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Big White Ski Resort offers passholders 20% rebate on season

Big White Ski Resort offers passholders 20% rebate on season

After shutting down Big White Ski Resort before the official season's end due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the resort is now sharing the love with some of its most loyal visitors. Big White Ski Resort Ltd.
UN sets pandemic voting rules for Canada's Security Council campaign

UN sets pandemic voting rules for Canada's Security Council campaign

OTTAWA - The United Nations has confirmed that the election for non-permanent seats on the Security Council - which pits Canada against Norway and Ireland - will take place in June under unprecedented new rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Trans Mountain reaches 'key milestone' as pipeline construction begins in B.C.

Trans Mountain reaches 'key milestone' as pipeline construction begins in B.C.

Construction now underway in Kamloops
Number of students returning is a wild card as B.C. schools set to reopen Monday

Number of students returning is a wild card as B.C. schools set to reopen Monday

VANCOUVER - When students board the school bus on Monday in Williams Lake, B.C., they'll be greeted by a bus driver wearing a protective visor and will take a seat by themselves unless they live with another student.
Minimum wage goes up June 1 in B.C. as businesses face COVID-19 challenges

Minimum wage goes up June 1 in B.C. as businesses face COVID-19 challenges

VICTORIA - British Columbia's lowest paid workers get a pay increase Monday with a scheduled minimum wage hike at a crucial time for small businesses as they look for ways to continue operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ottawa pledges millions to promote holiday travel in Canada during pandemic

Ottawa pledges millions to promote holiday travel in Canada during pandemic

Ottawa is earmarking millions of dollars to promote holiday travel inside Canada as it seeks to help the tourism industry weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say

Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say

When Kathryn Butler Malette learned her younger sister was diagnosed with COVID-19, she was confronted with a waking nightmare: that her beloved sibling might die alone.
Sunshine Coast Regional District urges BC Ferries to reverse course on evening sailings

Sunshine Coast Regional District urges BC Ferries to reverse course on evening sailings

BC Ferries is resuming service on the Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route June 3, but a schedule change on the Langdale run to accommodate the Nanaimo service isn’t sitting well with some Sunshine Coast residents or the directors at the Sunshine Coast Region
Mental wellness: COVID-19 causing youth anxiety to spike

Mental wellness: COVID-19 causing youth anxiety to spike

Schools are organizing proms and graduation ceremonies on home screens to celebrate an important life milestone—but nothing virtual can really replace crossing the stage in front of peers, teachers and family to receive a high school diploma.
B.C. records no new COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour period for second time this week

B.C. records no new COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour period for second time this week

Before this week, it had been many weeks since the province had recorded no deaths in a 24-hour period from the novel coronavirus