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20 hate-motivated incidents aimed at members of Vancouver's Asian community this year

Vancouver police say 20 hate-motivated incidents have been aimed at members of Vancouver's Asian community since the start of the year, and 11 occurred in April, alone. Constable Tania Visintin says one involving a man scrawling ...

BC's 45,000 public school teachers have accepted a new three year contract

BC's 45,000 public school teachers have overwhelmingly accepted a new, three-year contract with the provincial government. It includes a six per cent pay increase over the life of the deal, as well as wording setting out a mediation process to smooth future negotiations. The BC Teachers Federation says its members voted 98 per cent in favour. The agreement was reached after more than a year of sometimes tense bargaining between the federation and the BC Public School Employers Association, representing the province. ...

Justice Minister David Lametti: No one should try to surrender their assault-style guns while physical distancing is in effect

Justice Minister David Lametti say no one should try to surrender their assault-style guns while physical distancing is in effect to fight COVID-19. Lametti spoke after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the federal governme...

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Dr. Theresa Tam: Lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 are just the tip of the iceberg

Dr. Theresa Tam says lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 are just the tip of the iceberg of the actual spread of the illness. She says the total numbers of people who have contracted the novel coronavirus will be clearer, and much la...

Deputy PM Freeland calling on landlords to show compassion to renters, asks banks to be thoughtful

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is calling on landlords to show compassion to renters facing difficulty meeting their May 1 deadline because of COVID-19 difficulties. She says if a tenant has lost income, now is a good ti...

Ontario reports 2.6 per cent increase in COVID-19 cases

Ontario is reporting 421 new COVID-19 cases today, and 39 more deaths. The provincial total rose to 16,608 cases, an increase of 2.6 per cent from yesterday. That total includes 1,121 deaths and 10,825 resolved cases. Figures on ...

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COVID-19: 163 new deaths in Quebec, 1,110 new cases reported

Quebec is reporting 163 new deaths because of COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to 2,020. The province has 28,648 confirmed cases of the virus in the province, but Quebec's public health director says ...

Thousands apply for B.C.'s $1,000 tax-worker benefit in first minutes available

Finance Minister Carole James says thousands of people applied for British Columbia's $1,000 tax-free emergency benefit in the first minutes of the program going online today.She says more than 16,000 people registered to receive ...

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Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'military-style' guns

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is banning a range of assault-style guns, with an order that takes effect immediately.He says the order has a two-year amnesty period for current owners, and there will be...