B.C. to spend $50 million expanding access to anti-overdose nasal naloxone kits
British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is spending $50 million to expand availability of anti-overdose nasal naloxone across the province. She says the expansion is an important response to the overdose crisis, which was declared 10 years...
B.C. paramedics union could strike, could reach deal after vote; negotiations ongoing
The union representing B.C.’s ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers will not strike Thursday, but says it’s poised to do so after members overwhelmingly voted in favour of job action this month. On Wednesday, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC – CUPE...
B.C. facing lack of OBGYNs, midwives and maternity nurses
As of 8 a.m. Thursday, the maternity unit at White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital will be closed, again, for four days because of what the Fraser Health Authority (FHA) describes as “unexpected departures.” This is the fourth time this year...
16 Lapu-Lapu Day victims had medical privacy breached: investigator
Half of the victims taken to hospital for medical care after Vancouver’s tragic Lapu-Lapu Day attack had their privacy breached, a new report finds. On Wednesday, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC) published the...
Coquitlam RCMP investigating after driver strikes pedestrian
Sections of a major Coquitlam intersection was closed Thursday morning after a driver struck and injured a pedestrian. The Coquitlam RCMP says it responded to the scene of the collision at the intersection of Guildford Way and Lansdowne Drive shortly...
Advocates, providers react to B.C. pausing $10-a-day child-care program
As part of B.C.’s Budget 2026, announced Tuesday, new enrollment to the province’s $10-a-day child-care program has been paused, bringing relief to some advocates. At the time of its launch in 2018, the program was celebrated as a significant step...
Clearview AI loses bid in B.C. Appeal Court to use B.C. social media images in...
Breadcrumb Trail Links Clearview AI loses bid in B.C. Appeal Court to use B.C. social media images in facial recognition software U.S. company argued it was exempt from B.C. privacy laws and maintains it can’t remove B.C. images already in...
B.C. man gets second chance to keep his citizenship after failing to disclose earlier deportation
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. man gets second chance to keep his citizenship after failing to disclose earlier deportation A 41-year-old first sought to enter Canada as a refugee in 1999, using the name Reza Ahmed and a false date of...
B.C. Hells Angel caught with duffel bags full of drugs at border gets day parole
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. Hells Angel caught with duffel bags full of drugs at border gets day parole A high-profile B.C. Hells Angel has been granted day parole after a cocaine smuggling conviction — despite his membership in the biker...
Future of former Kamloops residential school site uncertain, years after suspected graves discovered
It was an announcement in 2021 that changed Canada’s conversation about residential schools. Now, nearly five years later, there are still no definitive answers in the investigation into the discovery of 215 suspected unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian...
