Category Archives: Prairies/BC
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...
Vancouver School Board working on a transition option for students
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver School Board says it is working on an alternate back-to-school option for parents who are not comfortable sending their children into classrooms. The board says a survey completed by parents earlier this week showed that ...
Long-term health care worker in Brandon, Man., tests positive for COVID-19
WINNIPEG — Manitoba health officials say a worker at a long-term care facility in Brandon has tested positive for COVID-19. They say a case previously identified in the Prairie Mountain Health region is a worker from the Hillcrest Place personal care
