BC News

Air Canada to lay off 20,000 workers amid travel industry collapse

Air Canada believes recovery will be slow, with at least three years of subpar earnings.

May 18, 2020 12:15 AM Read more >

Canada joins call to review WHO COVID-19 timeline of actions

World Health Assembly resolution also calls for future methods to reduce further risks of emergence and transmission of zoonotic diseases

May 18, 2020 12:00 AM Read more >

Province wants more B.C. seniors to take its COVID-19 survey

Taking the survey will help the province in its response to the pandemic

May 18, 2020 12:00 AM Read more >

Snowbird member dies in crash in Kamloops

Royal Canadian Air Force plane nosedives into residential neighbourhood

May 17, 2020 11:15 AM Read more >

Canada Child Benefit giving extra $300, program to expand in July

$6,765 per child under age 6 and $5,708 per child aged 6 through 17.

May 16, 2020 5:39 AM Read more >

Ferry service between Horseshoe Bay, Departure Bay to resume June 3

Expect four round trips per day instead of the usual eight

May 16, 2020 2:48 AM Read more >

WorkSafe BC issues COVID-19 guidelines as businesses ready to reopen

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's workplace safety agency has released new guidelines as businesses across the province get set to reopen. WorkSafe BC's guidelines cover sectors ranging from restaurants to office space.

May 15, 2020 9:14 AM Read more >

Surge in digital health care from doctor consultation to prescriptions

Pandemic shows patients, physicians ready to embrace online health

May 15, 2020 8:19 AM Read more >

Canada-wide warrant issued for Nanaimo man

Nanaimo RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating Peter Ludvigson, a 45-year-old Nanaimo man who is the subject of a Canada-wide warrant.

May 15, 2020 6:31 AM Read more >

COVID-19 relief funds targeted by cybercrooks

High-tech thieves spoofed CERB, Canada Revenue COVID-19 assistance sites: report

May 15, 2020 3:37 AM Read more >