Coronavirus (COVID-19) National News

B.C. Education Minister Rob Fleming will largely leave it up to the province’s 60 school districts to decide what to do with a $242.4 million federal back-to-school package. Fleming will skim $24.

A record 1,175 British Columbians are fighting COVID-19 thanks to a surge in younger people getting infected, provincial health officer Bonnie Henry told media September 3.

The North Shore’s medical health officer Dr. Mark Lysyshyn sought to reassure parents and teachers on Thursday that the province’s plan for kids to go back to school next week is safe based on medical science.

Vancouver Coastal Health's (VCH) deputy chief medical health officer Dr. Mark Lysyshyn sought to reassure parents and teachers on Thursday that the province’s plan for kids to go back to school next week is safe based on medical science.

OTTAWA — The Liberal and Conservative parties say they'll no longer use the federal government's wage-subsidy program.

OTTAWA — The Liberal and Conservative parties say they'll no longer use the federal government's wage-subsidy program.

OTTAWA — The Liberal and Conservative parties say they'll no longer use the federal government's wage-subsidy program.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says temporary pandemic pay that was promised to essential workers in mid-May should be coming in October.

Education Minister Rob Fleming announced Thursday that the first half of the federal back-to-school funding allocated to B.C. will be received in September.

CALGARY — Hockey Canada has cancelled three events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.