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Ford appeals for people with symptoms in COVID-19 hot spots to get tested

Premier Doug Ford is encouraging anyone with COVID-19 symptoms who lives in a virus hot spot to get tested. Ford says the province has set up additional testing units in those regions but some people seem to be holding back from getting an assessment. His comments come as the province reports that it conducted 24,049 tests in the last day, with nearly the same amount being processed. Ford says the province now has the capacity to process up to 50,000 tests per day and has eliminated its testing backlog. He says the government would like to see more people getting tested in regions where the vi...

Ottawa commits $12 million help small business owners

Ottawa is committing 12-million-dollars to a fund to help small business owners respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The money is to be made available through the Canada United Small Business Resilience Fund. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he knows things have been challenging for small business owners. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the resilience and creativity shown by small business owners during the COVID-19 pandemic is an inspiration. The new federal funding will help small business owners buy personal protective equipment, renovate their spaces to respond to local public health me...

Conservatives to amend motion on COVID-19 committee to avoid confidence vote

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's willing to change the name and mandate of a proposed committee to probe COVID-19 relief programs to make it clear his party doesn't want to force an election. The Liberals have said that...

British Columbia is reporting 499 cases of COVID-19, Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is in the midst of a second wave

British Columbia is reporting 499 cases of COVID-19 detected over three days between Friday and Monday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is in the midst of a second wave, but it's still not recording new infec...

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People are tired of hearing from Dr. Anthony Fauci ``and all these idiots'' about the coronavirus: Donal Trump

President Donald Trump says people are tired of hearing from Dr. Anthony Fauci ``and all these idiots'' about the coronavirus. Trump has made no secret of his growing impatience with Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert. Speaking Monday to campaign staffers, Trump called Fauci a ``disaster'' but said he'd create bigger issues for himself if he fired the doctor. Fauci is head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is a member of the White House coronavirus task force. Trump has needled Fauci over his advice on wearing face masks. Nearly 220,000 Americ...

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Canada crosses a bleak COVID-19 milestone of 200,000 cases

Canada has marked a bleak COVID-19 milestone. The second wave of the pandemic has pushed the total case count past 200,000. This comes as tougher restrictions take effect in regions facing a surge in infections. Canada saw its fi...

More RCMP officers deployed in Nova Scotia to keep peace in lobster fishery: Blair

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says more RCMP officers have been deployed to respond to the escalating treaty dispute between commercial fishers and Mi'kmaq fishers in southwest Nova Scotia. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan...

John Horgan voted this morning in an advance poll, Wilkinson makes promises in Lower Mainland, Furstenau focuses on BC Ferry system

B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan voted this morning in an advance poll in his suburban Victoria riding to start the last Monday of the 28 day provincial election campaign. Horgan then travelled to Saanich for an announcement, while BC...

Two arrested for stealing in Lower Mainland businesses

RCMP in Coquitlam, Surrey and Burnaby have joined forces to make arrests after they say suspects literally tunnelled into businesses to commit crimes. An RCMP statement says pooling resources and sharing information between agencies helped identify similarities that eventually led to two suspects. A 43 year old man is facing charges including eight counts of break and enter while a 39 year old woman is accused of two counts of the same offence. Police began investigating in early September following numerous reports from several cities about crooks breaking through the walls of adjoining busi...