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VICTORIA — British Columbia's health minister is acknowledging the sacrifices being made by people with serious medical conditions and those whose surgeries have been cancelled to free up hospital resources during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SURREY, B.C. — RCMP say charges have been laid after a fatal shooting in Surrey, B.C., early on the morning of April 7.

VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia say they are doing their utmost to contain a COVID-19 outbreak at a federal medium-security prison where 35 people have tested positive and eight are in hospital. Provincial health officer Dr.

VANCOUVER — The BC Wildfire Service lists the fire danger rating across most of the province as low to moderate but firefighters in several regions still had a busy Easter weekend.

VANCOUVER — A man is apologizing after facing a backlash over a video of him appearing to spit on a Vancouver condo elevator. The video, posted to Twitter, shows the man appearing to spit on the elevator's control panel as he disembarks.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's top public health doctor called on residents to avoid travel and resist the urge to spend the Easter long weekend with loved ones outside their households on Saturday as the province reported 35 new cases of COVID-19 and

VICTORIA — British Columbia is reporting five more deaths due to COVID-19, along with 40 new cases. That brings the provincial death toll to 55 among 1,410 confirmed cases in total.

VANCOUVER — The number of inmates who have tested positive for COVID-19 at a B.C. prison has nearly doubled in a day as unions urge correctional officers to protect themselves.

VICTORIA — Two hundred psychologists in British Columbia are volunteering to provide free virtual counselling to front-line health workers as part of the province's efforts to ramp up mental health services for anyone who needs them.