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Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Only about 10 per cent of the B.C. Nurses’ Union’s 48,000 members are men. And while bumping that number up might help ease a shortage that has resulted in hospital emergency-room closures, societal bias against men in the field continues.
Vancouver police investigate four stabbings, including death of 22-year-old man

Vancouver police investigate four stabbings, including death of 22-year-old man

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they are investigating four overnight stabbings, including a suspected homicide in the city’s Killarney neighbourhood.
Local organ donor saves four lives

Local organ donor saves four lives

Four people got life-saving transplants because Matthew Woodford was an organ donor.
Analysis: Why are B.C. money laundering investigations failing to produce charges?

Analysis: Why are B.C. money laundering investigations failing to produce charges?

B.C. Premier David Eby says British Columbians are likely 'shocked' to see that evidence of massive amounts of suspicious cash moving through B.C. casinos cannot produce a single charge of money laundering
Highway between Hope and Merritt, British Columbia, closed due to extreme weather

Highway between Hope and Merritt, British Columbia, closed due to extreme weather

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Ministry of Transportation says the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt will be closed until at least Saturday afternoon due to extreme weather.
Safety alert: Canada-wide warning for cannabis products that may 'lead to overconsumption' of THC

Safety alert: Canada-wide warning for cannabis products that may 'lead to overconsumption' of THC

These incorrectly labelled products may contain above the allowable limit of the psychoactive substance.
Province halts old-growth logging in at-risk owl territory another two years

Province halts old-growth logging in at-risk owl territory another two years

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it's extending an old-growth logging ban for part of the Fraser Canyon for another two years to help with the recovery of the endangered spotted owl.
Tourism delegates getting taste of Prince George

Tourism delegates getting taste of Prince George

Hospitality industry stakeholders from all over province strapped on skis and snowshoes at Otway Nordic Centre.
Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Fisheries minister Joyce Murray reaffirmed a prior decision last month not to renew 15 open-net salmon farm licenses in the region
Canfor made $880.4M profit in 2022

Canfor made $880.4M profit in 2022

Downturn in final quarter of the year prompted mill curtailments and closures across northern B.C.
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