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Retired ER doc: B.C. pandemic report 'embodies everything that was wrong'

A member of the Protect Our Province BC coalition wonders what the NDP government was really trying to achieve with the Dec. 2-released report.

Dec 9, 2022 11:05 AM Read more >

B.C. company fined $2.8 million for Metro Vancouver creek pollution

Enforcement officers found 533 dead fish in one creek.

Dec 9, 2022 10:34 AM Read more >

First in Canada GFL electric garbage truck at home in Squamish

Squamish is serving as a test case for this first truck, so that the company and other municipalities can learn from how it does here.

Dec 8, 2022 5:23 PM Read more >

B.C. announces 'blitz' of walk-in flu shots. Here's where to get one

B.C. health officials are encouraging walk-in flu shots.

Dec 8, 2022 4:54 PM Read more >

Advocates seek funding for free contraception in next B.C. budget

VICTORIA — A B.C. advocacy group says it's going to push the government to fulfil a promise to cover the cost of prescription contraception, and for it to be included in the next provincial budget. The B.C.

Dec 8, 2022 4:39 PM Read more >

Conroy brings rural perspective to B.C.'s bottom line, may expand speculation tax

VICTORIA — Katrine Conroy says she asked to keep her old job as British Columbia's forests minister because there was unfinished business, but Premier David Eby had other plans and put her in charge of managing the province's finances.

Dec 8, 2022 4:04 PM Read more >

B.C. tax regime, $5.7B surplus under the microscope as new finance minister takes over

‘I’m not going to wake up tomorrow’ and raise taxes, says Finance Minister Katrine Conroy

Dec 8, 2022 1:02 PM Read more >

Safety board says maintenance problems, blade failure led to fatal crash in B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. — The Transportation Safety Board says a fatal helicopter crash near Campbell River, B.C., three years ago was caused by a failure in the main rotor blades. The lone pilot, who was also the owner of E & B Helicopters Ltd.

Dec 8, 2022 12:42 PM Read more >

How B.C. tech firms are breaking through frigid VC climate

Canadian venture capital funding has fallen by more than $1B year over year as of Q3, according to KPMG

Dec 8, 2022 12:34 PM Read more >

Beware of these 12 scams of Christmas

'Tis the season to be careful as scam artists and fraudsters target holiday generosity

Dec 8, 2022 9:23 AM Read more >