Travel agencies report soaring bookings, but quarantine hotels hold people back
Experts and travellers say Canada’s requirement around quarantine hotels is the No. 1 factor holding them back from taking a tripThe Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
Month: May 2021
B.C. rugby club removes board member after alleged campsite altercation
Anyone with information about the May 21 incident should contact Agassiz RCMP at 604-796-2211Adam Louis / May 28, 2021
Indoor church services, weddings, funerals coming back in B.C.
Overnight summer camps for kids also going ahead this yearTom Fletcher / May 28, 2021
UBC launches COVID-19 rapid testing clinic for students, others on campus
Test results are ready in about 15 minutesThe Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
Michelle Good’s book answers why Indigenous people can’t ‘get over’ residential school trauma
‘The answer isn’t in the horror of the abuse, the answer is in how that continues to play out, both with the survivor directly and intergenerationally and at a community level’The Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
B.C. teen develops rare condition after catching COVID
Multi-system inflammatory syndrome, MIS-C, is rare in children, even rarer in adultsColleen Flanagan / May 28, 2021
6 more arrests, 133 total at Vancouver Island logging protest camps
Big numbers expected this weekend as protesters and logging supporters plan ralliesKevin Rothbauer / May 28, 2021
Safety, community key as B.C. churches prepare to welcome worshippers
Religious gatherings indoors will start up again soonMatthew Claxton / May 28, 2021
World body says Canadian beef officially poses ‘negligible risk’ for mad cow disease
Beef producers are finally able to turn the page after an international watchdog gave the industry an all-clearThe Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
Military deployed to help Manitoba; Trudeau supports search for COVID-19 origin
The military help was requested last week as the province posted the highest daily case numbers, per capita, in the countryThe Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
B.C. aims for 2nd vaccine shot for all this summer, Dr. Bonnie Henry says
The rollout of second doses will be similar to the first dose, with those at the greatest risk at the top of the listThe Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
Remains of 215 children found at former B.C. residential school an ‘unthinkable loss’
Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation is reaching out to communities who had children attendWire Service / May 28, 2021
Liberal MP ‘stepping aside’ after urinating while on camera during virtual House session
Liberal MP William Amos has once again been caught unawares on webcamThe Canadian Press / May 28, 2021
B.C. artist’s paintings bound for galactic gallery on the moon
Two of Mark Heine’s paintings will make the lunar leap aboard the Peregrine Lander in DecemberJake Romphf / May 28, 2021
‘What the hell happened?’ Asks mother of missing B.C. woman Madison Scott
The 20-year-old’s mom last saw her 10 years ago, she was packing to spend the night campingAman Parhar / May 28, 2021
Life and style with Sue Boschman
Co-founder of Lakehouse Home Store talks fashion, beauty and reading materialWire Service / May 28, 2021
Interior Health records 68 new cases of COVID-19
Provincial health officials announced 378 new cases throughout B.C.Twila Amato / May 27, 2021
Rising interest rates could dampen stimulus impact from federal budget, PBO says
The Bank of Canada is expected to raise its trendsetting interest rate before the end of next yearThe Canadian Press / May 27, 2021
Moderna misconceptions: Experts say some assume superiority of Pfizer COVID vaccine
So why have some people turned away from Moderna? Maybe brand awarenessThe Canadian Press / May 27, 2021
Specialist team with canines will join the search for missing Manning Park hiker
Jordan Naterer’s mother makes plea for local volunteersAndrea DeMeer / May 27, 2021