A man and woman have each been fined for not wearing masks after they coughed in the direction of customers at a gym just steps from Vancouver police headquarters.

The Sunday-to-Monday jump of 301 new cases represents the lowest level of one-day growth since Nov. 3, with active cases at their lowest level since Nov. 7. Restrictions were first implemented for some health regions in B.C. on Nov. 8.

The Vancouver School Board is getting a failing grade from some parents who say their children aren't getting enough class time in high school. This perceived instructional deficit has them worried about their kids' academic prospects in the future and their mental health today.

The First Nation is waiting on an assessment from the Canadian Armed Forces.

Kelowna Harvest Church pastor Art Lucier says he received a $2,300 violation ticket on Sunday for holding services.

The Duncan Christian School is closed for two weeks due to a COVID-19 cluster, part of a wave of COVID-19 cases hitting Vancouver Island's Cowichan Valley.

At a time when Vancouver venues are struggling, the historic Hollywood Theatre in the Kitsilano neighbourhood is banking on more than just movies to survive.

The Sunday-to-Monday jump of 301 new cases represents the lowest level of one-day growth since Nov. 3, with active cases at their lowest level since Nov. 7. Restrictions were first implemented for some health regions in B.C. on Nov. 8.

Rudolf Neufeld was a jokester and an active man who continued going to the gym even after he was diagnosed with dementia. He died two days before Christmas at the age of 81 after contracting COVID-19 at Lions Gate Hospital, after being admitted shortly before an outbreak there.

The Gabriola Island Recycling Organization, inundated with bags upon bags of donated clothing, is reaching out to the Regional District of Nanaimo in hopes of securing funding to turn pounds of discarded textiles into new products.

People with Down syndrome are 10 times more likely to die from the virus, according to the Down Syndrome Resource Foundation, which has written to Dr. Bonnie Henry to ask if the vulnerable population can be moved up the vaccine queue.

For the last month, active cases have plunged in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley and risen everywhere else. Adjusted for population, the biggest hot spots in the province are now places like Fort St. John, Golden, Burns Lake and Revelstoke. 

British Columbia's health minister says the reduction in shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Canada will have a significant effect, but just in the immediate period.

Premier John Horgan said Thursday his government was seeking legal advice on whether it can limit interprovincial travel.

Peter Berman has resigned as director of the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health just over a week after admitting to holiday travel during the school's winter break.

B.C.'s curve has started to bend down again following a bump after the holidays, but health officials are warning British Columbians to keep following public health measures as they watch for two confirmed coronavirus variants in the province.

A man was slapped with a $2,300 fine for hosting a party at the business in West Vancouver where he works, after several people he described as clients became aggressive and threatening to officers late last Friday, police say.

90 per cent of positive cases among students and staff have not resulted in any school-based transmission, while a vast majority were contracted either at home or in social settings outside of schools.

Home care aides are still being allowed to work at several different locations, and people in the industry fear that's putting vulnerable seniors at risk of contracting COVID-19 — particularly when aides in the private sector have no idea when they'll receive a vaccine.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provided an update on case numbers in the province and announced the first detected case of the coronavirus variant first reported in South Africa.

At Little Mountain Place in Vancouver, 41 residents have died from COVID-19, while 71 staff have been infected.

B.C. health officials announced 519 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths.

The move is part of the company's restructuring under its COVID-19 Mitigation and Recovery Plan, which will reduce "approximately 25 per cent of its planned capacity for … the first quarter of 2021," a statement Wednesday morning said. 

The outbreak at the Little Mountain care home has become the deadliest care home outbreak in B.C. Two families are questioning whether some deaths could have been avoided if the home had taken stronger measures immediately after the first case was identified.

A respirologist who is part of the COVID-19 rapid-testing pilot project at Vancouver International Airport says preliminary results show promise in deploying such testing at B.C.'s hard-hit long-term care homes. 

Health-care professionals are calling for more rapid testing and inter-provincial travel restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19.

An emergency room doctor in Whistler is calling on the B.C. government to restrict travel from other provinces after seeing a "worrying" number of patients from Ontario and Quebec over the holidays.

As of of Jan. 11, B.C. had given vaccinations to 62,294 people, representing 88 per cent of the doses received by the province so far.   

B.C. health officials announced  446 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths on Tuesday.

