B.C. News

VICTORIA — Two more people have died of COVID-19 in British Columbia, bringing the death toll to 2,983 since the pandemic began.

Cause of rare animal’s death in the Salish Sea under investigation

The red Progressive Nut Chopper sold at Lee Valley Tools in Vancouver, Coquitlam, Victoria and Kelowna can send shards of plastic into the food receptacle

VANCOUVER — An environmental organization is offering cautious support for an announcement by the largest private landowner in British Columbia that will defer logging in 400 square kilometres of old-growth forest for the next 25 years.

Lack of trained personnel was factor in failure to issue localized alerts during last year’s heat dome, forest fires and flooding, briefing note says.

Current members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Reserves have been banned from entering Ukraine

Yannick Bandaogo, 29, is charged with second-degree murder along with five counts of attempted murder and one count of aggravated assault in the attacks which happened a year ago in North Vancouver. His trial will start in May 2023.

VICTORIA — British Columbia is reporting six more deaths from COVID-19, for a total of 2,981 fatalities during the pandemic. The Health Ministry said Thursday that 255 people were in hospital, with 52 of them in intensive care.

The five-year Pest Management Plan, which covers Squamish to Hope, targets native hard woods and Indigenous medicines and food in efforts to increase lumber output.

The petition to free Odelia and Nerissa Quewezance is trending in the criminal justice category on change.org