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B.C.'s $500-million investment fund to help small, medium-sized

British Columbia has introduced legislation to convert an investment initiative into a Crown corporation with the authority to make independent decisions aimed at spurring economic recovery after the pandemic. The $500-million In...

Federal government is ready to provide $10 million to the Indian Red Cross

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau spoke with his counterpart in India earlier today about how Canada could best help the country struggling with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal...

Quebec reports blood clot death after AstraZeneca vaccine

A Quebec woman in her 50s has died of a blood clot that occurred after she received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. The province's public health director says officials always knew that rare complications were possible with vacci...

VPD warns public of sexual assault involving South Vancouver art instructor

Vancouver Police are warning the public about a sexual assault on a child last month by an art instructor who operates out of his home in South Vancouver."This is a very disturbing incident where a child was left under the care of...

Suspect pleads guilty to two charges related to Osborne Avenue shooting: New Westminster Police

Police in New Westminster say a 24-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges related to a 2019 shooting that sent a woman to hospital. They say Carlos Monteith has remained in custody since his arrest after the November 2019 tha...

Canadian Armed Forces sending personnel to Nova Scotia: PM Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canadian Armed Forces is deploying 60 service members to help out at COVID-19 testing centres in Nova Scotia. Trudeau says the province asked for help as the number of COVID-19 cases has bee...

Trustees vote to end program assigning uniformed police officers to Vancouver schools

Uniformed police officers will no longer be assigned to Vancouver public schools after trustees voted to end its school liaison officer program.The program has been under review for almost a year due to concerns that uniformed of...

R-Day violence case: Deep Sidhu visits Rakabganj Gurdwara after release from Tihar Jail

Punjabi actor-tuned-activist Deep Sidhu visited Rakabganj Gurdwara in Delhi after he was released from the Tihar jail on Monday night. Speaking to media outside the Gurdwara, Sidhu thanked the media and people for supporting him a...

B.C. reports 17 deaths and nearly 2,500 new cases of COVID-19 over three days

British Columbia's top doctor says the province has confirmed that COVID-19 was a factor in the death of an infant from the Interior Health region. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the baby was being treated in hos...