News/Canada/British Columbia
Vancouver woman waits as mom’s ‘miracle’ DNA goes MIA on way to lab
It wasn’t until the last half hour of an extraordinarily long life that Florence Beytin was able to produce the DNA sample her...
B.C. woman dies in extreme cold trying to get home from next-door neighbour’s
RCMP in Dawson Creek, B.C., say a woman died of exposure early Sunday after failing to make it back to her house from her next-door...
Right place at the right time: Man rescues elk from B.C. mountain avalanche
A lucky elk will live to see another day thanks to a B.C. man who saw the animal become buried in an avalanche,...
Here’s why COVID-19 numbers have dropped among B.C.’s South Asian population
Community organizers in British Columbia are being credited with helping to bring down the spread of COVID-19 within the South Asian community. “There’s...
B.C. extending pandemic restrictions indefinitely
The current orders restricting daily life and socialization in B.C. are going to stay in place indefinitely, the province announced Friday. The orders had...
10-year-old B.C. boy raises more than $3K for hospice that cared for his dying great-aunt
A 10-year-old member of the Lake Babine and Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nations has turned the cultural tradition of not cutting your hair for a year...
Vancouver man charged for allegedly running makeshift nightclub released on bail
A Vancouver man has been released on strict bail conditions after being charged with violating public health orders by allegedly hosting dozens of...
B.C. ordered to pay $964K to former correctional officer targeted for being Black
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the province to pay compensation of almost a million dollars to a former corrections officer who...
They were together 55 years. They died days apart after COVID-19 diagnosis
A B.C. couple who met at Christmas dinner in 1965 found out they both had COVID-19 on Christmas Day in 2020. In the 55 years between...
Copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids, doctors say
Dr. Jane Pegg couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed to the emergency room in...
21-year-old woman found dead after getting lost while snowshoeing in B.C.’s North Shore Mountains
A 21-year-old woman who went missing Thursday after she went snowshoeing in B.C.’s North Shore Mountains has been found dead. CBC has identified her...
B.C. health order restricts number of workers at large industrial work sites
British Columbia’s Public Health Officer has ordered five major industrial projects in northern B.C. to reduce the size of their workforces in an attempt to...
B.C. avalanche vicitim loved the outdoors, had safety training, says mother
Suzanne Bowker said her son lived his life to the fullest. He lived fast. He lived on the edge but he lived with...
B.C. identifies 1st COVID-19 case infected with variant detected in U.K.
British Columbia health authorities confirmed on Sunday the first known case of a resident infected with a variant of the COVID-19 virus first identified in the United...
12 more die of COVID-19 in B.C. as 2nd mink farm confirms cases
There are 582 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, according to a release issued by Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, and Adrian Dix,...
With Canada-U.S. border closed, snowbirds pack B.C. campsites to wait out winter
On a small island in British Columbia’s Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with...
