Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Sector hopes British Columbians will help offset the revenue loss of international visitors

Richmond, with highest number of Asian residents in any B.C. city, reports lowest COVID-19 case count across Lower Mainland

TransLink has launched a campaign aimed at promoting the use of face coverings and non-medical masks on Metro Vancouver’s transit system.

Time for the last late-night baked spaghetti to come out of the oven at Gigi's Pizza & Spaghetti House, as the longstanding Vancouver "red sauce" Italian joint and pizzeria is closing its doors.

A small stream of Alaska-bound American pleasure boats continues to travel along the east coast of Vancouver Island, despite a border closure barring non-essential travel, prompting concerns about boaters bringing COVID-19 to the Island.

The case points to the tricky balance of choosing who gets into our new social bubble at a time when the virus continues to race across the globe.

When the province announced pandemic pay for front-line health and social services workers in mid-May, Selena Martin was disappointed to see that her role as a home-share caregiver wouldn’t be included among those receiving the top-up.

“At least you are not trapped in a third-world country.” That’s the response a Tsawwassen couple received from an embassy official in Hawaii as they tried for two months to get back home.

Physically distancing and self-isolating — hunkering down at home in your safe space — have been effective tools in flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases in B.C.

When 86-year-old Don Malcolm tried to reach through the glass window of his seniors’ home to his wife on the other side, it was almost too painful to bear for her.