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British Columbia didn't report any new deaths from COVID-19 on Tuesday, but there have been 11 additional cases of the virus. A total of 2,541 people in B.C. have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and 2,12...

British Columbia's top doctor says the province's robust public health teams are being beefed up this summer to do more contact tracing. Doctor Bonnie Henry says there will probably be an increase in ...

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says chances are that a second wave of COVID-19 could sweep back into B-C along with other colds and flu in the fall. Henry says they've been watching a simi...

The search for answers continues, following the deadly crash of a Canadian Forces Snowbirds plane in Kamloops. A team of military investigators from Ottawa was been dispatched and spent much of Monday...

The federal emergency wage subsidy program is being extended until at least the end of August. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the idea is to give employers more runway and the confidence to resume...

The Courtenay Canada Day celebrations, one of the Comox Valley's largest annual gatherings, have been cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The cancellation includes the Night Before Conce...

The Comox Valley RCMP Street Crimes Unit would like to hear from anyone who purchased anything from Michael Leighton in early 2020. These items ranged from wallets, to gift cards, to jewellery and mor...

Singer Bryan Adams is being called a racist on social media for his COVID-19 rant on Twitter and Instagram. Adams blamed the global pandemic on -- quote -- ``(expletive) bat eating, wet market animal ...

Almost 300 NIC students will receive $1,000 each, thanks to the largest bequeathed gift in NIC Foundation history. The $285,000 legacy gift came from Dr. Allan Duncan Pritchard, who passed away Novemb...

Health Minister Adrian Dix has announced a plan to increase health-care capacity to address the backlog of surgeries worsened by COVID-19 restrictions. But he says it could still take two years to tac...