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Events that were cancelled in 2022 due to escalating costs include the Canada Day fireworks, New Year’s Eve fireworks, and Santa Claus Parade in downtown Vancouver. The provincial government’s new 2023/2024 operating grant fund for events is essentially a renewal of the previous one-time 2021/2022 fund to support the restart of events ...
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Mar 7, 2020 · British Columbia 'We're in uncharted territories': Some events cancelled, postponed as coronavirus spreads
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- New Orders Come After B.C. Watched Ontario, Quebec
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Officials said the new orders were made after B.C. examined data over the weekend from other jurisdictions like Quebec, Ontario and the U.K. for signs of what could happen locally. Those places are several weeks ahead of B.C. in their pandemics and dealing with even higher case counts. Henry said she was particularly concerned with the strain on th...
B.C. is also expanding its rapid test strategy, though not to the level seen in other provinces. In the next month, more rapid tests will be provided for symptomatic people at testing centres, at long-term care facilities and for vulnerable communities and businesses. Health-care workers in acute care will also have access. The program will be expa...
Officials are accelerating the booster shot program in B.C. Evidence shows two vaccine doses are not enough to stop an Omicron infection — though the vaccines still substantially reduce the risk of hospitalization and serious illness. While B.C.'s age-based and critically vulnerable strategy will continue, the province is expanding vaccination capa...
Scheduled surgeries in B.C. are being postponed starting Jan. 4 to "manage pressures on hospital capacity," the province said. Urgent or emergency surgeries will still go ahead. Officials expect roughly 3,000 surgeries will be cancelled per week. The cancellations mean key staff can be redeployed elsewhere, including vaccination clinics to help wit...
Feb 10, 2024 · Daybreak North 6:48 Wildfire concern grounds airshow. Fort St John organizers disappointed, but say it's the right thing to do. The last air show in the city was in 2022 following a five-year...
Mar 10, 2020 · Dozens of others, including the Surrey Vaisakhi Parade and the Vancouver Sun Run have pulled the plug. Here’s how the coronavirus has affected B.C. events so far. This page will be regularly...
British Columbia’s largest event, the Honda Celebration of Light, has been cancelled for 2020. The three-night competition has grown to become the world’s longest-running offshore fireworks competition, taking over the skies over Vancouver’s English Bay.
Nov 18, 2021 · 18 November 2021. Watch as cows are rescued by jet ski from British Columbia storm floods. A state of emergency has been declared in the Canadian western province of British Columbia...
