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B.C. records uptick in COVID-19 cases as officials issue reminder about precautions

VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia are reminding residents to follow public health orders and restrictions after a significant rise in cases from earlier this week. Provincial health officer Dr.

Feb 18, 2021 4:35 PM Read more >

Coyote bites jogger on Stanley Park seawall

He suffered a bite to his right calf and was treated at a hospital.

Feb 18, 2021 3:29 PM Read more >

Separate overdoses prompt police warning about lethal drugs in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. — RCMP are warning of lethal illicit drugs circulating in Surrey, B.C., after separate overdoses in a short time frame.

Feb 18, 2021 2:00 PM Read more >

Homicide team called to Surrey, B.C., after assault leads to death of man

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man in Surrey, B.C. RCMP say they were called Wednesday night to a report of an assault at a home in the Panorama Ridge area of south Surrey.

Feb 18, 2021 6:40 AM Read more >

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Mission hospital as B.C. records 429 new cases

MISSION, B.C. — Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Mission Memorial Hospital after three patients tested positive for the virus.

Feb 17, 2021 6:03 PM Read more >

B.C. Liberals to set leadership vote no later than next February, says party

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's Liberals say the party will elect a new leader no later than next February.

Feb 17, 2021 2:42 PM Read more >

Conservation officers kill cougar, search for second animal after teen followed

COQUITLAM, B.C. — The Conservation Officer Service says a juvenile cougar has been killed after a teenager reported being followed by two of the animals in Coquitlam, B.C.

Feb 17, 2021 1:35 PM Read more >

B.C. sets records for lung and heart transplants

110 people donated organs after death in 2020.

Feb 17, 2021 10:25 AM Read more >

B.C. Premier, health officials to discuss next steps in COVID immunization plan

VICTORIA — Health officials have called off the regular COVID-19 briefing in British Columbia as they prepare to update the province's strategy for immunization against the virus.

Jan 21, 2021 7:29 AM Read more >

Residents of Old Fort, B.C., suing province, others over slow-moving slide

VANCOUVER — Residents of a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia are suing the local and provincial governments over two slow-moving landslides they claim caused their property values to plummet. In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C.

Jan 20, 2021 5:35 PM Read more >