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Vancouver’s long-term care homes test for variety of symptoms for COVID-19
VANCOUVER – Seniors who complained of fatigue, confusion or just didn’t seem like themselves were…
Pandemic prompts Vancouver Airport Authority to lay off workers
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Airport Authority says it has issued layoff notices to 25 per…
Tilray’s Q1 net loss widens to US$184.1 million amid layoffs and restructuring
Tilray Inc. experienced a rocky first quarter as it grappled with losing 10 per cent…
Wet’suwet’en elected chiefs call on Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister to resign
VANCOUVER – The elected leadership of several First Nations split over a natural gas pipeline…
Police look for man accused of attacking a defender of Asian women in Vancouver
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – Metro Vancouver Transit Police are asking for the public’s help in…
Search crews pull the body of a young man from a river in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. – The body of a 22-year-old man who was last seen swimming with…
BC Wildfire Service says forecast is good for fighting small fire near Kitimat
KITIMAT, B.C. – A small wildfire near Kitimat in northwest British Columbia is burning out…
Health coalition says use of private clinics won’t cure B.C.’s surgical backlog
VANCOUVER – A coalition of public health-care advocates is calling on the British Columbia government…
Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman to become Vancouver Airport Authority chief
VANCOUVER – The chief executive of Vancity is stepping down as head of the credit…
‘We are far from out of the woods’: Horgan cautions that COVID-19 is still here
VICTORIA – Guidelines on health and safety for businesses and services in British Columbia to…
COVID-19 restrictions may aid B.C.’s ongoing battle against invasive mussels
VICTORIA – Travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic might help British Columbia defend against…
Masks and closed fitting rooms: Reopened retail to look vastly different
VANCOUVER – Shoppers at recently reopened Sleep Country stores looking to test mattresses or pillows…
Pandemic reduces ICBC’s claim costs, but crashes investments, says Eby
VICTORIA – The COVID-19 pandemic has sideswiped British Columbia’s public vehicle insurer, but the attorney…
B.C.’s Wet’suwet’en and governments sign understanding on rights and title
VICTORIA – A virtual ceremony, where everyone involved pointed the freshly signed document at their…
COVID-19 behind one per cent cut to Vancouver’s policing budget: council
VANCOUVER – The union representing Vancouver’s police officers joined the police chief Thursday in criticizing…
Overdoses ‘sadly normalized’ in British Columbia: addictions minister
VANCOUVER – A rising death toll from overdoses in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic has…
New supportive housing coming to Prince Rupert next year, says B.C.
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing says support is on…
One dead, one injured after Canadian Forces Snowbirds plane crash in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – One member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died and another is…
B.C. businesses grapple with new health protocols as reopening begins Tuesday
VANCOUVER – As some British Columbia businesses prepare to reopen their doors on Tuesday when…
B.C. pilots to fly over Vancouver in tribute to Snowbirds victim
VANCOUVER – A group of B.C. pilots took to the skies as a tribute to…
RCMP investigating burned truck, theft of fuel at Trans Mountain work site
MERRITT, B.C. – The RCMP says it’s investigating a suspicious blaze and alleged vandalism at…
Alberta transportation minister wants bike lanes gone, critics say stay in your lane
EDMONTON — Alberta’s transportation minister is calling on the province’s two major cities to remove…
Vancouver police correct number of charges laid against two men in break-ins
Vancouver police say they provided incorrect information last week about the number of charges laid…
One investigation launched in first four months of whistleblower protection law
VICTORIA – The Office of the Ombudsperson says it has begun one investigation under British…