B.C. News

VICTORIA — The B.C. government stepped up its efforts under the Emergency Program Act on Thursday to ensure, among other things, that goods and services are getting to those who need them.

"They'd normally be here pretty much by now, but we're not expecting to see them until mid-May, if at all."

VICTORIA — British Columbia has cleared hospital space for almost 4,000 possible COVID-19 patients, but potential shortages of personal protective equipment for health workers has become "our wicked problem," provincial health officer Dr.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government will offer financial relief to renters and landlords to ensure people have safe homes during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Premier John Horgan said Wednesday.

The Premier urged that only those that need the rent subsidy apply for it

VANCOUVER — The motto of Canada's Girl Guides is "Be Prepared," so it's understandable that they aren't letting COVID-19 derail their annual springtime cookie sale.

“If everybody ordered in one year’s worth of medication, the system gets strained and leads to a shortage"

Test capacity is now at about 3,500 per day in the province

Other provinces and U.S. states have deemed cannabis an "essential" business

VICTORIA — Nearly 3,900 empty beds are available in hospitals around British Columbia in preparation for a possible influx of patients sickened with COVID-19, the health minister says.