Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. students back demand for free prescription contraception
A group that represents students in British Columbia is supporting a call for the provincial government to fulfill an election promise to make all prescription contraception free.The B.C. Federation o...
Jul 21, 2022
Environment Ministry to help Vancouver Island golf course get rid of pesky pigs
VICTORIA - Conservation officers are preparing to round up feral pigs on a golf course whose operators say the animals have caused thousands of dollars in damage. Cowichan Golf Club's head pro, Norm J...
Jul 21, 2022
B.C. ending immigration detention arrangement with CBSA, citing human rights
VICTORIA - British Columbia is ending an arrangement with Canada Border Services Agency to hold immigration detainees in provincial correctional centres, saying the arrangement doesn't align with its ...
Jul 21, 2022
Province announces new agritech innovation centre
B.C.'s Jobs and Innovation Minister says a new agricultural facility in the Lower Mainland will help produce the food needed to feed the province and the world. Ravi Kahlon made the comment in announc...
Jul 21, 2022
B.C. announces consumer protection policy for homebuyers in competitive market
VICTORIA - British Columbia has announced a mandatory three-day period to allow homebuyers time to arrange an inspection and take other important steps like securing financing in a high-pressure real ...
Jul 21, 2022
Homebuyer protection period for inspection, financing coming to B.C.
British Columbians will be able to take advantage of a new homebuyer protection period aimed at protecting people from being pressured into high-risk sales.The mandatory three-day period will give hom...
Jul 21, 2022
More doctors across Canada should prescribe safer drugs to reduce overdoses: minister
VANCOUVER - Canada's minister of mental health and addictions says more doctors across the country should be willing to prescribe a safer supply of drugs instead of fearing they will be investigated b...
Jul 20, 2022
Speculation and vacancy tax added in coastal communities
The B.C. Government is expanding the Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT) in six new communities on Vancouver Island and in the Lower Mainland.The 0.5 per cent speculation tax for Canadian citizens or pe...
Jul 20, 2022
'I don't think we're going to stop seeing closures for a while': Clearwater mayor
KAMLOOPS - Emergency room closures at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital in Clearwater are becoming somewhat of a norm. There was another closure Monday night into Tuesday, and the community's mayor is br...
Jul 20, 2022
Hot, dry weather approaches and B.C. residents urged to prepare: ministry
VANCOUVER - The Public Safety Ministry says another hot spell is moving into British Columbia and it advises residents to have a heat plan ready as temperatures climb this weekend. The ministry statem...
Jul 20, 2022
