Economy, Law & Politics

The provincial health order is effective Aug. 25, 2021

Students across the board in B.C., those attending public and private K-12 schools and post secondary institutions will all return to in-class learning next month, despite the uptick in COVID-19 cases.

With arguments from the Crown and defence now completed and the court adjourned until October in the Meng Wanzhou case, the positions of both sides in perhaps the highest-profile extradition case in Canadian history have crystallized.

Hospitalizations and ICU patient numbers hit multi-month highs

Introduction of vaccine certificates comes amid surging cases of COVID-19

The following is a list of stock trades made by corporate executives, directors and other company insiders of B.C.’s public companies filed in the week ended August 11, 2021. The information comes from a compilation of required reports filed with the BC Securities Commission obtained from DisclosureNet.com.

Interior Health region overwhelmingly remains the province's COVID-19 hot spot.

Protestors have rallied against the lockdown, masks and vaccines

People 12+ in the Interior Health region must wear masks again in indoor, public spaces.

The consequences of the 2020 global pandemic have been mixed for British Columbia’s largest insurance brokerages, according to data collected on BIV’s Biggest Insurance Brokers in B.C. list (page 10).