Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

How COVID-19 affects Vancouver International Wine Festival operations

The festival is back for a 43rd year, after a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic.

Mar 24, 2022 8:10 AM Read more >

People age 18 and up can get free COVID-19 rapid tests at B.C. pharmacies

They should be picked up to use at a future time when you show symptoms of the virus.

Mar 23, 2022 4:27 PM Read more >

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for first time in six weeks

One new COVID-19 death raises the province's pandemic death toll to 2,975.

Mar 23, 2022 3:31 PM Read more >

Survey of B.C. health-care workers finds 1 in 3 likely to quit in next 2 years

Many health-care workers are at a "breaking point, exhausted by all they've been through," says the Hospital Employees' Union.

Mar 23, 2022 1:48 PM Read more >

B.C. has fewer COVID-19 hospital patients; no new related deaths

Province has five active outbreaks, down from 31 a month ago

Mar 22, 2022 3:34 PM Read more >

B.C. parent group appeals to maintain mask mandate in schools

Safe Schools Coalition BC says public schools are not a place where families and children can "manage their own risk."

Mar 22, 2022 3:17 PM Read more >

It's not over. Experts warn of new COVID wave

A variant and fading vaccine protection could bring a rise in cases in April.

Mar 21, 2022 8:00 PM Read more >

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations fall by almost two-thirds in past month

Eight more COVID-19 deaths raise B.C.'s pandemic death toll to 2,974.

Mar 21, 2022 3:25 PM Read more >

Those 30 and older eligible for free rapid antigen tests at B.C. pharmacies

More than 2.3 million free rapid tests have been dispensed through more than 1,300 participating pharmacies

Mar 21, 2022 2:48 PM Read more >

B.C. government’s pandemic review a 'sham,' expert says

Bad public health policy helped propel each wave of COVID-19, says a retired emergency room physician.

Mar 18, 2022 4:21 PM Read more >