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Pandemic reduces ICBC's claim costs, but crashes investments, says Eby

VICTORIA — The COVID-19 pandemic has sideswiped British Columbia's public vehicle insurer, but the attorney general says it's too soon to assess the potential damage. David Eby, who is also the minister responsible for the Insurance Corporation of B.
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COVID-19 restrictions may aid B.C.'s ongoing battle against invasive mussels

COVID-19 restrictions may aid B.C.'s ongoing battle against invasive mussels

VICTORIA — Travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic might help British Columbia defend against invasive mussels, but the province is taking no chances as it works to keep the creatures out of B.C. waterways.
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'We are far from out of the woods': Horgan cautions that COVID-19 is still here

VICTORIA — Guidelines on health and safety for businesses and services in British Columbia to begin reopening will be available next week just as some restrictions are lifted in the province, says the premier.
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B.C. lays out $120 million plan to clean up inactive oil and gas wells

VICTORIA — British Columbia has announced details on how it plans to spend $120 million in federal funds earmarked for cleaning up inactive oil and gas well sites across the province.
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Suspect in alleged bus assault died of apparent overdose: transit police

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Metro Vancouver Transit Police say a suspect in an alleged violent attack against a woman on a bus died of an apparent drug overdose a week after the incident in April.
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Home Depot in Kamloops, B.C., closed due to potentially unstable ground

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Fire officials confirm the Home Depot outlet in Kamloops, B.C., has been closed due to slope instability near the property.
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Charges laid against two men as Vancouver police probe surge in break-ins

VANCOUVER — Two men face a total of 70 separate charges and Vancouver police say the arrests will likely have a significant effect on the number of commercial break-ins across the city.
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Health coalition says use of private clinics won't cure B.C.'s surgical backlog

Health coalition says use of private clinics won't cure B.C.'s surgical backlog

VANCOUVER — A coalition of public health-care advocates is calling on the British Columbia government to ease a COVID-19-caused surgical backlog through publicly funded solutions, not private clinics.
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BC Wildfire Service says forecast is good for fighting small fire near Kitimat

KITIMAT, B.C. — A small wildfire near Kitimat in northwest British Columbia is burning out of control, but the BC Wildfire Service says firefighters have made significant progress in establishing a perimeter.
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B.C. says no special treatment for movie stars, hockey players or cruise ships

B.C. says no special treatment for movie stars, hockey players or cruise ships

VICTORIA — British Columbia is moving towards easing COVID-19 restrictions, but movie stars, hockey players and cruise line operators won't be getting special passes around the province's self isolation and port access rules, says provincial health o
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