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Staffing shortages, COVID-19 lead to postponement of B.C. provincial exams

British Columbia's Education Ministry says graduation assessments for students in grades 10 to 12 will not take place this month due to COVID 19. The ministry says in a statement that staffing issues have significantly affected the administration of the assessments. The ministry says it will provide an exemption to Grade 12 students graduating early in the school year. It adds that is has worked with post-secondary institutions to ensure that admissions will not be affected by these changes. The ministry says the news may cause concern for students and promised that all Grade 12 students w...

RCMP investigating targeted shooting in Mission, B.C.

Mounties in Mission, B.C., say officers were called after two people were dropped off at a hospital with gunshot wounds. RCMP say they were called early Saturday morning after finding a man, 61, and woman, 52, suffering serious injuries after being dropped off at the Mission Memorial Hospital. C...

Warmth spreads avalanche danger through southern B.C.

A warning from Avalanche Canada about warm weather increasing the avalanche risk has been expanded through southeastern B.C. This week's warning for southern B.C. and western Alberta, including Gl...

Whistler transit operators serve 72 hour strike notice

More than 80 transit workers in Whistler have served 72-hour strike notice, saying they do the same job as bus drivers in Vancouver and Victoria and it's time to close the gap in wages. The driver...

24 inmates at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford test positive for COVID-19

Correctional Service Canada says 24 inmates at Pacific Institution in Abbotsford, BC have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak that began Monday. There were 116 active cases across all corr...

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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...

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 c...

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...

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 Novemb...

BC

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...

Alberta

Brian Jean apologized for social media post about rival UCP candidate

Former Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean has apologized for a social media post about a rival for the United Conservative Partynomination in an Alberta byelection.In a post that has since been amended, Jean said that Premier Jason Kenney's people were backing a candidate that Jean described as ``a Nigerian economist.''Joshua Gogo accused Jean of trying to make the nomination contest in Fort McMurry about his ethnicity and of trying to undermine hiscredibility by implying he is not Albertan.Jean says a campaign volunteer posted what he says was an inappropriate comment and he called Gogo to give...

Alberta to get $ 3.8B child care federal funding

Alberta will receive 3.8-billion dollars in federal funding over the next five years after signing onto the federal government's universal child-care program.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the program will make a huge difference in the lives of families in the province but also in Canada's economic recovery. Under the deal, fees in licenced child-care facilities are to be cut in half next year and fall to 10-dollars a day, on average, within five years.Choice of child care had been a sticking point in negotiations and Premier Jason Kenny says he will make subsidies eligible for alltypes of...

St. Albert school closed following bomb threat

R-C-M-P say they are investigating a bomb threat at a high school in a city northwest of Edmonton.Police say Bellerose Composite High School in St. Albert notified R-C-M-P about a threat being reported to the school.The information referred specifically to a bomb threat on Wednesday, November 10th.St. Albert R-C-M-P say they are taking the threat seriously and has started safety planning with the school....

Appeal in Alberta triple murder delayed until Supreme Court weighs

Alberta's top court has agreed to hear a sentence appeal of a man convicted of killing three people but a hearing date has been delayed indefinitely.Derek Saretzky was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2015 deaths of Terry Blachette, the man's two-year-old daughter, Hailey Dunbar-Blanchette, and Hanne Meketech. He was sentenced to life with no chance at parole for 75 years.His lawyer, Balfour Der, asked the Alberta Court of Appeal for permission to challenge the constitutionality of consecutive parole ineligibility periods.The Appeal Court says it will hear the appeal, but only after ...

Canada

Federal Housing Minister holding meetings with his provincial counterparts for ways to make housing more affordable

Federal Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen is holding meetings with his provincial counterparts, including officials fr...

Three children dead following house fire in Brampton: Mayor

The mayor of Brampton, Ont., says three children have died after a house fire in the city this morning. Patrick Br...

Four people including baby found dead in Manitoba near U.S. border

Mounties in Manitoba say they have found the bodies of four people, including an infant and a teen, near the Unite...

Four people including baby found dead in Manitoba near U.S. border

Mounties in Manitoba say they have found the bodies of four people, including an infant and a teen, near the Unite...

World

Djokovic faces deportation as Australia revokes visa again

Tennis star Novak Djokovic faces deportation again after the Australian government revoked his visa for a second t...

UK's Johnson apologizes for attending lockdown party

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for attending a garden party during Britain's coronavirus lockdown. He said Wednesday that there are things the government ``did no...

IOC says a positive COVID-19 test may not mean an athlete is excluded from the Winter Games

The International Olympic Committee says a positive COVID-19 test may not mean an athlete is excluded from the Gam...

India

Train derails in India's West Bengal state; at least 5 dead

At least five people have died and more than 45 were injured when a train derailed in India's West Bengal state. Twelve coaches of the train went off the rails and three capsized. Images from the scene show passengers stuck in twisted metal and debris as rescuers rushed to pull them out. Railway authorities have ordered an investigation into the cause of the derailment. Accidents are common on India's massive but aging railway network. Safety standards have been an ongoing concern on the state-run system, which operates 9,000 passenger trains and carries about 23 million passengers every day. ...

Separated during Partition, brothers hug, burst into tears on meeting after 74 years at Kartarpur Corridor

Two brothers, who were separated during the India-Pakistan Partition in 1947 were reunited after 74 years in Kartarpur, local media reported on Wednesday. A video capturing the visibly emotional re...

Election Commission hikes poll expenditure limits for candidates

Just ahead of crucial polls in five states, the election expenditure limit for candidates has been hiked to Rs 95 lakh from Rs 70 lakh for Lok Sabha elections and to Rs 40 lakh from Rs 28 lakh for ...

RPF constable saves pregnant woman's life at Kalyan station in Mumbai

Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable SR Khandekar saved a pregnant woman passenger from falling under the train. The woman was about to fall into the gap between platform and train while she wa...

'Direct attack on federalism', says Punjab CM Channi on BSF jurisdiction; Capt Amarinder Singh approves Centre's move

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday condemned the Centre's decision to extend the Border Security Force (BSF)'s jurisdiction over a wider area along the borders of three state...

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