Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. commits to mandatory Holocaust education for Grade 10 students
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has plans to make Holocaust education mandatory for high school students with additions to Grade 10 curriculum coming in 2025. Premier David Eby says it's been a "frighten...
Oct 30, 2023
Eby says B.C. deserves heating bill relief too, after federal tax on fuel oil paused
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's unfair that Atlantic Canada is being targeted for federal relief on heating bills that won't apply to B.C., after Ottawa announced a three-year ...
Oct 30, 2023
Small plane crashes in Surrey, B.C., injuring pilot
SURREY, B.C. - A small plane has crashed in Surrey, B.C, injuring the lone person on board. RCMP say they responded to reports of the crash Monday afternoon near Crescent Beach in south Surrey. Police...
Oct 30, 2023
BC Hydro asks for 2.3% rate increase to start spring 2024
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province's Crown power utility is applying for a 2.3-per-cent rate increase starting in April, adding about $2 a month to the average residential bi...
Oct 30, 2023
Fiscal and monetary policy rowing in opposite directions, Macklem says
OTTAWA - Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says fiscal and monetary policy are rowing in opposite directions, making it harder to bring inflation down. Macklem is appearing before MPs on the House ...
Oct 30, 2023
B.C. raises pay $2 per hour for daycare workers at licensed facilities
VICTORIA - Daycare workers at British Columbia's licensed child-care facilities will receive a $2-per-hour pay increase starting Jan. 1. Grace Lore, B.C.'s minister of state for child care, says in a ...
Oct 30, 2023
Health professionals, not police should care for intoxicated prisoners: B.C. watchdog
SURREY, B.C. - The head of British Columbia's police watchdog says caring for intoxicated prisoners is a health-care issue and shouldn't be a police responsibility. A report released by Ronald J. MacD...
Oct 30, 2023
B.C. non-profits to receive $60 million from government to help with their work: Eby
VICTORIA - Certain non-profit organizations in British Columbia are getting $60 million from the government in grant funding to help them do their work. Premier David Eby says the help of non-profits ...
Oct 30, 2023
Coalition of businesses call on the Province to crack down on crime
BRITISH COLUMBIA - A new public safety coalition of community and business groups, concerned citizens and retailers are calling on the government to end rising crime in local communities across the pr...
Oct 30, 2023
B.C. coalition seeks 'critical' crackdown on violent retail crime
VANCOUVER - A group of more than 30 British Columbia retailers, trade associations and other organizations is calling for a co-ordinated government response for repeat offenders they say are behind a ...
Oct 30, 2023