B.C.
B.C. mayors seek ‘immediate action’ from governments on mental health crisis
VANCOUVER – Mayors, First Nations leaders, and law enforcement officials are pleading with the federal…
B.C. municipal leaders gather to talk infrastructure, addiction, emergency management
VANCOUVER — The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of…
Eby pledges involuntary care for severe addictions in B.C., ahead of October election
VANCOUVER — British Columbia will be opening secure facilities to provide involuntary care under the…
26-year-old son is accused of his father’s murder on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the 26-year-old son of a man…
B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man
VANCOUVER – A report into a triple stabbing at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown last…
B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby
VANCOUVER – A re-elected NDP government would scrap British Columbia’s long-standing carbon tax and shift…
B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, promises to expand drug coverage
VANCOUVER – British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare…
Mounties say there’s no evidence Lytton, B.C., wildfire was arson; cause unknown
LYTTON, B.C. – Mounties in British Columbia have concluded there’s no evidence that the devastating…
B.C. family doctors call for sick days, pensions ahead of October election
VANCOUVER – Representatives of family doctors in British Columbia say giving physicians paid sick days,…
B.C.’s debt and deficit forecast to rise as the provincial election nears
VICTORIA – British Columbia is forecasting a record budget deficit and a rising debt of…
Weather aids B.C. fire fight amid evacuation order and alerts in southeast
The BC Wildfire Service says rain, light winds and cooler temperatures are expected to decrease…
BC United sources leak ‘extremism’ file on B.C. Conservatives’ executive Isidorou
VICTORIA – An opposition research file on the “extremism” of the Conservative Party of British…
Mark Carney to lead Liberal economic task force ahead of next election
NANAIMO, B.C. – Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney will chair a Liberal task…
BC United to run some candidates to keep party alive, despite halting campaign
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s Official Opposition BC United party says it will run some candidates…
B.C. Interior wildfires show increased activity, triggering evacuation alert
BURNS LAKE, B.C. – A growing cluster of out-of-control wildfires in the British Columbia Interior…