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B.C. working on vaccine rollout plan as province records 738 new COVID-19 cases

Provincial health officials say they are working on British Columbia's plan to handle COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says Dr. Ross Brown of Vancouver Coastal Health will join the group working...

Numerous vaccine manufacturers closed their facilities or moved out of Canada in years when Conservative governments were in power: PM Trudeau

The prime minister is defending the fact that Canada does not have any vaccine-making facilities in operation. He admitted yesterday that Canadians will not get COVID vaccines as fast as other countries. But Justin Trudeau told t...

162 more overdose related deaths reported for the month of October in B.C.

The BC Coroners Service says the number of overdose deaths in each health authority is at or near the highest monthly total ever recorded. Chief coroner Lisa Lapoint says there were 162 overdose deaths in BC last month, more than double the 75 recorded in October last year. Lapoint says the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the supply of street drugs and is urging doctors and nurses to prescribe safer pharmaceutical alternatives. But advocates for drug users say medical personnel still are not prescribing those alternatives to the extent they should be. ...

Burnaby hospital outbreak; Five people have died and 55 patients have tested positive for COVID-19 so far

Five people have died and 55 patients have tested positive at Burnaby Hospital in an outbreak of COVID-19 that health officials believe was compounded by a recent fire at the facility. Fraser Health chief medical health officer Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin says 40 staff members are also infected, although the health authority is still trying to track the source of all those illnesses. The outbreak began at the hospital on November 9th, but as smoke billowed through hallways during the November 15th fire, patients were quickly moved to common areas and infection control measures could not be stringen...

Woman suffers heart attack after being spit upon by man refusing to wear mask

A hotel worker in Nelson, B.C., suffered a heart attack shortly after a confrontation with a patron who refused to wear a mask and wouldn't leave the hotel's coffee shop. Rob Little, manager of The Adventure Hotel, says it happen...

Phones might vibrate or make an unusual sound at 1:55 this afternoon, as Emergency Management BC is testing its Alert Ready system

If your phone vibrates or makes an unusual sound at 1:55 this afternoon (2:55 p.m. Mountain time) you'll know you are ready to receive important safety alerts. Emergency Management BC is testing its Alert Ready system this aftern...

Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

Argentine soccer ``Golden Boy'' Diego Maradona has died at the age of 60. A person close to Maradona said he died Wednesday of a heart attack. Maradona died two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following br...

Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden on his victory

Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden on his victory. Xi expressed hope for "win-win co-operation" with the US, amid conflicts over trade, technology and security. China is one of the last major governments to congratulate Biden. Some commentators suggest Beijing might want to avoid straining relations with President Donald Trump, who has not conceded the election. ...

Victoria police hand out two tickets for failing to follow COVID-19 safety protocols in a restaurant

Police in Victoria say they've handed out two tickets for people failing to follow COVID-19 safety protocols in a restaurant and attempting to leave without paying. Police say they were called to a restaurant just after 7:30 pm Monday night for reports that a group had left without paying. After locating the group, police escorted them back to pay where they discovered that one man had been abusive towards staff and refused to follow COVID-19 safety protocols. The man was located later that night and issued two tickets for 230 dollars apiece. ...

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