Dogs an increasing problem for postal carriers during pandemic
More people home means more dogs around, tooMatthew Claxton / April 30, 2020
Month: April 2020
B.C. Lions trade up to take LB Williams with 1st pick in CFL draft
B.C. (5-13) finished last in the West Division last seasonThe Canadian Press / April 30, 2020
What you should know: GMC Acadia
Style and roominess in a trimmed-out wrapper is hard to beatWire Service / April 30, 2020
Man charged with Abbotsford post-office break-in has long criminal history
Gary Patrick Richard was sentenced last year for dangerous driving in KeremeosVikki Hopes / April 30, 2020
B.C. records 25 new COVID-19 positive tests on Day 100 of pandemic
Mission federal prison up to 120 cases with 12 more inmates affectedTom Fletcher / April 30, 2020
B.C. poison control officials see spike in disinfectant exposure calls amid COVID-19
BC Centre for Disease Control urging people to clean safely and not mix chemicalsAshley Wadhwani / April 30, 2020
The people who cared for a COVID-19 patient: How a single case was handled
This is the story of those who cared for a single case at St. Paul’s Hospital in VancouverThe Canadian Press / April 30, 2020
COLUMN: From flattening the COVID-19 curve to Team B.C. recovery
B.C. business leaders say they’re ready to restart economyWire Service / April 30, 2020
LETTER: London Drugs president supports local news
‘We are continuing our commitment to print our flyers and distribute them through community newspapers’Wire Service / April 30, 2020
Man who assaulted nurse in Abbotsford sentenced to three months in jail
Neale Heath used dumbbell to strike nurse in hospital last SeptemberVikki Hopes / April 30, 2020
Mission Institution: Voices from inside Canada’s worst COVID-19 prison outbreak
Families speak out over conditions as class-action lawsuit filed against federal governmentPatrick Penner / April 30, 2020
PHOTOS: Motorcade in Surrey honours Mountie, victims killed in Nova Scotia shooting
First responders drove past BC RCMP memorial wallLauren Collins / April 30, 2020
UPDATE: Nanaimo pilot presumed dead after helicopter crash in the Mediterranean
Capt. Kevin Hagen and five other Canadian Armed Forces members were on a NATO training missionNanaimo News Staff / April 30, 2020
B.C. police have had to visit 500 travellers who didn’t respond to self-isolation check-ins
More than 14,500 people have returned to B.C. since April 15, by air travel or at land bordersAshley Wadhwani / April 30, 2020
COLUMN: We can all do more – until we can’t. Thank you for doing what you can.
Stressed? Anxious? Laid off? Working? Unhappy? Bored? Thanks for carrying on.Tyler Olsen / April 30, 2020
B.C.’s backroad bridges being built better, forest watchdog says
Investigation finds fewer unsafe culverts and crossingsTom Fletcher / April 30, 2020
FortisBC invests in renewable natural gas made from wood waste
New project features a facility operated in Fruitvale, B.C., in service as early as summer 2021Brendan Shykora / April 30, 2020
Bylaw orders Penticton resident to remove ‘scary’ clown mannequin from property
Mannequin on individual’s property deemed ‘offensive matter’ by bylaw officersJesse Day / April 30, 2020
COVID-19: B.C. defers forest stumpage fees for three months
$80 million for industry struggling before pandemicTom Fletcher / April 30, 2020
United Way, Vancity program helps Lower Mainland non-profits ‘Survive and Thrive’
Program helps non-profits, charities, social enterprises and co-ops with post-pandemic recoveryVictoria News Staff / April 30, 2020