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Boy’s asthma death amid B.C. wildfire smoke inspires The Carter Project

100 Mile House’s Carter Vigh ‘moving mountains’ in push for reliable rural air quality monitor devices

Nov 8, 2023 4:15 PM Read more >

Peer support for substance users at Chilliwack hospital a first in B.C.

‘Once you tell someone you’ve been there, it helps bring down the walls,’ says peer support worker

Nov 8, 2023 4:03 PM Read more >

B.C. Amazon driver accused of stealing 32 packages, selling them online

Driver allegedly marked deliveries as complete, but pocketed the items instead

Nov 8, 2023 3:35 PM Read more >

B.C. aims to increase housing density around rapid transit, bus exchanges

New legislation promises to create 100,000 new housing units within a decade

Nov 8, 2023 3:25 PM Read more >

Judge condemns B.C.’s ‘epic failure’ to help 2 sexually abused children

‘The children are entitled to better and so, too, is the public in general,’ judge says

Nov 8, 2023 2:48 PM Read more >

Beached whale simulation preps Vancouver Island DFO officers for the real thing

Simluation involved 1,500 lb dummy whale, real world conditions to be ‘as realistic as possible’

Nov 8, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

B.C. city approves $15K to buy body armour for firefighters

‘The game has changed’ for Mission firefighters amid increased threats and violence

Nov 8, 2023 2:11 PM Read more >

Avian flu outbreak confirmed for non-commercial site in Port McNeill

This brings the total to 16 confirmed cases in B.C. since Oct. 20, 2023

Nov 8, 2023 12:30 PM Read more >

Operation cleans up homeless camp in Campbell River’s Nunns Creek Park

Individuals are permitted to remain sheltering on site, provided they follow certain criteria

Nov 8, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >

B.C. man gets 30 days in jail and $11K fine for killing bear cub and sow

Conservation Officer Services calls Tofino decision “precedent setting”

Nov 8, 2023 11:30 AM Read more >