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Canucks banking on capacity limits being lifted, selling all regular season seats

The Vancouver Canucks are banking on the capacity limits at Rogers Arena being lifted in time for the regular season home opener.

Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat (53) celebrates his game winning shootout goal against the Montreal Canadiens in Vancouver, Monday, March 8, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. considering tougher laws to protect patients, students from anti-vaccine protesters

The B.C. government is considering tougher laws to discourage anti-vaccine protesters from disrupting the daily operations of schools and hospitals in the province, Premier John Horgan said Thursday.

An ambulance passes through a crowd of people protesting COVID-19 vaccine passports and mandatory vaccinations for health-care workers, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

B.C. quietly steps up enforcement on restaurants refusing to check vaccine passports

As a number of restaurants openly defy B.C.'s proof-of-vaccination requirements, the province has confirmed enforcement is underway.

B.C. Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Ravi Kahlon has his provincial COVID-19 vaccine card scanned by White Spot restaurant general manager Bill Warwick, before having breakfast in Delta, B.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

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DEVELOPING | B.C. adds 832 COVID-19 cases, 5 deaths

B.C. added 832 new cases of COVID-19 to its total on Thursday, as well as five deaths, according to the Ministry of Health.

Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds

Canada's premiers are demanding a meeting with the newly re-elected prime minister to ask for more money -- no strings attached -- to pump into their health-care systems.

TransLink says it's seeing a surge in ridership, but transit use is still only about half what it was before COVID-19

The first week of school in September brought TransLink its biggest surge in ridership since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the transit operator said Thursday.

Teen missing in Squamish; rescue crews organizing public search

Search and rescue crews in Squamish are ramping up search efforts for a teenage boy who was reported missing from his home Wednesday morning.

4th 'murder hornet' nest destroyed near B.C. border in Washington state

Another nest built by Asian giant hornets north of Seattle close to the Canada border has been destroyed, according to state officials.

Homes near B.C. fracking sites have more pollutants: study on health impacts

A new study has found homes close to fracking oil and gas wells in British Columbia have higher levels of certain organic pollutants, which may lead to short- and long-term health effects.

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SNC-Lavalin corporations and 2 former top execs charged with fraud, forgery by RCMP

The corporate entities of SNC-Lavalin Inc. and SNC-Lavalin International Inc., as well as two former senior executives of the Quebec-based firms have been charged with a series of fraud and forgery offences by the RCMP.

The SNC-Lavalin headquarters is seen in Montreal on February 12, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Paul Chiasson)

Canada's costly election: Could $600M have been spent elsewhere?

After the most expensive election in Canadian history resulted in little change politically, many are asking whether it was worth the $610-million price tag and where else that money could have been spent.

Boyfriend of slain Gabby Petito charged with bank card fraud

The boyfriend of Gabby Petito, whose body was found at a national park in Wyoming after a cross-country trip with him, was charged with unauthorized use of a debit card as searchers continued looking for him Thursday in Florida swampland.

North Korea says call to declare end of Korean War is premature

South Korea's call to declare a formal end to the Korean War is premature as there is no guarantee it would lead to the withdrawal of the 'U.S. hostile policy' toward Pyongyang, North Korea state media KCNA reported on Friday, citing Vice Foreign Minister Ri Thae Song.

Minimal increase in international travel to Canada since fully vaxxed welcomed

Canada saw only a slight increase in the volume of foreign nationals entering the country in the first week after the border opened to those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.