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BCFeb 18, 2022

B.C. reports 782 new COVID-19 cases and 5 deaths

B.C. is reporting 782 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 343,064 cases in the province.Note: The numbers of new and total cases are provisional due to a delayed data refresh.The new cases include:Fraser Health: 226Vancouver Coastal Health: 132Interior Health: 191Northern Health: 111Island Health: 122People who reside outside of Canada: zeroThere are 744 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 120 are in intensive care.In the past 24 hours, five new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,781. There have been three new health-care facility outbreaks at Burnaby Hospital (Frase
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BCFeb 18, 2022

PHO Order on Workplace Safety updated in B.C.

The provincial health officer (PHO) has updated the Provincial Health Officer Order on Workplace Safety, to support the transition of employees back into the workplace.The previous version of the order contained a section that has been removed. That section required employers to allow workers to work from their private residence, if possible, given the nature of the work involved, unless the employer had an operational requirement to have the worker at the workplace.All workplaces must continue to have COVID-19 safety plans in place, and the PHO’s Face Coverings Order continues to apply to s
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BCFeb 18, 2022

Police incident at Colleen and Gordie Howe middle school over, police say school is safe

Today, February 17th, 2022, at 08:35 am, school administration from Colleen & Gordie Howe contacted the Abbotsford Police Department advising that a bomb threat to the school was received.Given the nature of the threat, Colleen & Gordie Howe was immediately put into Lockdown as per standard procedures. As well, noting the proximity to WJ Mouat Secondary, WJ Mouat Secondary was placed into Shelter in place as a precaution.Upon arrival, members of AbbyPD evacuated all students & staff from Colleen & Gordie Howe in a controlled fashion, relocating them to nearby offsite locations.
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BCFeb 17, 2022

VPD investigates Downtown Eastside shooting

One person has been seriously hurt in a shooting in Vancouver. Police say it happened just before nine last night on the eastern edge of the Gastown neighbourhood. A statement from police says an investigation is continuing but doesn't indicate if any suspects have been identified. It says no charges have been laid. Multiple 9-1-1 callers reported hearing gun shots near East Cordova and Carrall streets at around 8:45 p.m. February 16. One person was taken to hospital for serious injuries.The investigation is ongoing. No charges have been laid.
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BCFeb 17, 2022

RCMP handcuff cougar spotted in Maple Ridge neighbourhood

Mounties in Maple Ridge found a unique use for their handcuffs this week as they worked with conservation officers to save a curious but unwelcome cougar. The big cat had wandered into a busy neighbourhood of the Metro Vancouver city on a sunny Sunday and there were concerns it might have to be shot because so many people were nearby. Instead, police shooed residents into their homes and secured the area while conservation officers tranquilized the cougar and police handcuffed its front paws as a precaution in case it woke up and tried to run before it was caged. The statement from Maple Ridg
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BCFeb 17, 2022

B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby

Premier John Horgan has laid out what he says is BC's new, long-term economic plan, which includes a goal of filling one million jobs over the next decade, though the announcement offers just one immediate first step. Horgan says his government will invest nearly 137 million dollars in a trades and technology complex at the BC Institute of Technology campus in Burnaby. He says more than 20 trades and technologies will provide skills training, help develop resilient communities and mark BC as a world leader in a low-carbon economy. Other goals of the ``StrongerBC Economic Plan'' include antici
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BCFeb 17, 2022

B.C. reports 750 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths

B.C. is reporting 750 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked cases, for a total of 342,282 cases in the province.The new cases include:Fraser Health: 167Vancouver Coastal Health: 93Interior Health: 277Northern Health: 108Island Health: 105People who reside outside of Canada: zeroThere are 762 individuals hospitalized with COVID-19 and 121 are in intensive care.In the past 24 hours, 11 new deaths have been reported, for an overall total of 2,777.There have been no new health-care facility outbreaks. The outbreaks at Queen’s Park Care Centre (Fraser Health), Arrowsmith Lodge and Woo
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BCFeb 17, 2022

Victim of fatal stabbing in Abbotsford identified

The victim of a fatal stabbing in Abbotsford has been identified as a 30-year-old man who was known to police. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says it believes the stabbing of Cody Corbett yesterday in Inspiration Park was targeted and not random. But it says there is no known connection with the Lower Mainland gang conflict. Sergeant David Lee says Corbett lived a transient lifestyle but had contact with people in the community and anyone who knew of his activities is being asked to call I-HIT.
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BCFeb 17, 2022

Lawyer says he didn't advise B.C. Speaker on clerk's retirement benefit

A lawyer who advised British Columbia's former Speaker about a retirement allowance that is the subject of a criminal charge says the name of then-clerk Craig James never came up in those conversations. Donald Farquhar told a B.C. Supreme Court trial for James that it was his legal opinion that all so-called table officers, who support the work of the clerk in the legislature, were eligible in 2011 for the retirement allowance, which has since been eliminated. He says he never advised then-Speaker Bill Barisoff specifically about James's eligibility. However, Farquhar says James had already a

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BCSep 03, 2025

Phone services, including the 911 landline, down in northern Vancouver Island

Residents in parts of northern Vancouver Island are without landline and cellphone service due to what telecom provider Telus says was damage to infrastructure caused by vandalism. The company's service status map shows both Port McNeill and Port Hardy without home phone, mobile, internet and 911 landline service due to what it says is "damage inflicted upon Telus infrastructure." Other communities on Vancouver Island, including Alert Bay, Campbell River and Port Alice, have also been affected. Emergency Info B.C. says on social media that residents should still try to call 911 if they have an
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BCSep 03, 2025

Train cars leave the tracks in B.C.'s Kootenay region near Alberta's boundary

Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia's Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C., where investigators will gather information and begin to assess what caused the derailment. A spokesman with rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City has confirmed the derailment at about 8 p.m. Tuesday, where multiple cars left the tracks. CPKC says the 12 cars involved were empty and no one was injured as a result of the derailment. It says its crews responded
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CanadaSep 03, 2025

Poilievre calls on Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to scrap the temporary foreign worker program and to stop issuing visas under the program. Poilievre argues a jobs crisis among young people has been caused in part by corporations hiring foreigners who work for less than Canadian citizens. He is calling out specific fast-food chains he claims are hiring foreigners over locals, including through job postings that call specifically for temporary foreign workers. Poilievre accuses the government of creating conditions that frustrate the efforts of young people to start their working
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WorldSep 03, 2025

Putin meets North Korea's Kim in Beijing

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have met to begin bilateral talks in Beijing. The two leaders met formally at the Diaoyutai state guest house after attending a major military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Putin and Kim traveled from a formal reception to the negotiations in the same car, the Kremlin said in a post on social media.
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CanadaSep 03, 2025

Carney cabinet meets to prepare for Parliament's return, debate trade war strategy

American tariffs and an upcoming review of the continental trade pact will headline discussions today as Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet begins its two-day retreat in Toronto. While previous governments referred to these sorts of gatherings as cabinet “retreats,” Carney’s office is rebranding the event as a “cabinet planning forum.” The meetings come two weeks before the House of Commons is to return for the fall sitting and about a month or so before Carney's new government presents its first federal budget. Ministers are expected to spend most of their time discussing U.S. Pre