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B.C. announces new funding for post-secondary health-care education, training

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has announced $4.4 million in new funding for post-secondary education and training related to health-care professions throughout the province.
New restrictions for guests, visitors coming for B.C. rental properties, houseboats

New restrictions for guests, visitors coming for B.C. rental properties, houseboats

British Columbia will soon introduce an order requiring those who rent properties to limit the number of guests and visitors
Students won’t be required to wear a mask when school resumes in September: Henry

Students won’t be required to wear a mask when school resumes in September: Henry

Across the country, 62 per cent of Canadians support the idea of children wearing masks at school
Most B.C. seniors' homes now accepting visitors

Most B.C. seniors' homes now accepting visitors

Residents are allowed to have one designated visitor with appointments made in advance

'You're better than that,' B.C. premier tells young people gathering amid COVID-19

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan says young people are not immune to COVID-19 and he's appealing to their better judgment to help stop the rise in cases in the province.

Parents should prep a plan B in case full-time school foiled: premier

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier John Horgan says parents should prepare for a full return to classrooms this fall but also have a backup plan in case the COVID-19 pandemic forces further closures.

Man not criminally responsible for fatal shooting, assault, in Salmon Arm, B.C.

SALMON ARM , B.C. — A man accused in a deadly shooting and aggravated assault last year in a church in British Columbia's southern Interior has been found not criminally responsible for the attacks. A judge-alone trial in B.C.

Vancouver police say charge laid after attack on Asian senior with dementia

VANCOUVER — A charge has been laid in an alleged attack on a Vancouver senior with dementia after police said they were investigating a hate crime.
Vancouver votes to halt police street checks, but police board has final say

Vancouver votes to halt police street checks, but police board has final say

VANCOUVER — Councillors in Vancouver have voted unanimously to ban officers from conducting street checks, the process of arbitrarily demanding and recording identification, outside of a police investigation.

Elderly couple found dead after fire destroys home in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. — Two people have died in a house fire in B.C.'s Lower Mainland. Surrey Fire Service assistant chief Steve Serbic says crews were called just after 4:30 a.m. An elderly man and woman were pulled from the home a short time later.