B.C. restaurants to get COVID-19 ‘circuit breaker’ grant extension

Tourism promised $100 million boost when travel resumes

by Tom Fletcher
updated 4 mins ago

Queen Victoria arrives in Barkerville during the 2019 Victoria Day weekend celebrations. Barkerville Historic Town and Park typically opens in mid-May, but COVID-19 travel and gathering restrictions continue. (Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

B.C. budget to expand $10-a-day child care, but misses the mark on ‘truly universal’ system
B.C. announces historic half-billion-dollar funding for overdose crisis, mental health
B.C. deficit to grow by $19 billion for COVID-19 recovery spending
Public transit to be free for kids 12 and younger – a ‘bold’ B.C. budget line advocates applaud

VIDEO: Maple Ridge man gets commendation for assisting Mountie under attack

Eric Antell (centre) receives a commendation from Ridge Meadows RCMP Acting Officer in Charge Wendy Mehat (left). (Ridge Meadows RCMP photo/ Facebook)

Eric Antell tackled a suspect who was assaulting a police officer on Christmas Day 2019

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The city asking the public if they want to pursue legal action against the province and their decision to override the city on the Victory Church issue. (Jesse Day Western News)

Abbotsford nurse at ‘breaking point’ pleads with public to take COVID-19 seriously

by Ben Lypka

updated 3h ago

Welcome to your park sign marks the spot where 84th Avenue will continue east from King George Boulevard to 140th Street as part of a $13 million road project. (Photo: Tom Zytaruk)

Road Rage: Opposition mounts anew to Surrey’s Bear Creek traffic plan

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VIDEO: NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

Vancouver resident Beryl Pye was witness to a “concerning,” spontaneous dance party that spread throughout social groups at Kitsilano Beach on April 16. (Screen grab/Beryl Pye)

VIDEO: Dance party erupts at Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach to the dismay of onlookers

Rainbow trouts thrashing with life as they’re about to be transferred to the largest lake of their lives, even though it’s pretty small. These rainbows have a blue tinge because they matched the blue of their hatchery pen, but soon they’ll take on the green-browns of their new home at Lookout Lake. (Zoe Ducklow/News Staff)

VIDEO: B.C. lake stocked with hatchery trout to delight of a seniors fishing club

A woman wears a protective face covering to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as she walks past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 9, 2021. COVID-19 cases have been on a steady increase in the province of British Columbia over the past week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Top doctor warns B.C.’s daily cases could reach 3,000 as COVID hospitalizations surge

B.C. budget to expand $10-a-day child care, but misses the mark on ‘truly universal’ system

$111 million will be used to fund 3,750 new $10-a-day spaces though 75 additional ChildCareBC universal prototype sites over the next three years.

by Katya Slepian

updated 39 mins ago

A man pauses at a coffin after carrying it during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. announces historic half-billion-dollar funding for overdose crisis, mental health

Of it, $152 million will be used to address the opioid crisis and see the creation of 195 new substance use treatment beds

by Sarah Grochowski

updated 10 mins ago

B.C. deficit to grow by $19 billion for COVID-19 recovery spending
- updated 17 mins ago
Public transit to be free for kids 12 and younger – a ‘bold’ B.C. budget line advocates applaud
- updated 57 mins ago
Pedestrian killed in crash near Agassiz
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B.C. nurses issue plea for all to follow health orders as hospitalizations spike
- updated 3h ago
Study looks at how HIV self-tests can help queer people overcome health-care hurdles
- 5h ago

Canucks defenceman Edler suspended two games for kneeing Leafs forward Hyman

Canucks were playing their fist game since March 24 after being sidelined by a COVID-19 outbreak

by The Canadian Press

The Abbotsford Centre has the ability to host AHL level games if the Vancouver Canucks or any other NHL team chose to move its affiliate to the arena. (File photo)

Abbotsford Centre ready for AHL if right opportunity presents itself

Building recently upgraded glass and boards, schedule would allow for AHL tenant

by Ben Lypka

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