Local Journalism Initiative
Gateway to Technology opens for Okanagan students
Restoring cars, baking and computer programming are just a few of 16-year-old Nathaniel Burroughs favourite…
Who gets to fish for B.C. salmon in the future?
The West Coast’s commercial salmon fleet is clearly in the midst of transformative change. Ottawa…
B.C.’s slugs and bugs are worth saving, too
Conservationists striving to prevent species from going extinct find it tricky enough to save Canada’s…
Canada’s top CEOs make 243 times more than the average worker
The average pay of Canada’s top 100 CEOs hit an all-time high in 2021, making…
Penticton Vee’s brothers Nadeau tearing up the BCHL
Growing up in a tiny rural community in northern New Brunswick, brothers Josh and Bradly…
GIG WORK IN B.C.: Trading flexibility for uncertainty, risk and racism
CONTENT ADVISORY Kevin Park’s gig economy career as a food courier began as a research…
The B.C. government’s struggle to respond to the gig work world
Workers, unions and experts say B.C.’s government is dragging its feet on pledges to improve…
B.C. health workers attacked, investigations bungled. Will this spur change?
Northern Health repeatedly failed to properly investigate assaults against staff, WorkSafeBC has found, something unions…
B.C. will soon decide fate of four projects with big climate, biodiversity impacts
B.C. Premier David Eby’s newly appointed cabinet is about to decide the fate of a…
Caretakers say it’s a crucial time to protect Okanagan Lake, ‘heart’ of syilx homelands
Located in the “heart” of syilx homelands, Okanagan Lake is a lifeline for the people,…
It’s all downhill for the freestyle kids at Apex Mountain Resort
When the Apex Freestyle Club had a coaching vacancy to fill they had to look…
B.C. health-care workers are facing an epidemic of violence
Ten years after she was assaulted at work, Pam Owen still remembers her attacker’s empty…
Labour wants 15 days of paid sick leave but province hesitant
Less than a year after B.C. legislated five paid days off, the BC Federation of…
Severely injured humpback travels from B.C. to Hawaii
A humpback whale appears to have made a difficult journey from waters in northern B.C.…
B.C. city ordered to pay $58K to fired worker who washed truck at public works yard
A Port Coquitlam employee has won his wrongful dismissal suit against the city after being…