British Columbia

Challenges of climate change focus of B.C. government's budget, says finance minister

VICTORIA - B.C. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says making sure communities have the resources they need to deal with the effects of climate change will be a focal point of her budget when it is rel...

Feb 21, 2022

B.C. prepares to remove some housing approval powers from local governments: minister

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is considering taking away some of the permit powers municipal governments have to approve housing construction in an effort to get more homes built in the p...

Feb 21, 2022

B.C. government adding 602 nursing seats in a move to address skills gap

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is adding 602 new nursing seats to public post-secondary institutions in a move the B.C. Nurses' Union calls a "promising step" toward addressing a staffing...

Feb 20, 2022

Firefighters investigating cause of 'volatile' fire at Vancouver's PNE

VANCOUVER - Explosions and 30-metre flames were part of a volatile fire that lit up part of the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver overnight. Assistant Fire Chief Brian Bertuzzi says crews respo...

Feb 20, 2022

Physician assistants could fill part of B.C.'s need for more doctors: advocates

VANCOUVER - Joanna Chan wants to come back to British Columbia to work as a physician assistant and she's not alone. The Canadian Association of Physician Assistants says a recent survey of its 800 me...

Feb 20, 2022

What you need to know about mischief charges and the Ottawa protests

VANCOUVER - Some of the most high-profile organizers of protests against government and COVID-19 mandates in Ottawa are facing charges that include mischief and counselling to commit mischief. What do...

Feb 20, 2022

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