Tag: BC coronavirus
Save-On-Foods apologizes after Burnaby customers given expired AstraZeneca vaccine
Save-On-Foods has apologized after 10 customers at one of its Burnaby locations were given expired doses of COVID-19 vaccine.The company said the doses of...
‘We need to make a living’: Concerns raised after barrel racing...
A barrel racing event was shut down in Kamloops over the weekend and the organizer wants to know why.A few competitors managed to get...
As COVID-19 variants spread in B.C., concern grows for effects on...
Doctors in British Columbia are sounding the alarm about the effect new COVID-19 variants are having on younger people.Evidence suggests the variants of concern...
B.C. reports 2,090 COVID-19 cases over 2 days, shattering records again
There were more grim numbers presented in a rare Saturday COVID-19 update in British Columbia.For the first time, the province reported more than 1,000...
Vancouver restaurateur vows to defy COVID-19 ban on indoor dining
The owner of a Vancouver Italian restaurant is vowing to defy the province’s COVID-19 order banning indoor dining.“I think this order is totally unfair...
Vancouver cyclist confronts anti-masker at rally; assault charges recommended – BC
Police say they are recommending charges against a Vancouver man after a confrontation involving an anti-masker on Main Street over the weekend.Vancouver police said...
B.C. reports 682 new COVID-19 cases, one death
One person in B.C. has died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours and there have been 682 new cases of the disease, the...
COVID-19: B.C. Supreme Court upholds provincial ban on in-person religious services
The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the province’s restrictions on in-person religious gatherings.Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson released the judgment Thursday.In...
Coronavirus: Some Whistler workers to receive COVID-19 vaccine – BC
Some workers in Whistler are set to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.The community was previously a COVID-19 hot spot, recording nearly 300 cases in...
B.C. increases income and disability assistance by $175 per month
The British Columbia government is increasing disability and income assistance rates by $175 per month, but is falling short of making the $300-per-month COVID-19...