abbotsford, B.C. A statement from…
Nearly 20 per cent of eligible B.C. residents have received COVID-19 vaccine
VICTORIA – Almost 20 per cent of those who are eligible for a vaccine in…
COVID-19 variants of concern higher than reported in British Columbia, experts say
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is severely under-reporting the number of COVID-19 cases that are variants…
Lumby, B.C., traffic stops were not carried out by police impersonator: RCMP
LUMBY, B.C. – Mounties in British Columbia’s Boundary region say a public warning about a…
Vancouver funds permanent position to lead overdose response team
VANCOUVER – The City of Vancouver is providing funding for a permanent position to lead…
Man and woman killed in head-on crash on Highway 1 near Sicamous, B.C.
SICAMOUS, B.C. – Two people have died in a head-on crash on Highway 1 near…
B.C. will catch up to Ontario on COVID-19 variant cases: Henry
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s provincial health officer says she expects the province to catch up…
Additional arson charges laid against suspect in Masonic hall fires
VANCOUVER – Police say five more charges have been approved against a man accused of…
Former B.C. cabinet ministers to testify at money laundering inquiry
VANCOUVER – A commission of inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is adding former…
Vancouver police officer faces assault, obstruction charges after arrest: prosecutor
VICTORIA – A Vancouver police officer has been charged with assault with a weapon, dangerous…
Deal reached in Vancouver to help the homeless; and work to close park encampment
VANCOUVER – A formal agreement has been signed by British Columbia, the city and parks…
Police watchdog is called in after two women injured in B.C. crash
DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Two women are being treated for serious injuries and the B.C.…
RCMP in B.C. move carefully on assault claim involving child victim, youth suspect
SURREY, B.C. – RCMP say they are working with a child and youth advocacy centre…
Fire sweeps through unfinished condos in Kelowna, B.C., forcing nearby evacuations
KELOWNA, B.C. – A condominium development under construction in Kelowna, B.C., has been severely damaged…
Inventive rescuers save moose chased onto ice of remote northern B.C. lake
TACHIE, B.C. – Residents of a remote community in northern British Columbia have worked together…
Online COVID-19 vaccine booking to open in B.C. as case numbers soar
VANCOUVER – Online COVID-19 vaccine booking is set to launch in British Columbia on Tuesday…