Extreme hiking, time travel and science converge in the Burgess Shale
Climb high in the alpine and trace your family tree back millions of years – to our ocean ancestorsWire Service / November 30, 2020
Month: November 2020
1 COVID-19 case at a B.C. fitness studio leads to 104 more infections, 6 school exposures
According to case data released by Fraser Health, one case of the novel coronavirus carries a big impactAshley Wadhwani / November 30, 2020
B.C. changing COVID-19 case reporting as virus spread continues
Manual counting takes more time, leads to errorsTom Fletcher / November 30, 2020
B.C. records deadliest weekend of COVID-19 pandemic with 46 deaths; more than 2,300 cases
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provides COVID-19 updateKatya Slepian / November 30, 2020
Co-author of residential schools book condemns controversial Abbotsford class assignment
Children’s book mentioned amid controversy at W. A. Fraser Middle SchoolVikki Hopes / November 30, 2020
B.C. Liberals pick critics to take on Horgan’s NDP majority
Interim leader Shirley Bond takes seniors, long-term careTom Fletcher / November 30, 2020
Spending too little worse than spending too much, Freeland says as Canada’s deficit tops $381B
‘The risk of providing too little support now outweighs that of providing too much’The Canadian Press / November 30, 2020
UPDATE: B.C. man defends his family against intruder, saves neighbour while wielding hockey stick
RCMP looking for footage that captures violent crime spree in ChilliwackJessica Peters / November 30, 2020
New education minister calls on Chilliwack trustee to resign
Whiteside echoes former minister’s promise to look at options to remove Barry NeufeldJessica Peters / November 30, 2020
What’s going on with marine mammals in Vancouver waterways?
UBC researcher asks why they’re returning, and what role we’re playingQuinn Bender, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter / November 30, 2020
Ice dance star Tessa Virtue happily out of her comfort zone in Queens MBA program
Olympic athletes, both active and retired, have been front and centre in the battle against the pandemicThe Canadian Press / November 30, 2020
Home prices rise in cottage country amid demand from remote workers, retirees
The data from Royal LePage comes amid an overall uptick in home prices this year,The Canadian Press / November 30, 2020
No evidence that B.C. ER staff played blood alcohol level game, but Indigenous racism ‘widespread’
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond releases findings of independent investigationRebecca Dyok, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter / November 30, 2020
Human remains found off U.S. coast in 2009 identified as Penticton man
Jim Neufeld, 55, was last seen leaving his home in Penticton Jan. 21, 2009Jesse Day / November 30, 2020
VIDEO: ‘Am I racist?’ campaign asks British Columbians to confront their unconscious biases
Signs asking British Columbians to think about racial injustice have been put up across the provinceKatya Slepian / November 30, 2020
Carole James stays on to advise B.C. Premier John Horgan
Retired finance minister to earn a dollar a yearTom Fletcher / November 30, 2020
“Fire-related event” at Houston pellet plant injures three, shuts down operations
Rumours of an associated explosion cannot be confirmed at this timeThom Barker / November 30, 2020
Langley church fined for holding in-person Sunday service
Calvary church was fined $2,300; pastor says ‘team of lawyers’ being consultedDan Ferguson / November 30, 2020
Wild winter, drastic swings in store for Canada this year: Weather Network
In British Columbia and the Prairies, forecasters are calling for above-average snowfall levelsThe Canadian Press / November 30, 2020
VIDEO: PM put all vaccine ‘eggs’ in one China basket, didn’t consider other options: O’Toole
Government announced major vaccine purchases in August after the CanSino partnership had fallen throughThe Canadian Press / November 30, 2020