At least 70 cases of the virus have been confirmed among Cowichan Tribes members who have been ordered to shelter in place. Now, help is coming for the elderly population of the largest First Nations band in British Columbia.

In a statement, provincial health officials announce 446 new cases of COVID-19 and nine more deaths on Tuesday.

Many local restaurateurs say they are still smarting from the last-minute changes to COVID-19 restrictions for New Year's Eve, and they don't want the same thing to happen for upcoming Valentine's Day and Mother's Day events.

Interior Health has confirmed an outbreak within the Canim Lake Band community east of 100 Mile House.

North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring took to social media to slam what he called vile and fear-based comments circulating online against Cowichan Tribes members, who are currently under a shelter-in-place order with at least 39 known cases of COVID-19 in the community.

The BC Coroners Service has confirmed that at least one refrigerated morgue truck has been deployed to a site in the Fraser Health Authority region, where more than half of the province's COVID-19 deaths have occurred since the beginning of the pandemic. 

The COVID-19 outbreak at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver has now been confirmed in three units.

The provincial death toll from the virus reached 1,010, as 22 more deaths were recorded.

Like many colleges and universities, the University of Victoria transitioned almost entirely to online learning due to the pandemic. But according to the 5,000 students and about 200 instructors polled in a new survey, this transition has been less than ideal. 

Dr. Monica Li, dermatologist and clinical instructor at UBC’s Faculty of Medicine, offers tips to help keep your skin healthy in 2021.

The decades-long dream of an arts centre on the Gulf Island is about to take shape.

Castlegar, B.C., Mayor Bruno Tassone resigned on Friday after coming under fire for travelling outside the region to a family cabin in the Okanagan during the holiday season. He says he has been bullied by fellow councillors and the media since the vacation.

A ski resort in B.C.'s Okanagan region has cancelled another month's worth of non-local reservations as cases linked to a cluster there continue to climb.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there is “a culture of presenteeism in health care,” but unions say workers are worried about staff shortages and inconsistent paid sick leave.

BCTF statement calls for more to be done on contact tracing, masks mandates, physical distancing and for clarity on when an outbreak is declared. They also want teachers and school staff “appropriately prioritized to receive vaccinations as soon as possible.”

B.C. health officials announced 617 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 more deaths on Friday.

A legal advocacy group is challenging the B.C. government's COVID-19 restrictions on worship services and public protests, arguing they violate people's rights and freedoms.

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Leila Emery says her 76-year-old mother has been locked in her room 24 hours a day since an outbreak was declared at Menno Home in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 18 after a resident was exposed in acute care.

The province announced 617 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 new deaths in a release on Friday.

Residents in B.C.'s care facilities have accounted for nearly two-thirds of the COVID-19 deaths in the province since the start of the pandemic.

Susan Harris says her family wasn't allowed to see her COVID-positive mother in an isolation ward, even though Interior Health's guidelines don't prohibit visits to patients with coronavirus.

Two separate groups of B.C. doctors and nurses are calling for the province to reverse course on a decision to delay second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, arguing the move is unscientific, unsafe and unethical.

More than 20 cases of the virus have been detected among tribal members since the beginning of January, triggering chief and council to put the order in effect until Jan. 22.

B.C.'s provincial health officer extended the ban on social gatherings for another month on Thursday, as the province recorded 761 new cases of COVID-19 and eight more deaths.

Over the last two weeks in British Columbia, a number of factors have made it difficult for people tracking the COVID-19 pandemic to make firm determinations about whether transmission of the virus is declining or not. 

Paramedics will be vaccinated stating at the end of January, but firefighters are among first responders not currently included in B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccination priority groups. 

Dr. Peter Berman, the director of the University of British Columbia's School of Population and Public Health, is apologizing for travelling over the holidays.

West Vancouver Coun. Peter Lambur said in a statement that he and his wife travelled to the U.S. late in the year to see his six-month-old granddaughter for the first time.

Officials have issued 124 $2,300 violation tickets to businesses and party hosts since the pandemic began.

Three more seniors living in a long-term care facility beset with COVID-19 cases have died after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to Vancouver Coastal Health.

Metchosin Coun. Kyara Kahakauwila, who owns a limousine company, has apologized for travelling to Cabo San Lucas on a trip she said was taken to benefit her business.

B.C. reported 625 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. and eight more deaths on Wednesday.

