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B.C. charts different path from U.K. on containing Delta variant

Young British Columbians have much higher vaccination rates than do counterparts in the U.K.: Bonnie Henry

Jun 14, 2021 12:36 PM Read more >

Everything to know about B.C.'s new guidance on gatherings in the province

"This will be our summer of hope and healing from this pandemic."

Jun 14, 2021 11:43 AM Read more >

Everything to know about B.C.'s new guidance on travel in the province

The B.C.-wide ban on non-essential travel has been lifted

Jun 14, 2021 11:06 AM Read more >

B.C. restaurants can serve liquor later, banquet halls re-open with limited capacity

Step 2 of the province's re-opening plan begins June 15. Here's what it means for restaurants, bars, and pubs in B.C.

Jun 14, 2021 11:04 AM Read more >

Date set for pandemic-delayed inquest into 2016 in-custody death of B.C. teen

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — An inquest into the police-custody death of an 18-year-old Vancouver Island woman will be held in Port Alberni next week, nearly five years after she died.

Jun 14, 2021 10:52 AM Read more >

Woman seriously injured in traffic stop in British Columbia: police watchdog

CASTLEGAR, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog says a woman suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after she was pulled over in a traffic stop in Castlegar on Saturday.

Jun 14, 2021 9:44 AM Read more >

Coastal logging needs old-growth for at least next decade, forester says

The province has agreed to a request by the Pacheedaht, Ditidaht and Huu-ay-aht First Nations to defer logging in about 2,000 hectares of old-growth forest for two years.

Jun 14, 2021 9:42 AM Read more >

B.C.'s next steps in safe restart plan set for today as COVID-19 vaccines take hold

VICTORIA — British Columbia seems poised to relax public health measures imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 today as it seeks to have the province fully reopened soon after Labour Day.

Jun 14, 2021 3:00 AM Read more >

Old-growth logging opponents launch hunger strike as arrests continue at Fairy Creek

VICTORIA — Opponents of old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island say they will stage a hunger strike in Vancouver until they can meet with British Columbia Premier John Horgan and Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal environment and climate change

Jun 13, 2021 12:59 PM Read more >

Manufacturer’s display cases contain ‘volatile’ compounds harmful to museum artifacts, UBC claims

More than 10,000 artifacts at Museum of Anthropology at risk from storage in Italian manufacturer's cases, university says in civil claim

Jun 13, 2021 11:56 AM Read more >