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B.C. deficit to grow by $19 billion for COVID-19 recovery spending

B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson outlines the province’s three-year budget in Victoria, April 20, 2021. (B.C. government video)

Pandemic-year deficit $5 billion lower than forecast

by Tom Fletcher
updated 4h ago

The Latest

B.C. won’t be using random individual road stops to enforce travel rules: Safety Minister
- updated 12h ago
Penticton cannabis shop brings spirit of 4/20 to the streets amid pandemic
- updated 4h ago
67 new cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health
- 5h ago
No replacement for Nanaimo Avenue Bridge this year
- 5h ago
Penticton-Ikeda Japanese Cultural Club seeking volunteers for garden maintenance
- updated 5h ago

Vancouver Canucks’ J.T. Miller, front left, puts a shot wide of the goal behind Toronto Maple Leafs goalie David Rittich (33), of the Czech Republic, as Vancouver’s Jake Virtanen (18) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Pearson, Sutter each score 2 as Canucks dump Maple Leafs 6-3

by The Canadian Press

updated 33 mins ago
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A man pauses at a coffin after carrying it during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. announces historic half-billion-dollar funding for overdose crisis, mental health

by Sarah Grochowski

updated 4h ago

B.C. cannabis workers look for pandemic pay ahead of provincial budget

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Ambitious all-season mountain resort proposed near Chilliwack

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FILE – A bus is pictured in downtown Vancouver, Friday, November, 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Public transit to be free for kids 12 and younger – a ‘bold’ B.C. budget line advocates applaud

by Katya Slepian

updated 4h ago

Children’s backpacks and shoes are seen at a CEFA (Core Education and Fine Arts) Early Learning daycare franchise, in Langley, B.C., on Tuesday May 29, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. budget to expand $10-a-day child care, but misses the mark on ‘truly universal’ system

by Katya Slepian

updated 4h ago

Kate Budau’s flat tire outside of Glenmore Elementary School on Monday. (Contributed)

Kelowna mom searches for Good Samaritans who helped her change a tire

by Amandalina Letterio

4h ago

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Coquihalla Road Report

Wildfire sparks off Coquihalla in Merritt

by Black Press Media Staff

5h ago

VIDEO: NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

Vancouver resident Beryl Pye was witness to a “concerning,” spontaneous dance party that spread throughout social groups at Kitsilano Beach on April 16. (Screen grab/Beryl Pye)

VIDEO: Dance party erupts at Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach to the dismay of onlookers

Flow Academy is located at 1511 Sutherland Avenue in Kelowna. (Michael Rodriguez - Capital News)

Black Press Media Weekly Roundup: Top headlines this week

Rainbow trouts thrashing with life as they’re about to be transferred to the largest lake of their lives, even though it’s pretty small. These rainbows have a blue tinge because they matched the blue of their hatchery pen, but soon they’ll take on the green-browns of their new home at Lookout Lake. (Zoe Ducklow/News Staff)

VIDEO: B.C. lake stocked with hatchery trout to delight of a seniors fishing club

Judge tosses lawsuit of B.C. COVID-denier who broke quarantine after Flat Earth conference

Mak Parhar accused gov, police of trespass, malfeasance, extortion, terrorism, kidnapping and fraud

by James Smith

updated 4h ago

A lit cigarette tossed from a passing car is believed to be the cause of a grass fire which was only held to a ditch by the quick action of passersby in Salmon Arm on April 19. (Pixabay image)

Passersby fight Salmon Arm roadside grass fire believed started by flicked cigarette

Dry conditions prompt warning from resident, fire department

by Jim Elliot

5h ago

B.C.’s COVID-19 infection rate declines, 849 cases Tuesday
- updated 5h ago
Police search for man who allegedly robbed Vernon business with weapon
- 6h ago
Trudeau says he’s planning to get the AstraZeneca vaccine
- updated 6h ago
Experts, advocates say federal budget is hit-and-miss on housing
- 6h ago
Mail suspended at Kelowna condo after mask-less residents spotted in lobby
- 6h ago

Penticton Vees goalie named top BCHL player of the week

Kaeden Lane had a save percentage of .966 and a goals-against average of 0.76 in four starts

by Jesse Day

The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenseman Alexander Edler two games for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman. Edler, right, Leafs’ Hyman collide during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., Sunday, April 18, 2021. Edler received a major penalty for kneeing and a game misconduct on the play. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canucks defenceman Edler suspended two games for kneeing Leafs forward Hyman

Canucks were playing their fist game since March 24 after being sidelined by a COVID-19 outbreak

by The Canadian Press

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