Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Yukon launches new site for COVID-19 case counts, vaccinations, other key data
WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government has started a new COVID-19 dashboard aimed at keeping residents up to date about important pandemic-related information. A statement from the government says the user-friendly dashboard replaces the COVID-19 case count...
Ryan Meili resigns as Saskatchewan NDP leader, will stay on as MLA
SASKATOON — The leader of the Saskatchewan NDP says he's resigning because it has become difficult for people to separate him from his demands for tougher COVID-19 measures. Ryan Meili, who renewed his medical licence to help on the front lines,
B.C. eases work-from-home rules as COVID-19 hospitalizations drop
VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor has updated her public health orders as more employees return to their workplaces with COVID-19 infections dropping. The Health Ministry says provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has updated her workplace...
B.C. nation to search for children who didn’t come home from Alert Bay school
ALERT BAY, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation located off the coast of northeastern Vancouver Island says it has started an investigation on the grounds of a former residential school, looking for the remains of children who didn't return
B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is spending more than $136 million to build a new trades and technology training complex in Burnaby. Premier John Horgan said the complex at the British Columbia Institute of Technology's campus will help mor...
Yukon to lift some COVID-19 capacity limits as Omicron peaks: premier
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is lifting some COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings and capacity limits starting Friday as the Omicron variant peaks in the territory. Premier Sandy Silver announced Thursday indoor organized gatherings and group fitness will no long...
Premier visits Manitoba First Nation after three children die in fatal fire
CROSS LAKE, Minn. — Manitoba’s premier says a house fire that killed three children from a northern First Nation should never have happened. Heather Stefanson visited the Pimicikamak Cree Nation Wednesday to share her condolences and support the grievi...
No vaccine passport means B.C. school events capped at 50% for spectators: minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's education minister says capacity at school-based events will be capped at 50 per cent for spectators to provide some physical distancing because proof of vaccination will not be required. Jennifer Whiteside says the measur...
Lawyer says he didn’t advise B.C. Speaker on clerk’s retirement benefit
VANCOUVER — A lawyer says he never specifically advised a former Speaker of British Columbia's legislature about the eligibility of then-clerk Craig James for a retirement allowance that is the subject of a criminal charge. Donald Farquhar told a B.C....
Kenney, Moe, join U.S. governors urging end to trucker COVID-19 vaccination rules
EDMONTON — The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan have joined more than a dozen U.S. governors in calling for an end to mandated COVID-19 vaccines for cross-border truckers. Alberta’s Jason Kenney and Scott Moe of Saskatchewan have signed a public le...