Category Archives: Prairies/BC
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
Manitoba sees more COVID-19 cases, but test positivity rate drops
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is reporting 32 new COVID-19 cases, and says the percentage of people testing positive has started to drop from a recent spike. Health officials say the five-day test positivity rate now stands at 2.3 per cent,
Personal info of kids with disabilities accidentally shared: Manitoba government
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says human error resulted in the personal information of 9,000 children with disabilities being unintentionally shared. The province says the breach occurred on Wednesday when staff from Children's Disability Ser...
B.C. health officials report one new community outbreak related to COVID-19
VICTORIA — British Columbia reported one new community outbreak of COVID-19 on Thursday at a construction site for a water treatment facility in the Interior Health region. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said there are seven cases...
Another nursing home death in Manitoba; top doc warns people to follow rules
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government reported another COVID-19 death at a nursing home Thursday and the province's top doctor threatened to start issuing fines to people who don't follow orders to self-isolate. A resident in her 90s at the...
