B.C. News

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.

Renew, defer, pay tickets and do more without going into a service centre

Including one with B.C.'s own Dr. Bonnie Henry

VANCOUVER — Avalanche Canada says it is shutting down its warning service because of restrictions related to the spread of COVID-19.

VICTORIA — An all-party committee of the B.C. legislature is recommending that Nova Scotia's auditor general be appointed to the same position in the Western province. Michael Pickup has been the auditor general in Nova Scotia since 2014.

VICTORIA — British Columbia will spend $5 billion to help individuals, businesses and services endure the economic stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier John Horgan said Monday.

Given the current COVID-19 provincial health emergency, all distillers are permitted to produce such products

But provincial guidelines on crowd sizes applies to construction work sites, too

KELOWNA, B.C. — Former Kelowna mayor Jim Stuart, a farmer who became a politician and oversaw a period of rapid growth in the city, has died. He was 84. Stuart was mayor from 1986 to 1996, winning election twice and being acclaimed twice.

The plan will roll-out in stages, with $2.8 billion to support individuals and services, and $2.2 billion to support businesses and the province's economic recovery