Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Pacific National Exhibition at risk due to financial impacts of COVID-19 closures
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic threaten to shutter the long-running Pacific National Exhibition if the non-profit organization isn't able to secure emergency funding from the province. It says in a...
Most people moved inside after Vancouver park encampment shut down: city
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver says a tent encampment in Strathcona Park has come to a close as the majority of people who had been sleeping there have now moved into government-organized accommodations. An April 9 order by the city's
Conservative senator named to parliamentary committee to review assisted dying
OTTAWA — A long-awaited review of the medically-assisted dying regime can begin as a Conservative senator has been named to a joint parliamentary committee. Tory Sen. Yonah Martin from British Columbia will sit on the panel along with four other
Manitoba broadens its COVID-19 vaccine plan as case numbers rise again
WINNIPEG — Manitoba expanded its COVID-19 vaccine eligibility again Friday as case numbers continued to rise. Anyone 18 and older who is pregnant, who receives community living disability services or who works in any health-care setting — including out...
Banff seeks details but lukewarm on COVID-19 curfew; other regions say no for now
EDMONTON — The mayor of Alberta’s Rocky Mountain resort town of Banff is looking for more details on implementing a possible COVID-19 curfew. But Karen Sorensen questions whether such a drastic measure would even make a difference. "Our late-night or e...
Only B.C. drivers, not passengers, to be asked about non-essential travel: minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's solicitor general says police conducting checks will only ask drivers and not their passengers whether they're travelling for non-essential reasons as part of an enforcement plan aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. Mi...
Former B.C. cabinet minister denies saying government knew about casino crime
VANCOUVER — A former cabinet minister bluntly denied telling a gaming investigator members of the B.C. Liberal government knew about illegal activities at casinos but were doing little to prevent it. Kash Heed told the Cullen Commission public inquiry...
B.C. pop-up vaccine clinics not successful, face challenges, say health officials
VICTORIA — Pop-up vaccine clinics in Metro Vancouver COVID-19 hot zones are an experiment that didn't work, British Columbia health officials said Thursday. Apologies were offered for the anger and confusion caused by the program, which was meant to re...
‘Necessary step:’ Alberta bringing in tighter restrictions in COVID-19 hot spots
EDMONTON — Alberta is targeting COVID-19 hot spots with tighter restrictions that include at-home learning for junior and senior high school students and a ban on indoor fitness and sports. Premier Jason Kenney also says selective regional curfews will...
‘Toughest community:’ Fort McMurray in COVID-19 emergency five years after wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — Almost five years after a massive wildfire forced the evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alta., the northeastern Alberta oilsands hub is in another state of emergency. A fire so ferocious it earned the nickname "the beast" spread into...
