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B.C. extends COVID-19 measures involving indoor dining for 5 more weeks

VICTORIA — British Columbia has extended pandemic restrictions on indoor dining at restaurants and bars until the end of the long weekend in May. Provincial health officer Dr.

Apr 19, 2021 2:25 PM Read more >

Christy Clark headlines list of politicians stepping into witness box at money laundering inquiry

Former premier held office during a time when suspicious transactions surged at B.C. casinos.

Apr 19, 2021 2:14 PM Read more >

Ban on indoor dining at B.C. restaurants officially extended through May long weekend

As expected, the current restriction banning indoor dining at restaurants across British Columbia has been extended.

Apr 19, 2021 2:13 PM Read more >

B.C. lowering age range for AstraZeneca vaccine to 40+

The government is forecasting that it will start to see the positive impacts of the vaccine program on hospitalizations starting at the end of April.

Apr 19, 2021 2:10 PM Read more >

Federal budget earmarks $30b for childcare as pandemic exposes inequalities

Canada's finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented the federal budget on Monday, revealing plans for $10-per-day childcare

Apr 19, 2021 1:36 PM Read more >

Flood warning, watches issued as river levels in B.C. Interior swell with snowmelt

VANCOUVER — Flood warnings and watches were in effect for a wide area of British Columbia's Interior because of snowmelt after several days of unseasonably hot weather, causing rivers and streams to surge.

Apr 19, 2021 11:06 AM Read more >

Weekend gatherings in Vancouver prompt Vancouver mayor to warn of changing tactics

Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he has contacted the city's chief of police after several gatherings on the weekend violated COVID-19 health restrictions.

Apr 19, 2021 9:08 AM Read more >

Wildfire fanned by winds near Merritt, B.C., prompts evacuation alert

MERRITT, B.C. — A wildfire burning near homes in British Columbia's southern interior has prompted the first evacuation alert of B.C.'s barely three-week-old wildfire season.

Apr 19, 2021 8:09 AM Read more >

Dolphins spotted off of Squamish (VIDEO)

Squamish photographer spots the mammals in Howe Sound for the second time in 56 years.

Apr 18, 2021 5:04 PM Read more >

‘I found myself right at the edge of my life’

Whistlerite Mike Roberts plans to hike the Chief 365 days straight for mental health

Apr 18, 2021 2:00 PM Read more >