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With latest renewal, B.C.'s record-breaking state of emergency approaches 1-year mark

British Columbia's record-breaking state of emergency has been in effect for almost a year.

Signage for a new COVID-19 screening centre is pictured at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. Friday, February 19, 2021. The centre is being set up to allow for the new testing requirements coming into effect Sunday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

COVID-19 update: B.C. adds 438 cases, 2 related deaths

Health officials in British Columbia announced another 438 cases of COVID-19 and two related deaths on Tuesday.

Dr. Bonnie Henry speaks as Premier John Horgan and Minister Arian Dix look on during a news conference at Legislature in Victoria on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Chad Hipolito / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Lawyer for B.C. churches says in-person gatherings important to religious freedom

A lawyer for several British Columbia churches says the province's COVID-19 restrictions substantially interfere with his clients' rights to freedom of religion under the Canadian charter.

The Free Reformed Church in Chilliwack is pictured.

$3.5M in federal funding for 'vending machines' that dispense safer drugs

The federal government has provided nearly $3.5 million in funding for five vending machines that will dispense medical-grade opioids in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, in order to prevent overdoses.

'Firearm' in waistband that prompted police response at B.C. hospital was a BB gun

Police say a man was arrested after walking into a Metro Vancouver hospital with what appeared to be a firearm in the waistband of his pants.

Rapid response teams in place to support COVID-19 safety in B.C. schools

Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says six new rapid response teams will help schools in B.C. identify gaps in COVID-19 safety plans to help reduce exposure risk.

Vancouver police officers now on administrative duty after posing with dead body

Two police officers being investigated after one of them was caught on video posing with a dead body are now on administrative duty, the Vancouver Police Department says.

Police officer who shot Hudson Brooks 9 times tells coroner's inquest she thought she was going to die

The former Surrey Mountie who shot 20-year-old Hudson Brooks nine times in a 2015 altercation outside the South Surrey detachment told a coroner’s inquest into Brooks’ death on Tuesday that she was afraid for her life.

COVID-19 exposures: More warning notices posted at B.C. grocery stores, pharmacies

A dozen more exposure warnings were posted at B.C. grocery stores and pharmacies after employees at some locations recently tested positive for COVID-19.

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A look at the mixed messages and confusion surrounding the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.

A nurse prepares to administer a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a health-care centre in Seoul Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. (Jung Yeon-je /Pool Photo via AP)

Nearly 945K vaccine doses arriving this week, including first from AstraZeneca: Anand

As provinces and territories weigh how they'll handle administering the AstraZeneca doses after a national advisory committee cautioned against giving them to people aged 65 and up, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first 500,000 doses are set to land in Canada on Wednesday.

Why you probably still shouldn't worry about surface transmission of the coronavirus

Despite the rise of coronavirus variants that can spread more easily, experts say the risk of surface transmission of the virus continues to be negligible.

Biden vows enough vaccine for all U.S. adults by end of May

U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccine for all adults by the end of May -- two months earlier than anticipated -- and he pushed states to get at least one shot into the arms of teachers by the end of May to hasten school reopenings.