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RCMP recover $33,000 in stolen CERB cheques, tax refunds and other cheques
SURREY, B.C. – The RCMP say they’ve arrested two people after recovering $33,000 worth of…
Vancouver’s finances remain in serious condition: mayor
Vancouver’s financial situation remains serious even after pay cuts for city staff and members of…
A&W reports same-store sales down 4% due to COVID-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER – A&W restaurant sales have fallen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic started to grow…
Dix calls for extra COVID-19 vigilance as poultry plant cases rise
VICTORIA – COVID-19 outbreaks at two Vancouver-area poultry processing plants are responsible for many of…
B.C. provincial courts move from essential services to COVID recovery plan
VANCOUVER – Provincial courts in British Columbia are moving to a recovery plan after hearing…
Three-pillar strategy to test for COVID-19 in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER – A team of more than two dozen people is testing and tracing in…
B.C. wants to learn from New Zealand, other provinces before opening schools
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s education minister says he wants to learn from other provinces and…
West Fraser Timber withdraws 2020 production outlook due to COVID-19
VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it is withdrawing its production outlook for…
Flood warnings downgraded in B.C. as conditions ease but heavy snowpacks remain
VANCOUVER – Flood warnings have been reduced across much of British Columbia’s central Interior as…
HSBC Bank Canada reports Q1 profit down as it expects downturn to hurt loans
VANCOUVER – HSBC Bank Canada reported a drop in its first-quarter profit compared with a…
Local restaurants feel squeezed by delivery apps’ commission fees
VANCOUVER – Restaurants struggling to survive during the COVID-19 crisis have turned to take-out and…
Evacuation orders and alerts remain in effect in areas of central Interior B.C.
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Flooding in parts of British Columbia’s Interior region has been exacerbated…
B.C. planning to ease COVID-19 restrictions, but no date yet, says top doctor
VICTORIA – British Columbia is making plans to relax provincewide restrictions aimed at fighting the…
Plans underway for so-called salmon cannon to aid return at B.C. landslide: DFO
VANCOUVER – Plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump, also known as a salmon…
B.C. university creates institute to take microscope-telescope view of pandemic
VICTORIA – The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the world at a tipping point that’s challenging…
Vehicle rollover near Merritt, B.C., kills infant boy, injures parents
MERRITT, B.C. – A single-vehicle crash near Merritt, B.C. has left a baby boy dead…
B.C. woman whose disappearance sparked wide search found dead in Burnaby: police
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – The body of a missing British Columbia woman has been found…
Silvercorp Metals strikes $105-million deal to buy Guyana Goldfields
VANCOUVER – Silvercorp Metals Inc. says it has struck a deal to buy Guyana Goldfields…
Evacuation orders and alerts in effect for areas in Central Interior B.C.
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – Evacuation orders and alerts are in place in parts of British…
B.C. to look at opening long-term care facilities to visits from family
VANCOUVER – British Columbia pledged to double its contribution to help support caregivers and seniors…
Inmates, staff of federal prison in B.C. get masks as authorities step up hygiene
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Authorities at a federal institution in British Columbia say they have stepped…
Trans Mountain, LNG Canada say they are on track despite pandemic
VANCOUER, B.C. – Energy projects like an LNG Canada export terminal and the Trans Mountain…
B.C. records COVID-19 related death at a First Nations community
VANCOUVER – British Columbia counted its first COVID-19-related death in a First Nations community on…
B.C. to move homeless people into temporary shelters to protect from pandemic
VANCOUVER – British Columbia is looking to temporarily relocate people from tent encampments in Vancouver…