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Canada’s first vaccine doses on track for delivery next week

'This will move us forward on our whole timeline of vaccine rollout,' Prime Minister Trudeau says

Dec 7, 2020 9:15 AM Read more >

Specialist who treated rare disease among homeless wants doctors to be aware of signs

VANCOUVER — As an infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Carl Boodman has had a longtime interest in an illness that commonly afflicted soldiers during the First World War as well as people who now live in crowded refugee camps.

Dec 7, 2020 1:50 AM Read more >

Research groups buys 'salmon ranch' to feed southern resident orcas

The Center for Whale Research said the collapse of the Fraser River chinook populations in recent years has made it imperative that other food sources for the southern resident orcas be found

Dec 6, 2020 3:32 PM Read more >

B.C. police watchdog launches probe into RCMP's role in Chilcotin-region crash

SURREY, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has announced it's investigating RCMP actions surrounding a crash almost two months ago.

Dec 6, 2020 11:09 AM Read more >

After almost 50 years, ‘Uncle Al’ has left Mt. Seymour

Alex Douglas has retired from the mountain where he's given so much

Dec 6, 2020 11:00 AM Read more >

Watchdog called to look into death outside Merritt, B.C., police detachment

MERRITT, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate the death of a man outside the RCMP detachment in Merritt, B.C.

Dec 6, 2020 10:42 AM Read more >

Stabbing death of Burnaby, B.C., man was targeted, Vancouver police say

Vancouver police say they're investigating the recent death of a 19-year-old man as a homicide. Police say in a news release that they were called to a home on the city's east side on Friday for a report that the man had been stabbed.

Dec 5, 2020 1:10 PM Read more >

Fraser Health changes school notifications for students, staff over COVID-19

SURREY, B.C. — The Fraser Health authority is changing the way it notifies people in schools about their exposures to COVID-19.

Dec 5, 2020 12:00 PM Read more >

Settlement brings derelict hotels into City of Vancouver ownership

VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says it has reached a settlement with the owners of the Balmoral and Regent hotels to expropriate the derelict properties on the Downtown Eastside.

Dec 4, 2020 5:47 PM Read more >

B.C.'s top doctors says be festive but with your own household to avoid COVID-19

VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor and the health minister are urging the public to slow the spread of COVID-19 this weekend by limiting any festive gatherings to immediate households. Dr.

Dec 4, 2020 3:55 PM Read more >