Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a $252 million aid package for Canada's agriculture and food industries in the COVID-19 pandemic.He says $77 million of that will go to measures to keep workers in food processing safe with protective equipment and by supporting physical distancing in workplaces.Meat-packing plants, in particular, have seen large outbreaks of the virus that causes COVID-19.The package includes money for beef and pork producers holding animals they can't sell, a credit program for the dairy industry and a $50 million fund to buy food that spoils and send it to groups

One man has died in a single-vehicle crash along a section of British Columbia's Sea-to-Sky Highway just south of Squamish.RCMP say the crash happened midday Monday and involved a black BMW coupe.The driver, a man in his 20s, was airlifted from the scene with critical injuries and died in hospital.Traffic was tied up for hours and police say an investigation could take some time to complete.They want to speak to anyone who may have seen the car or have dashcam video of it as it travelled north between Horseshoe Bay and Squamish.All northbound traffic was rerouted into one of the southbound la

A criminal case has been filed against Punjabi pop singer Sidhu Moose Wala and five police personnel, after a video showing him shooting at a firing range went viral on social media. Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta has also ordered the immediate suspension of DSP Headquarters, Sangrur Daljit Singh Virk in the matter. This comes amid nationwide lockdown as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19. Earlier this year, a case was registered against Sidhu Moosewala and Mankirt Aulakh for allegedly promoting violence through a song uploaded on social media.

There are 60,772 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. Quebec: 32,623 confirmed (including 2,280 deaths, 7,578 resolved) Ontario: 17,923 confirmed (including 1,300 deaths, 12,505 resolved) Alberta: 5,836 confirmed (including 104 deaths, 2,942 resolved) British Columbia: 2,224 confirmed (including 117 deaths, 1,417 resolved) Nova Scotia: 985 confirmed (including 38 deaths, 638 resolved) Saskatchewan: 467 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 307 resolved) Manitoba: 281 confirmed (including 6 deaths, 238 resolved) Newfoundland and Labrador: 259 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 233 resolved) New Bru

Surrey RCMP say a tip from the public led to the seizure of a stash of illegal drugs, weapons and cash. Police say a month-long investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at a home in Newton last Tuesday. Officers seized over 15-thousand dollars in cash, suspected illegal drugs including methamphetamine and fentanyl, and knives, swords and an imitation gun. Two men and two women were arrested but police say they have been released without charges pending further investigation.

Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, says Canadians are going to need how to learn to live with COVID-19. She says that means even as things begin to reopen, people will have to keep practising physical distancing and cough etiquette, and stay home at the first sign of symptoms. Tam says working while sick can no longer be allowed.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that when this is over he will order an audit of the government's response. Trudeau says the government will try to set up a plan to be better prepared for the next global pandemic, if one should take place. He says for now the government remains focused on getting through this time.

B.C. residents are scrambling to access the provincial government's one-thousand dollar benefit for those impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Finance Minister Carole James says almost 375 thousand people have applied for the help as of eight a.m. this morning. The one-time, tax-free benefit is for those who have lost their jobs, had their hours reduced or had to quit work to stay at home with their children. James says Premier John Horgan will reveal on Wednesday or Thursday the process of how the pandemic restrictions will be lifted.

British Columbia is reporting 53 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths since Saturday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. now has a total of 2,224 positive COVID-19 cases, with 1,417 people having recovered. She says the provincial death total is now at 117 people. Henry says the three most recent deaths are people who were residents of long-term care centres. She says B.C.'s most recent COVID-19 modelling data continues to show dramatic decreases in cases since the province introduced physical distancing and other measures in March to slow the spread of the virus, but it cont