Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Saskatchewan to expand naloxone access as advocates call for more action
REGINA — Saskatchewan's health minister says the government will expand access to the life-saving antidote naloxone as a record number of people are dying from drug overdoses. Although pharmacies in the province don't usually distribute ...
Funeral and feast gatherings in northern B.C. lead to COVID warnings
VICTORIA — An outbreak of COVID-19 in British Columbia's Nass Valley has prompted an alert from the Northern and First Nations health authorities. The warning goes out to anyone who attended gatherings between Aug. 21 and 25 in the valley. A ...
New supportive housing coming for homeless in Vancouver, province and city say
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government and City of Vancouver are partnering to build 450 new supportive homes for people experiencing homelessness. Housing Minister Selina Robinson and Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced plans to build 98 temporary modu...
Manitoba expands mask rules for students as COVID-19 numbers rise
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is expanding its mask rules on school buses as students prepare to return to class next week. The government says all students, drivers and any other passengers on school buses will be required to wear masks. Original...
B.C. sees 294 cases of COVID-19 over weekend, four additional deaths
VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor is urging people to take control of the latest rise in cases of COVID-19 by going back to the basics on their personal safety plans. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monday t...
Few delays for salmon that reach Fraser River slide site: officials
Officials say salmon are making good progress migrating past the site of a landslide on the Fraser River that decimated runs last year. Michael Crowe, manager of biological programs for the Big Bar landslide response, says crews have done eve...
Three Greens in leadership race to replace former leader Andrew Weaver Sept. 14
VICTORIA — Andrew Weaver casts a long shadow over British Columbia's Green party and the candidates running to replace the former leader credit him for the party's recent political success in the province. Cam Brewer and Kim Darwin say Weaver inspired
B.C. announces $3.5-million fund to clean up shores of central coast
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has announced a fund to clean up the shoreline of the central coast in a bid to create jobs as communities try to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. It says the $3.5-million fund will allow small
COVID-19 numbers rise in Manitoba, government again limits travel to north
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is reimposing travel restrictions to protect northern areas from rising COVID-19 numbers in the south. Starting Thursday, people will have to avoid most non-essential travel to the north, which has largely been s...
COVID-19 impact turns B.C.’s 2019-20 budget surplus to $321-million deficit
VICTORIA — British Columbia is expected to battle budget deficits for the next year and likely longer as the COVID-19 pandemic rattles economies provincially and globally, Finance Minister Carole James said Monday. The pandemic turned B.C.'s 2019-20 bu...
