B.C. News

TORONTO — Employees of Public Health Ontario labs are set to receive an additional 5.25 per cent in pay increases to compensate for a provincial wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional and has now been repealed.

The scam targets seniors, with callers claiming to be a grandchild or other relative who is in trouble and needs money to get out of the situation

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is joining seven provinces in paying for some of the cost of in vitro fertilization but scant details and long-standing inequities have raised questions about how the plan could benefit patients.

The individual, who was arrested, was allegedly recruiting students in parking lots across the street from several schools, Del Manak told the Greater Victoria School Board

WHISTLER, B.C. — Environment Canada is warning of hazardous driving conditions on several stretches of British Columbia highways as a strong Pacific frontal system pushes into the Interior.

Prince George getting ready to host the world March 5-17 at Otway Nordic Centre

Wildlife advocates say too many black bear cubs are being shot by conservation officers

VICTORIA — The number of hazardous spills in British Columbia has trended upwards over the last several years, making it even more important for the government to prepare, auditor general Michael Pickup says.

Rio Tinto says they're committed to working with both the Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations following a Feb. 26 BC Supreme Court appeal decision regarding the two groups' aboriginal rights to fish the Nechako River watershed.

The land on Mount Benson is being sold to the provincial government for $1.45 million as part of the land-transfer agreement with the Snuneymuxw