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BC’s health-care worker shortage is hurting patients
Health-care worker shortages are impacting the well-being of patients and employees in British Columbia. More…
Indigenous leaders condemn justice system after Kelowna social worker granted parole
A man who forged social worker credentials and defrauded youth under his “care” — many…
BC Premier David Eby’s porta-potty agenda
There are portable toilets that still haunt Peter White. There was the one at the…
Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo won’t be running again
After a decade in office, Shuswap MLA Greg Kyllo has announced he will not seek…
Conservative leader holds campaign-style rally in South Okanagan
Hundreds of people filled a warehouse in Oliver yesterday to hear what Pierre Poilievre had…
Addiction psychiatrist says there’s ‘no sense of crisis’ in BC toxic drug crisis
Michael Krausz is a big name in addiction psychiatry. Before settling in Vancouver in 2007…
New Kamloops group promoting conspiracy theories is gathering followers
Around 70 people showed up at a Kamloops community centre this week to watch a…
What to do with WorkSafeBC’s giant pot of money?
BC’s Workers’ Compensation Board has a conundrum most would envy: what do you do with…
BC study shows selling tested drugs saves lives
A compassion club in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that has been breaking the law in order…
Three health experts take a close look at BC’s COVID strategy
Earlier this year the COVID-19 pandemic was downgraded from an emergency to an endemic disease,…
Alberta’s fossil fuels ‘war room’ singles out a local BC government for battle
When Nanaimo recently voted to ban FortisBC’s natural gas hookups from new buildings, Alberta’s infamous…
On third anniversary of BC’s promise to protect old-growth, ancient trees still falling
Conservation groups are alarmed that endangered old-growth forests continue to fall three years after B.C.…
South Okanagan NDP MP Richard Cannings isn’t running for re-election
The only NDP MP in the Thompson-Okanagan, Richard Cannings, announced today he won’t run for…
When it comes to water security, small rural communities in BC largely left high and dry
B.C.’s small rural communities striving for water security as droughts become the norm still sink…
BC Urban Mayors’ Caucus lives on post-pandemic
Kelowna mayor Tom Dyas is meeting with other mayors of major urban centres in B.C.…