Vaccines for COVID-19 were developed at a rapid pace, but with immunizations just beginning, and barely a year since the disease’s discovery, doctors still need effective treatments. B.C. last week began receiving doses of the second major vaccine candidate approved, manufactured by the pharmaceutical firm Moderna, but, outside of the limelight, is a realization work…
Five-year-old Emiliano Hernandez doesn’t know that he is the subject of a new short film documentary, or that his family’s story was featured in the Left Out report. Released Dec. 3 by B.C. Representative for Children and Youth Dr. Jennifer Charlesworth, the report delivered a scathing rebuke of the Ministry of Children and Family Development…
While some churchgoers have made headlines in recent weeks for breaking health orders and continuing to gather, others are hopeful the public can be reminded of the good still being done elsewhere. Darin Latham, lead pastor at Vancouver’s Broadway Church, has conflicting feelings when hearing about churches fined for breaking provincial COVID-19 health orders that…
Two years after the province filed a forfeiture application for $2.7 million in houses and cash allegedly linked to B.C.’s largest money-laundering case, the two sides are fighting over what documents should be disclosed. Accused Stephen Hai Peng Chen has filed an application in B.C. Supreme Court for an order that must be consented to…
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 2 to 3, 2021. We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments…
Federal prisons in B.C. and across the country have failed to meet legal requirements to limit the use of solitary confinement, according to a report from the panel created to oversee the implementation of a new law that went into effect last November. The report presents a damning assessment of the Correctional Service of Canada’s…
B.C. students are set to return to school on Monday, but thousands of people are making a last-ditch effort to keep them home a bit longer. A Change.org petition is calling on the B.C. government to extend school winter break in a bid to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, and a more virulent…
RCMP in two B.C. communities are investigating suspicious deaths. At about 2:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day, a woman was reported to be lying in the middle of a private road in medical distress in the Cedars RV Resort in Sicamous. The 65-year-old woman had “sustained significant injuries” and was in cardiac arrest, said Southeast…
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 2 to 3, 2021. We’ll provide summaries of what’s going on in B.C. right here so you can get the latest news at a glance. This page will be updated regularly throughout the day, with developments…
From ICBC and ferry fares to electricity and the minimum wage, here’s a rundown of some of the changes coming into effect in 2021. Minimum wage: As of June 2021, minimum-wage workers in B.C. will receive $15.20 an hour. B.C.’s minimum wage has gone up every June 1 since 2018. Ferry, transit fares capped: B.C.’s…