Monday, December 23, 2024
As British Columbia sees a surge in new coronavirus cases, health officials and businesses have begun reporting potential exposures on a regular basis. In most cases, health officials say the exposure events are low risk, but anyone at those businesses during those...
VICTORIA — B.C.’s tourism minister says she’ll move as quickly as possible to help the sector, after a government-commissioned task force called on the province for more financial aid to mitigate the damage to the tourism industry caused by...
Grandparents who have been taking care of their grandchildren can spend the holidays with those grandchildren even if they are not part of the same immediate household, B.C.'s health minister says. Adrian Dix made the comments Wednesday after health officials...
Mounties in Prince George, B.C., say they've uncovered an illicit magic mushroom and cannabis operation inside a number of shipping containers tunnelled into the side of a hill on a property. The facility was one of two drug operations RCMP say they...
VANCOUVER SUN-Simon Fraser University alumnus Lance Uggla, CEO of the London, England,-based financial data giant IHS Markit, has gifted $34.1 million to his alma mater, the largest private donation in the school’s history, to establish a perpetual scholarship fund...
For some events that the public was still hoping to attend this year amid COVID-19, the final decision came down on Monday. B.C. health officials extended a widespread ban on social gatherings with anyone outside of one’s immediate household until midnight...
VANCOUVER SUN-Applications for a one-time, tax-free recovery benefit for British Columbians will open on Dec. 18. B.C. politicians this week reconvened for a shortened, emergency session to push through legislation that would secure funding for about 3.7 million British Columbians...
An Elementary school principal in Mission, B.C., has created a video to help parents handle one of the most difficult things during the coronavirus pandemic -- explaining things to their children. Silverdale Elementary Principal Rob Clark said he recently had a heartbreaking...
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 —...
Global News-B.C. recorded 2,020 new cases of COVID-19 in the province over a span of three days along with 35 deaths. There were 647 COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths from Friday to Saturday while 726 cases and 10 deaths were...
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