British Columbia will permanently allow restaurants, bars and tourism operators to buy liquor at wholesale prices, a move that industry hopes will help revive the struggling sector. The provincial government made temporary changes last June to allow the hospitality industry to buy alcohol at the same cost as liquor stores and it has now made that decision permanent. Previously, restaurants, pubs and tourism businesses with liquor licences paid full retail price, the wholesale price, plus a markup set by the government on most alcohol purchases. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says in a news

Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries today in a vehicle rollover in suburban Los Angeles and was undergoing surgery. Authorities and his manager say his condition wasn't yet clear. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says in a statement that Woods was alone in the vehicle and had to be extricated from it. No other cars were involved in the wreck that injured the golfer. The vehicle sustained major damage, and Woods was taken to the hospital by ambulance. A KABC-TV helicopter over the wreck showed a car on its side, with its front end heavily damaged just off the side of a road

This week Canada is receiving its biggest combined shipment yet of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. Procurement Minister Anita Anand says most of the 643,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving in the country this week have already been delivered. Anita Anand gave an update this afternoon.Anand says vaccine deliveries are starting to ramp up significantly, with 3.5 million doses expected to arrive in March. Dr. Tam is hopeful, relaxations will come soon in most invasive public health measures Canada's chief public health officer Doctor Theresa Tam says she is hopeful provinces and terri

Victoria police say they seized drugs and weapons following a traffic stop. They say the officers conducted a traffic stop late Sunday in the 400 block of Gorge Road East. Police say officers found drugs, cash, three firearms, an SKS style rifle and two replica handguns, as well as knives and an extendable baton. They say they are investigating the case and no other details were given. Victoria police on twitter: Yesterday Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop in the 400-block of Gorge Road East & discovered drugs, cash & weapons-including multiple knives, a collapsible baton, 2 re

Oak Bay police say a driver who offered an officer a chance to appear on TikTok ended up being investigated for impaired driving. They say the offer was made after by a 20 year old man Saturday around 10 pm after he was pulled over for failing to halt at a stop sign. Police say the officer "reluctantly declined" the offer to be on TikTok, an online social networking service for sharing videos. They say the driver's vehicle was towed, his licence was suspended for 24 hours and he received a 230 dollars ticket for operating a motor vehicle with cannabis in it. They say he was also issued a 167

The White House has released a fact sheet in advance of this afternoon's virtual meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U-S President Joe Biden.This is Biden's first bilateral meeting as president.The fact sheet describes plans for a ``road map'' for progress in areas of mutual interest, like COVID-19, climate change, defence and social justice.It makes no mention of certain Canadian priorities, such as procuring more vaccine doses, freeing Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig from China or securing an exemption to Biden's Buy American plan.Experts want Ottawa to push hard for an exem

Union Home Ministry has extended deployment of Rapid Action Force till February 26 due to farmers' agitation to maintain law and order in Uttar Pradesh.The Congress Party is organising Kisan Panchayats in 28 districts of Western Uttar Pradesh to raise a voice against the farm laws and to support farmers' demand to repeal them.Party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will hold Kisan panchayat in UP's Mathura on Tuesday.Farmers have been protesting at the different borders of the national capital since November last year, against the three newly enacted farm laws - Farmers' Produce Trade an

Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested two key accused from Jammu in connection with the Republic Day violence at the Red Fort. One of the accused is 45-year-old Mohinder Singh from Satbari, Jammu. He is the president of the Kashmir United Front organisation and a key conspirator in the riot case at the red fort. The second accused is Mandeep Singh from Gole Gujral, Jammu, police said.They have been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 308, 395, 120B and 25/27 Arms Act. The Delhi Police informed that they were apprehended with the active support of the Jammu a

Public health officials in British Columbia are reporting 1,428 new COVID-19 cases over the past three days, for a total of 77,263 since the pandemic began in the province.There have also been eight more deaths, bringing the number of fatalities linked to the new coronavirus to 1,335 in B.C. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say in a joint statement that 218,726 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, of which 55,057 are second doses.Henry and Dix also reported two new health-care facility outbreaks at Vancouver General Hospital and Kelowna Gen