Sunday, October 6, 2024
VICTORIA — British Columbians who lost their jobs in the last nine months due to COVID-19 may not qualify for the province’s new $1,000, tax-free, COVID-19 recovery benefit because eligibility will be based on their income from 2019 —...
Mounties in Williams Lake, B.C. are appealing for public assistance in the search for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for nearly a week. Bryanna Sellars was last seen at Maranatha Christian School in Williams Lake on Sept. 25,...
VANCOUVER - The two top executives at B.C. Emergency Health Services who oversaw an unexplained lack of preparedness for the fatal heat dome in late June have been reassigned to other roles within the health-care system. Darlene Mackinnon, who was chief operating officer...
An earthquake shook B.C.’s South Coast on Sunday afternoon, according to Earthquakes Canada. The agency says(opens in a new tab) the seismic event happened at 3:23 p.m. and registered at a preliminary magnitude of 4.9. An automatic detection notification said the quake...
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — An epidemiologist in Australia says a comment made by the B.C. premier a month ago about COVID-19 and kids is “wrong” — and “horrifying to hear.” During a news conference on Nov. 18, while answering a...
A large fire erupted at a plastic recycling plant in the Queensborough neighbourhood of New Westminster on Monday night, a month after a devastating blaze destroyed a large portion of New West’s waterfront. The latest blaze on Boyne Street, near...
Parents angry with the B.C. government over its proposed changes to autism supports took their concerns to Victoria on Wednesday, rallying on the grounds of the provincial legislature. Parents and advocates for children with autism say the proposed move to...
VANCOUVER - While the Vancouver Police Department is not mandating that officers get vaccinated against COVID-19, holdouts will have to pay for their own regular testing. The decision not to enforce a mandate puts the department at odds with other...
A winter storm that brought wind, rain and – in some places – snow to the South Coast led BC Ferries to cancel several sailings on major routes Saturday. Two midday sailings in each direction between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay...
One of the oldest electoral districts in B.C., the riding of New Westminster has existed since B.C.'s first election in 1871. The district is an NDP stronghold and has gone to New Democrats in 15 of the last 16 elections. NDP incumbent and...
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