White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital anticipating 4th temporary maternity unit closure this year
The maternity unit at White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital will temporarily close its doors this week for yet another four-day stretch. From Thursday, Feb. 19, at 8 a.m. until Monday, Feb. 23, at 8 a.m., expectant parents will be diverted...
B.C. Budget: Finance minister delivers a sea of red ink and tax increases
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. Budget: Finance minister delivers a sea of red ink and tax increases This year’s budget saw over $4 billion in tax increases as well as 15,000 job cuts to the public service and a projected $13.3...
Higher taxes, more debt: 5 ways the 2026 B.C. budget will affect you
Breadcrumb Trail Links Higher taxes, more debt: 5 ways the 2026 B.C. budget will affect you British Columbians are in for tax increases, public sector job cuts and increased public debt as a result of this year’s budget Author of...
Vancouver business group gives B.C. budget poor ‘D’ grade
After the provincial government announced this year’s budget, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) says that B.C.’s fiscal situation is grim. The business association assigned the budget a “D” – the lowest letter grade in over six years. CLICK...
‘Kids don’t want to have to leave’: Tumbler Ridge parent shares mental-health support concerns after...
As portable classrooms arrive in Tumbler Ridge after a deadly school shooting that claimed the lives of six victims, one parent says the community’s recovery will depend on something less visible: stable, long-term mental-health care. Ronda Cantin is a mother...
B.C. Budget 2026: Business groups criticize expansion of PST base
B.C.’s budget has expanded the province’s sales tax base, a move one group says will hurt small businesses. Several professional services that are currently exempt from having to collect PST — including accounting and bookkeeping, architectural, engineering, geoscientist, commercial real-estate...
Here’s what people are saying about B.C.’s 2026 budget
Here’s what people are saying about the 2026 British Columbia budget, which delivers a tax-rate increase, a record deficit and public sector cuts. “It’s our time to take a pause on some of the things we want to do, to...
B.C. forecasts record $13.3b deficit for 2026; finance minister pushes ‘careful choices’ amid global trade...
B.C.’s deficit is expected to reach a record-high $13.3 billion in the 2026/27 fiscal year, according to the province’s 2026 budget. That’s in spite of what the province’s finance minister calls ‘careful choices’ in the three-year fiscal plan, including a...
B.C. Budget 2026: Province cutting 15,000 public sector jobs amid fiscal pressure
B.C.’s Budget 2026 outlines a goal of disciplined spending and improving government efficiency at the expense of a massive group of workers. Presented Tuesday, the budget says B.C. is committed to “streamlining” government programs, reducing the public sector by 15,000...
B.C. budget delays care homes, hospital and cancer facility, student housing
British Columbia’s budget is delivering hits to the young, the old, and cancer patients alike as government construction undergoes “re-pacing” to address fiscal pressures. There are delays to seven long-term care projects from Abbotsford to Fort St. John, as well...
