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B.C.'s $1K COVID-19 recovery benefit is now available! Here's how to apply

You have until June 30, 2021, to apply for the funding

Dec 18, 2020 10:05 AM Read more >

Kites, balloons and squirrels: BC Hydro details 2020's 'memorable' power outages

BC Hydro responded to more than 61,000 trouble calls in 2020

Dec 18, 2020 9:02 AM Read more >

Pair get record-setting fines for snowmobiling in protected B.C. mountain caribou area

Two men have received thousands of dollars in fines for snowmobiling in areas closed for the mountain caribou. The fines total $9,050 and are the largest ever imposed by a B.C. provincial court in relation to caribou closures.

Dec 18, 2020 8:05 AM Read more >

RCMP start criminal investigation into train derailment near Field, B.C.

FIELD, B.C. — The RCMP say a criminal investigation has been launched into a fatal Canadian Pacific train derailment near the boundary between B.C. and Alberta in February 2019. Staff Sgt.

Dec 18, 2020 7:05 AM Read more >

Burnaby Hospital fire that contributed to COVID-19 outbreak deemed arson: RCMP

BURNABY, B.C. — The RCMP say a fire that has been blamed for contributing to an outbreak of COVID-19 at a Metro Vancouver hospital was set deliberately.

Dec 17, 2020 5:43 PM Read more >

B.C.'s top doctor says plan now for safe, COVID-free Christmas

VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor is advising people with chronic health conditions to contact their family doctor to determine if they should get vaccinated for COVID-19. Dr.

Dec 17, 2020 5:35 PM Read more >

B.C. police watchdog investigates Vancouver officers' use of force in arrest of man

VANCOUVER — B.C.'s police complaint commissioner will proceed with a disciplinary-conduct investigation into the actions of seven Vancouver officers involved in the arrest of a man who died five years ago. The B.C.

Dec 17, 2020 3:49 PM Read more >

B.C. woman watched as big bobcat grabbed her dog and ran off

All Aurlie Young could do was watch in horror as a bobcat grabbed her beloved dog and fled into the hills. The incident happened on 7800-block Lakeview Drive in Coldstream Tuesday evening (Dec. 15), and it was over in an instant.

Dec 17, 2020 3:05 PM Read more >

Two options on table to replace George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it has received a business case outlining two options to replace the 61-year-old George Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver.

Dec 17, 2020 1:35 PM Read more >

First vaccine recipient in Fraser Health hasn’t seen her children in ages

Fraser Health released a video showing the first vaccination

Dec 17, 2020 12:48 PM Read more >