Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Province adds 26 more people to its 4,680-person COVID-19 death toll

TransLink workers will no longer be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19, and those employees currently on unpaid leave will be able to return to the workplace.

Concerns of nine former City of Quesnel employees who lost their jobs "fall squarely within the exclusive jurisdiction of an arbitration board."

New presumed COVID-19 deaths in the province declined to 21, from 30 one week ago

The province found that of the more than 11,000 B.C. Emergency Benefit for Workers files audited, 95 per cent should not have received a one-time, tax-free $1,000 payment.

COVID-19, influenza and RSV are all making kids sick — and putting a strain on B.C.'s health-care system. Here's how to do your part to cut the risk.

With the majority of young children not vaccinated against either COVID or influenza, this New Westminster doctor is sounding the alarm about respiratory illness season.

Main metrics tracking COVID-19 in B.C. have been range-bound in recent months

Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi, a pediatric heart surgeon at B.C. Children’s Hospital, says children across the country have had a significant increase in viral infections, with some requiring hospitalization

Dr. Bonnie Henry said masks are an important tool that should be used in situations where it makes sense, like health-care settings.