Category Archives: British Columbia
Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use
VANCOUVER - Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in Britis...
Feb 19, 2022
B.C.'s Interior Health to begin rescheduling surgeries after COVID-19 pause
KELOWNA, B.C. - British Columbia's Interior Health authority says it's taking a phased approach to resuming services that were paused last month, including rescheduling postponed surgeries and reopeni...
Feb 18, 2022
Wage increases, bursaries and courses planned for B.C. childhood educators
BURNABY, B.C. - The B.C. government has announced its plans for nearly $50 million in federal funding that will be used to train, recruit and retain more early childhood educators. Katrina Chen, B.C.'...
Feb 18, 2022
Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being bu...
Feb 18, 2022
RCMP say Coastal GasLink site in northern B.C. 'attacked,' causing significant damage
HOUSTON, B.C. - Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating what they say was a violent confrontation between a group of about 20 people and Coastal GasLink employees at a work site for th...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. health authority issues urgent drug alert to prevent overdose
KELOWNA, B.C. - An urgent drug alert has been issued for the Interior Health region of British Columbia after extreme levels of fentanyl and a benzodiazepine were found in drug samples tested througho...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. eases work-from-home rules as COVID-19 hospitalizations drop
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor has updated her public health orders as more employees return to their workplaces with COVID-19 infections dropping. The Health Ministry says provincial health...
Feb 17, 2022
Province unveils new economic plan 'for today, and tomorrow'
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Premier John Horgan was on hand to announce a new economic plan for the province on Thursday guided by two main principles, clean and inclusive growth.The plan is dubbed 'StrongerBC...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. nation to search for children who didn't come home from Alert Bay school
ALERT BAY, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation located off the coast of northeastern Vancouver Island says it has started an investigation on the grounds of a former residential school, looking for...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is spending more than $136 million to build a new trades and technology training complex in Burnaby. It says the complex at the British Columbia Institute of...
Feb 17, 2022