When Lucy Andersen returns from her hospital stay later this month, her immune system will still be recovering from multiple rounds of chemotherapy, leaving her particularly susceptible to infection with the novel coronavirus.

A man and a woman have been charged with assaulting a Walmart store clerk in Dawson, B.C., who asked them to wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The Vancouver Coastal Health authority says it is in the process of contacting the families of patients at St. Paul's Hospital after an unknown number of patients in its heart care centre tested positive for COVID-19. 

The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales were up 53.4 per cent in the final month of 2020 compared with December 2019, hitting a new record for the month.

Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix said the province is on track to hit its target of immunizing 550,000 people in high priority groups by March.

Rolf Hundvik, 88, died at an assisted-living home in Burnaby that has seen 28 deaths due to COVID-19. Those closest to him are describing the loss of a mentor who made a huge impression on their lives.

On Monday, B.C.’s chief health officer said it was too difficult for the province to say how many COVID-19 cases and deaths there had been in individual care homes. 

Fraser Health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at a shelter for people who are homeless in Chilliwack, B.C., after more than two dozen people tested positive for the illness.

Eliminating transmission of the virus was seen as an impossible goal because of the size of the province and its physical links with Washington state and Alberta. Instead, B.C. sought to contain the virus, removing or adding restrictions as case counts fell or rose, until a vaccine had been widely distributed.

COVID-19 is having little effect on real estate values, according to newly released 2021 assessments. Chip Wilson's waterfront home in Kitsilano is still the most expensive residential real estate in B.C., with an assessed value of $66.828 million.

More than 50 residents at a seniors home in Tsawwassen, B.C., have tested positive for COVID-19 since the first case was confirmed there nine days ago.

The cases are linked to five different classes at Earl Marriott Secondary, according to district superintendent Jordan Tinney.

Health officials are due to provide the latest COVID-19 numbers for the first time in four days on Monday.

All three provincial political parties in B.C. say no caucus members have travelled unnecessarily outside their regions this holiday season unlike some politicians in other provinces.

When a drunk taxi passenger refused to wear a mask, touched the driver's face and ignored requests to follow COVID-19 safety rules as the New Year began, the cabbie changed course and dropped the man off at police headquarters in Victoria, officers say.

In a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the last night of the year, B.C. health officials have ordered restaurants, bars and retail locations to stop selling alcohol at 8 p.m. PT on New Year's Eve.

Fraser Health has declared COVID-19 outbreaks at Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Langley Memorial Hospital long-term care.

Some members of B.C.'s hospitality industry say stopping liquor sales after 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve is an unfair last-minute blow to bars and restaurants. 

A B.C. mom who gave birth while in an induced coma because of COVID-19 says she was released from hospital just in time to spend Christmas at home with her family.

Tournament chair Peter Haugan says his committee decided on Dec. 17 to call off the annual event, since they don't expect the pandemic situation will improve significantly in the intervening months.

Health officials have confirmed another 485 cases of COVID-19 across British Columbia and 11 more deaths. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Wednesday that 379 people are in hospital, including 77 who are in intensive care.

Irene and David Falk were married for 62 years before they passed away within days of each other at an Abbotsford, B.C., care home.

Daily COVID-19 case numbers have been declining in B.C., but Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says fewer people getting tested could be driving that trend.

As of Tuesday, there are 7,580 active cases of COVID-19 in B.C. A record high of 373 people are in hospital, including 80 in intensive care.

After a five-day break during which no COVID-19 data was released by the province, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Tuesday announced a total of 2,206 new cases of COVID-19 and 74 more deaths.

The B.C. Nurses' Union is criticizing the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, just two weeks after the provincial immunization campaign began.

British Columbia health authorities confirmed on Sunday the first known case of a resident infected with a variant of the COVID-19 virus first identified in the United Kingdom.

Mapping the nearest washrooms before leaving home is routine for Remo Testini. For 14 years, he’s been living with Crohn's disease — a chronic inflammatory bowel condition that can lead to severe abdominal pain and a sudden urgent need to use a restroom, among other issues.

British Columbia has identified the first case of a person infected with the COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom after the person returned from Britain on Dec. 15.

The National Institute on Ageing says families in British Columbia are enduring the most restrictive visitation policies compared with long-term care homes anywhere else in the country.

Four workers at a hotel in the ski resort of Sun Peaks, B.C., have tested positive for COVID-19.