COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the US and India but the numbers for BC are being tackled. BC Health Minister Adrian Dix worried about the jump in cases in certain US states. Worldwide there have been 7.1 million cases of the new coronvirus.
British Columbia will put more focus on enhancing prevention of the novel coronavirus at long-term care facilities to protect vulnerable elderly people and staff, the provincial health officer said Wednesday.
Dr. Bonnie Henry said more screening of employees and visitors will be done at the facilities, which will be off limits to groups of people visiting loved ones.
China and Russia are meddling in Canadian affairs, a national security-and-intelligence watchdog says in a new report that cites evidence of "significant and sustained" foreign interference directed at Canada.
BC Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson confirmed on Wednesday that he is planning to give real estate speculators a $185 million tax break by eliminating the Speculation and Vacancy Tax if he is elected premier, says the NDP.
The 2020‒2022 Immigration Levels Plan tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday by Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, proposes an increase of 10,000 in the number of permanent residents admitted to Canada each year: from 341,000 in 2020 to 351,000 in 2021 and 361,000 in 2022.
