Category Archives: Prairies/BC
B.C. seniors over age 80 to get info next week on when they’ll get vaccinated
VICTORIA — British Columbia is expected to start informing people over age 80 about their vaccinations for COVID-19 starting next week as the province prepares to open mass clinics while doing more in-depth testing for variants. Provincial health offic...
Alberta’s top doctor urges patience as some seniors eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine
EDMONTON — Alberta's top doctor is urging patience a day before seniors born in 1946 and earlier become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says there are 230,000 seniors in this age group, in addition to health-care workers and
Alberta’s top doctor urges patience as some seniors eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine
EDMONTON — Alberta's top doctor is urging patience a day before seniors born in 1946 and earlier become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says there are 230,000 seniors in this age group, in addition to health-care workers and
Salmon farmers ask Ottawa for more time before closing B.C. fish farms
VANCOUVER — A report commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association says millions of juvenile salmon and eggs will be destroyed because of a federal decision to phase out fish farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands. The report by economics fi...
Industry pleased as B.C. permanently allows restaurants to buy wholesale liquor
VANCOUVER — British Columbia will permanently allow restaurants, bars and tourism operators to buy liquor at wholesale prices, a move that industry hopes will help revive the struggling sector. The provincial government made temporary changes last June...
Saskatchewan plans to do its own COVID-19 variant testing by March: Premier Scott Moe
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced Tuesday that he expects a provincial lab will be able to test for samples of concerning COVID-19 variants by early next month. He said the Roy Romanow Provincial Lab in Regina is in the
Saskatchewan finds more cases of COVID-19 variants, no links to travel
REGINA — Saskatchewan has identified its first cases of a more contagious strain of COVID-19 with no known links to travel. Health officials say two cases of the mutation first identified in the United Kingdom were found in two residents in
Anniversary of Broncos crash: Saskatchewan rejects call to reschedule budget that day
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his government will not change its plan to table the spring budget on the same day as the anniversary of the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash. Sixteen people were killed and thirteen were injured when
First Indigenous councillor in Terrace, B.C., quits, cites systemic racism
TERRACE, B.C. — The first Indigenous member of council in Terrace, B.C., has resigned. Jessica McCallum-Miller posted a statement on Facebook thanking voters and saying she has enjoyed working with city staff but found her ethnicity, age and gender mad...
Alberta waiting to make call on further loosening COVID-19 health rules
EDMONTON — Alberta’s chief medical officer of health says the next round of reduced economic restrictions likely won’t happen for two more weeks. Dr. Deena Hinshaw says COVID-19 case numbers have hit a plateau and officials need to make sure they
