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First time in Vancouver Canucks history, team has hired a female assistant general manager

For the first time in Vancouver Canucks history, the team has hired a female assistant general manager. Emilie Castonguay joins the Canucks from the player management agency Momentum Hockey, where she broke another barrier in 201...

B.C. reports 2,364 COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations rise past 900

B.C. is reporting 2,364 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 308,079 cases in the province.There are 33,997 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 269,137 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 924...

Change to shorter isolation period part of managing COVID-19 in B.C.: Dr. Bonnie Henry

British Columbia's top doctor says the current wave of COVID-19 is causing less severe illness and that calls for a shift to shorter periods of isolation in order to minimize societal disruptions. Dr. Bonnie Henry says unvaccinated adults who test positive are at risk of having longer-lasting and more severe illness and must isolate for 10 days but those who are vaccinated should isolate for five days. She says children are at much lower risk of severe illness and are able to clear an infection faster, so five days' isolation is also suitable for them, with mounting evidence showing they need...

Man convicted of lesser charge in 2020 shooting death in Surrey, B.C.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a B.C. Supreme Court judge has convicted a man in the shooting death of Pritpal Singh in Surrey, B.C. Robert Tomljenovic was charged with second-degree murder and robbery with a firearm after Singh's death in April 2020. The homicide team says in a news release that Tomljenovic was convicted by the court on Thursday of robbery and a lesser charge of manslaughter. Police said at the time when charges were laid they believed the shooting was targeted, but RCMP later said it was a random shooting. Singh was 21 years old. The man will be sentenced a...

B.C. reports 2,150 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths

B.C. is reporting 2,150 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 305,715 cases in the province.There are 34,835 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 265,765 people who tested positive have recovered. Of the active cases, 891...

Drivers told not to stop for photos along flood-damaged B.C. highway

A key British Columbia highway has reopened to all traffic after being torn apart by disastrous flooding in November but it only took hours for the Transportation Ministry to issue a safety reminder. In a post on social media, th...

B.C. reports 2,387 new COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths

B.C. is reporting 2,387 new cases of COVID-19, including one epi-linked case, for a total of 303,565 cases in the province.There are currently 35,770 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, and 262,591 people who tested positive...

Two people injured after shooting in Surrey

Two people have been slightly injured in what police say was an early morning targeted shooting in Surrey. RCMP say it happened just after 3 a.m. inside a warming centre in the Whalley neighbourhood. The police statement says a 24 year old man who is known to them is believed to have been the target but a 57 year old woman was also hurt, and both were treated in hospital and released. Investigators say the attack is not believed to be linked to the Lower Mainland gang conflict. ...

Fitness centres can reopen in B.C., other COVID restrictions remain

Gyms and other exercise facilities are being allowed to reopen in British Columbia, a move the province's top doctor describes as a "cautious step" in lifting COVID-19 restrictions.Dr. Bonnie Henry says proof of vaccination will b...

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Prime Minister Carney kicks off international trip in France

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Paris, France, to meet with President Emmanuel Macron in his first in-person meeting with an international leader as prime minister. Carney, who turned 60 on Sunday, is kicking off his first full ...

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