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COVID-19 outbreak declared at Richmond Hospital

New admissions, transfers and visits to the affected unit has been suspended, says Vancouver Coastal Health.

Dec 3, 2020 6:54 PM Read more >

Police dogs, helicopter assist in apprehending federal offender who escaped

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a federal inmate is back in custody following a brief escape. They say in a statement that they responded to a report of shots fired Thursday just before 3 p.m.

Dec 3, 2020 6:02 PM Read more >

High-risk seniors to get COVID-19 vaccine first in B.C.: provincial health officer

VICTORIA — Seniors in British Columbia's long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first to get immunized against COVID-19 starting in the first week of January with two vaccines, the province's top doctor says. Dr.

Dec 3, 2020 5:27 PM Read more >

Canadian senator poised for $1.9 million casino cash-out

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. set to be sold in $3.4 billion deal should shareholders approve of Apollo Global Management Inc. on December 23

Dec 3, 2020 4:28 PM Read more >

Retired B.C. bureaucrat getting $11,882 biweekly for ‘transition’ services

Christy Clark’s deputy minister charged Horgan’s NDP $1 a year

Dec 3, 2020 4:17 PM Read more >

B.C. readies for 'Operation Immunize' as COVID-19 cases continue to mount

12 more British Columbians died with COVID-19 infections overnight

Dec 3, 2020 3:45 PM Read more >

Richmond RCMP searching for high-risk missing woman

Barbara Veikle is known to spend time in Vancouver's Downtown East Side

Dec 3, 2020 12:32 PM Read more >

Transportation Safety Board team to probe lifeboat incident off Vancouver

VANCOUVER — A Transportation Safety Board team has been assigned to investigate a marine accident that seriously injured two crew members from a freighter moored in English Bay, off Vancouver.

Dec 3, 2020 11:50 AM Read more >

RCMP say woman, 30, dies of apparent gunshot wounds in Surrey, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 30-year-old woman in Surrey, B.C. Police say officers responded to what they were told was a single-vehicle crash in an alleyway on Thursday morning.

Dec 3, 2020 10:56 AM Read more >

COVID’s second wave intensifying stress, anxiety

“Alarming” levels of despair, suicidal thoughts and hopelessness

Dec 3, 2020 10:46 AM Read more >