Category Archives: British Columbia

More Nurses Needed To Reduce Wait Times For Surgery
BURNABY – The BC Nurses’ Union is concerned that the Province’s plan to reduce surgical wait times, doesn’t consider the number of specialized nurses needed to make the strateg...
Mar 22, 2018
B.C.'s tight rental market has landlords asking personal questions: report
VICTORIA - Some landlords in British are asking prospective tenants for too much personal information including credit card details, three months worth of bank statements and inquiring whether applica...
Mar 22, 2018
Municipal official in Nanaimo, B.C., subject of peace bond application
NANAIMO, B.C. - A special prosecutor in British Columbia has approved the application to have a senior municipal official in Nanaimo bound by the terms of a peace bond, the province’s prosecutio...
Mar 22, 2018

B.C. Landlords Collect Too Much Personal Information
VICTORIA – A report was released by the Province today saying that landlords throughout B.C. often collect too much personal information from potential tenants. “Low vacancy rates may prom...
Mar 22, 2018

Son of late professor fights for mother's release from Iran
VANCOUVER - Almost two months since an Iranian-Canadian professor died in a Tehran prison, his sons still haven’t had a moment to grieve. Mehran Seyed-Emami says it’s too important to get ...
Mar 22, 2018
B.C. vows to reduce surgical wait times for hip and knee replacements
VANCOUVER - British Columbia will address long wait lists for hip and knee replacements, allowing an extra 4,000 people to have the surgeries in the coming year, the premier says. John Horgan said a $...
Mar 21, 2018
B.C. issues warning to pet rabbit owners as virus spreads to Lower Mainland
VICTORIA - A virus that has already killed hundreds of feral rabbits on Vancouver Island has spread and the British Columbia government is warning pet owners to take precautions. The government says r...
Mar 21, 2018

New Strategy To Help Reduce Surgery Wait Times
VANCOUVER - Today, Premier John Horgan announced a new strategy to boost surgeries in areas with long wait times, starting with hip and knee replacements. Horgan says the strategy will see five hip an...
Mar 21, 2018
Transportation Safety Board to probe cause of smoky WestJet flight in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Investigators with the Transportation Safety Board are being sent to Vancouver Island to determine why thick smoke suddenly filled the cabin of a commuter plane travelling to Nanaimo, ...
Mar 21, 2018

Vancouver Island university develops program to help kids cope with overdose crisis
NANAIMO, B.C. - Prof. Teri Derksen says an unforgettable image of children playing overdose games in a park became the vision behind a university research project to help kids whose family members hav...
Mar 21, 2018