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B.C. getting first vaccine doses next week; new safety orders issued

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced a total of 2,020 new COVID cases over the weekend and issued new public health orders effective immediately.

Dec 7, 2020 5:16 PM Read more >

B.C. throne speech says NDP will focus on immediate action in COVID-19 battle

VICTORIA — The B.C. government is promising to immediately fight the spread of COVID-19 while also striving to meet its long-term goals on the province's economic recovery, climate change and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

Dec 7, 2020 4:21 PM Read more >

B.C. throne speech promises more COVID-19 pandemic spending

The BC Legislative Assembly resumed sitting today (Dec.

Dec 7, 2020 3:05 PM Read more >

Throne speech promises more pandemic spending

Throne speech recaps efforts to combat pandemic, promises further measures, spending

Dec 7, 2020 2:47 PM Read more >

Burnaby MLA Raj Chouhan elected first South Asian Speaker in B.C. legislature

The vote makes Chouhan the first Speaker from Punjab in any North American legislature

Dec 7, 2020 11:25 AM Read more >

Specialist who treated rare disease among homeless wants doctors to be aware of signs

VANCOUVER — As an infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Carl Boodman has had a longtime interest in an illness that commonly afflicted soldiers during the First World War as well as people who now live in crowded refugee camps.

Dec 7, 2020 1:50 AM Read more >

B.C. police watchdog launches probe into RCMP's role in Chilcotin-region crash

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has announced it's investigating RCMP actions surrounding a crash almost two months ago.

Dec 6, 2020 11:09 AM Read more >

Watchdog called to look into death outside Merritt, B.C., police detachment

MERRITT, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate the death of a man outside the RCMP detachment in Merritt, B.C.

Dec 6, 2020 10:42 AM Read more >

Stabbing death of Burnaby, B.C., man was targeted, Vancouver police say

Vancouver police say they're investigating the recent death of a 19-year-old man as a homicide. Police say in a news release that they were called to a home on the city's east side on Friday for a report that the man had been stabbed.

Dec 5, 2020 1:10 PM Read more >

Fraser Health changes school notifications for students, staff over COVID-19

SURREY, B.C. — The Fraser Health authority is changing the way it notifies people in schools about their exposures to COVID-19.

Dec 5, 2020 12:00 PM Read more >

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