OBGYN society presses province for timeline amid maternity diversions
As White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital deals with its sixth and longest maternity unit diversion this year, doctors are raising concerns over the impact on patients and health-care providers. The Fraser Health Authority says, due to a gap in obstetrician-gynecologists...
B.C. woman and daughter, 7, detained at ICE jail in Texas, despite having visa
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. woman and daughter, 7, detained at ICE jail in Texas, despite having visa Tania Warner’s American husband is worried about the mental health of his wife and stepdaughter as they remain in immigration detention. Author of...
Several residents rescued after mudslide shuts Coquitlam road, knocks out power to thousands of homes
As the B.C. coast continues to be hammered by torrential rains from an atmospheric river, several people were evacuated Thursday by helicopter from their homes in the north end of Coquitlam after a mudslide hit the area. Two people at...
ICE guards ‘sadistic, inhumane and abusive,’ jailed Penticton woman says
The Canadian government is doing everything it can to help a B.C. mother and her seven-year-old daughter who were locked up after being stopped at a U.S. immigration checkpoint in Texas, says a provincial MLA. Amelia Boultbee, MLA for Penticton-Summerland,...
B.C. heli-skiing company says three of its guests died in Sunday’s avalanche
A Terrace-based heli-skiing company is halting service after three of its guests died and a guide was critically injured in an avalanche on Sunday. Michael Brackenhofer, heli-skiing and guiding manager for White Wilderness Heliskiing, said the avalanche occurred on March...
One of two hikers rescued near Lions Bay dies in hospital
A man who tried to help a fallen hiker on Mount Brunswick near Lions Bay during a weekend group hike has died in hospital, the B.C. Coroners Service said Tuesday. On Saturday, North Shore Rescue was called in to help...
Opposition mounts to hydrotherapy barge plan for public dock at Vancouver Maritime Museum
Close to 1,000 people have signed a petition opposed to the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s plan to allow a floating hydrotherapy spa in a public dock managed by the museum. The petition, organized by Vancouver filmmaker Elvira Lount, says the plan...
‘Living on a prayer’: Tumbler Ridge shooting victim Maya Gebala battles another infection, mom says
Maya Gebala, the 12-year-old victim of the Tumbler Ridge massacre who is fighting for her life in hospital, is battling another infection as her family waits by her bed, clinging to hope but wracked with despair. The young hockey player,...
Comfort and safety of pregnant women key to UBC engineering course
From seatbelts to bike helmets, much of the safety equipment people rely on every day was designed with men in mind. A new undergraduate course at the University of B.C. aims to change that — by teaching students to recognize...
UPDATED: Premier David Eby’s promised amendments to DRIPA outlined in new letter. So what’s next?
UPDATE: Multiple sources have confirmed to Postmedia that the province sent a letter on Monday to a number of First Nations regarding the upcoming DRIPA amendments. According to The Canadian Press, a briefing for First Nations is scheduled to take...
