Category Archives: Prairies/BC
B.C. fisher fined for tossing explosive device at sea lions off his boat
OTTAWA — A B.C. fisher was fined $8,000 last month and banned from possessing explosives for three years after he threw an explosive device into a group of sea lions in March 2019. Video footage posted to social media last year showed Al...
Schools across Alberta report COVID-19 cases as school year starts
At least 20 Alberta schools have reported cases of COVID-19 since students across the province started returning to classrooms a week ago. Support Our Students Alberta, a non-partisan, non-profit public education advocacy group, has a CO...
Demand expected for subs in Saskatchewan but funding not a priority: minister
REGINA — Saskatchewan's education minister said he expects the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a need for more substitute teachers but funding for those staff isn't an immediate priority. On Tuesday, as thousands of students were bac...
Manitoba schools reopen, students face pandemic-era precautions
WINNIPEG — Dario Di Nella sent his two daughters off to the first day of the school year Tuesday knowing the COVID-19 pandemic means new challenges, more precautions and a new normal. "It's not perfect, and there's no way it could be," Di
B.C. planning up to 15 First Nations justice centres across the province
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is working with the B.C. First Nations Justice Council to determine the locations for new Indigenous justice centres across the province. In a statement, Attorney General David Eby says Indigenous people ...
Mounties issue travel reminder after U.S. boater fined for ignoring COVID-19 law
SURREY, B.C. — Foreign boaters should be careful to follow the rules ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, B.C. Mounties say after an American sailor was fined and forced to turn around for failing to follow COVID-19 legislation. Cpl. Daniel Micha...
B.C. records 121 new COVID-19 cases; officials preach caution on long weekend
VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded another 121 cases of COVID-19 and one death related to the virus. In a joint statement on Friday, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say there has been a total
Longtime NDP MLA Shane Simpson not seeking re-election
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's minister of social development and poverty reduction says he won't run in the next provincial election. Shane Simpson, who represents Vancouver-Hastings in the legislature, says he believes it's the right time for ch...
Saskatchewan election boss: pandemic shouldn’t stop planned Oct. 26 vote
REGINA — Saskatchewan's chief electoral officer is recommending the Oct. 26 provincial election go ahead as planned, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Boda says he sent a letter to Premier Scott Moe saying there is no reason the election shouldn't...
Dawson Creek, B.C., getting new hospital to replace aging facility
VANCOUVER — Residents of Dawson Creek in B.C.'s Peace Region will be getting a new 70-bed hospital to replace their decades-old facility. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the new hospital is something he and local officials have...
