Barriere Star Journal – Barriere News

One death, 39 new cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health

The first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine dose in Canada is prepared at The Michener Institute in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

There are 484 active cases of the virus in the region currently

by Twila Amato
2h ago

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B.C. Labour Minister Harry Bains in the B.C. legislature, May 13, 2019. (Hansard TV)

BC Housing minister David Eby. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Eby jabs back against Penticton mayor’s ad urging BC Premier to intervene in shelter dispute

by Monique Tamminga

4 mins ago

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry updates B.C.’s COVID-19 situation at the B.C. legislature, April 29, 2021. (B.C. government)

B.C.’s COVID-19 rate creeps up again, 600 new cases Wednesday

by Tom Fletcher

updated 2h ago

Vancouver mayor says there’s no time to redo details of drug decriminalization plan

by The Canadian Press

3h ago

Through fundraisers like Jean Up, BC Children’s Hospital Foundation supports the hospital's world-leading experts who are working relentlessly to improve the lives of children like India.

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A family navigates childhood cancer through the pandemic

Homicide team IDs man in fatal YVR shooting as police grapple with spate of gang violence

Trudeau won’t say whether Canada supports patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines

Protesters attempt to stop clear-cutting of old-growth trees in Fairy Creek near Port Renfrew. (Will O’Connell photo)

VIDEO: Workers, activists clash at site of Vancouver Island logging operation

Jose Marchand prepares Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination doses at a mobile clinic for members of First Nations and their partners, in Montreal, Friday, April 30, 2021. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is coming under fire after contradicting the advice Canadians have been receiving for weeks to take the first vaccine against COVID-19 that they’re offered. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Trudeau says he is glad he got AstraZeneca, vaccines are only way out of pandemic

Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case

The teen, who cannot be publicly identified, pleaded guilty to possessing explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb

by The Canadian Press

updated 2h ago

Jacob Conary, 15, listens to advice from a medical assistant after receiving his first shot of the COVID-19 vaccination, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Auburn, Maine. (AP/Robert F. Bukaty)

U.S. advisers endorse Pfizer COVID shot for kids 12 and up

Shots will let kids safely attend camps this summer and help assure a more normal return to classrooms next school year, CDC advisers say

by Associated Press

2h ago

Marc Garneau’s frequent flying draws attention to discrepancy in quarantine travel rules
- 2h ago
More than 50% of people eligible in B.C. have received 1st vaccine dose
- updated 3h ago
B.C. moves to bar people with unpaid COVID fines from getting, renewing driver’s licence
- updated 4h ago
B.C. funds research chair for Lou Gehrig’s disease at UBC
- updated 4h ago
Alberta justice minister sorry for saying feds, others rooting for COVID disaster
- 4h ago

Hockey Canada announces players invited to try out for women’s Olympic team

Announced Wednesday, 28 invitees are set to congregate in Calgary this summer to prepare for Beijing

by The Canadian Press

2h ago

Two-year-old Kashius Weme rides at the Steve Smith Memorial Bike Park in Nanaimo on Tuesday, May 11. The youngster’s precocious bike-riding ability is already attracting cycle sponsors. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

2-year-old B.C. bike rider already attracting cycle sponsors

Nanaimo’s Kashius Weme has a knack for extreme cycle sports

by Greg Sakaki

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