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BC Ferries sailing delayed after a passenger went overboard

A BC Ferries sailing was delayed yesterday after a passenger went overboard. The Canadian Coast Guard says another person saw the passenger fall from the Queen of Cowichan and alerted ferry crews, who called for search and rescue...

Moderna seeks Health Canada’s approval for COVID-19 vaccine use in kids 12 and up

Moderna is applying to Health Canada today for its COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for use in teenagers. The Massachusetts-based company says a trial of 2,500 youth aged 12 to 17 in the United States indicated the vaccine was 93 ...

Free food grains to 80 crore people till Diwali, announces PM Modi

The central government has decided to extend the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, till Diwali this year, the Prime Minister announced on Monday. "Over 80 crore people in the country will receive free food grains now till Diwali...

Rollout of second COVID-19 vaccine doses in B.C. leads to busy month

Health officials in British Columbia say they are gearing up for a busy month as the province works on the rollout of its second doses of COVID-19 vaccinations. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adria...

No injuries after school bus struck by suspected impaired driver

Late Thursday afternoon, around 3:40 p.m., Burnaby RCMP frontline officers responded to a hit and run that had occurred on the street in front of Montecito Elementary in Burnaby.The suspect vehicle, a silver coloured sedan, was re...

State of local emergency declared as the Skeena River bursts its banks

The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine has declared a state of local emergency as the Skeena River bursts its banks after days of heavy rain and rapid snowmelt. The communities of Old Remo and New Remo, southwest of Terrace, ha...

B.C. lost 23,000 jobs in May; Jobs minister says we see light at the end of the tunnel but we’re not there yet

Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says although Statistics Canada data shows BC lost roughly 23-thousand part-time jobs in May, 21,000 full-time jobs were created. Kahlon says that's what kept BC's unemployment rate almost static last mo...

PM Trudeau is calling on the Catholic Church to "step up" and take responsibility

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on the Catholic Church to "step up" and take responsibility for its role in Canada's residential school system. Trudeau says as a Catholic he is deeply disappointed by the position the chur...

File opened into the possible remains of 215 children: Police

Mounties say they have opened a file into the possible remains of 215 children found at a former residential school site in Kamloops. Staff Sergeant Bill Wallace, the detachment commander with the Tk'emlups Rural RCMP, says offic...