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Seeing 'essential' role of child care may be pandemic's silver lining: advocates

Seeing 'essential' role of child care may be pandemic's silver lining: advocates

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Liberal Party promised Friday to deliver daycare at $10 a day for low-income families if elected.

Anglers, hikers warned of river fluctuations on Capilano River

VANCOUVER — Fishermen, kayakers and hikers are being warned of potential fluctuations in the water level of the Capilano River after a spillway gate on a dam was taken out of service.
Vancouver council accepts $30 million plan to house, help, those without shelter

Vancouver council accepts $30 million plan to house, help, those without shelter

Vancouver city council has unanimously approved an emergency fund of up to $30 million to help hundreds of homeless residents.

B.C.'s public health officer urges businesses to ensure proper measures in place

VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer is urging businesses to ensure they are in compliance with health and safety standards to protect employees from COVID-19. Dr.

Six RCMP officers injured on the job in B.C.'s Interior

GRAND FORKS, B.C. — Six RCMP officers have recently been injured in various incidents in B.C.'s Interior while arresting what Mounties are calling "volatile individuals." RCMP say the injuries began in Grand Forks on Oct.
B.C. party leaders talk taxes, housing at board of trade event

B.C. party leaders talk taxes, housing at board of trade event

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's party leaders offered a glimpse into how they would stimulate economic recovery if elected to government in a virtual discussion hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Arrest and detention by Mountie in Nanaimo, B.C., results in assault charge

VICTORIA — The British Columbia Prosecution Service says a charge of assault causing bodily harm has been approved against a Mountie in Nanaimo. A statement from the service says the charge against Const.

Man injured after being shot with pellet gun in Port Moody, B.C.

PORT MOODY, B.C. — Police are investigating an attack by a man armed with a pellet gun in the Metro Vancouver city of Port Moody.

Human error was factor in fatal gush of dam water in North Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver says human error is the clearest factor in the fatal release of water from a dam last week.

Probe launched as one man shot, another hurt during arrested in Langley, B.C.

LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. — The agency that investigates all officer-related cases of serious injury or death in British Columbia is probing a shooting in Langley.