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B.C. Budget 2024: it’s status quo for mental health and addictions services

New budget commits $215M to maintain expanded services brought in last year for 3 more years

Feb 22, 2024 2:00 PM Read more >

B.C. Budget 2024: $405M for climate emergency mitigation and management

Budget also expands support for B.C. residents on evacuation orders

Feb 22, 2024 1:49 PM Read more >

BUDGET 2024: B.C. runs record deficit of almost $8B, focuses on temporary relief

Budget includes several temporary relief measures and a flipping tax

Feb 22, 2024 1:30 PM Read more >

B.C. Budget 2024: NDP promises free cycle of in-vitro fertilization

The next year will be spent creating program, which won’t launch until April of 2025

Feb 22, 2024 1:27 PM Read more >

$15K awarded for unauthorized 8 hours in B.C. dentist chair to fix 22 teeth

Judge calls Abbotsford dentist’s actions ‘high-handed’, awards former patient for ‘emotional harm’

Feb 22, 2024 1:21 PM Read more >

B.C. Budget 2024: One-off affordability boost for families, small cut to hydro costs

Fiscal plan also expands Employer Health Tax exemption to more businesses

Feb 22, 2024 1:20 PM Read more >

Wildlife experts ponder peril of diseases devastating Okanagan bighorn sheep

Symposium in Penticton to explore conservation options amidst sharp decline in keynote species

Feb 22, 2024 1:00 PM Read more >

EXCLUSIVE: Woman speaks out after Vernon change room accusation

Transgender woman in Vernon accused of exposing teens to male genitalia in a public change room

Feb 22, 2024 12:30 PM Read more >

B.C. serial killer Robert Pickton now eligible to apply for day parole

Pickton is serving a life sentence for six counts of second-degree murder in a Quebec supermax prison

Feb 22, 2024 11:30 AM Read more >

Record copper production for Teck as B.C. miner preps for coal division sale

Sale of company’s Elk Valley coal operations to Glencore working through regulatory approvals

Feb 22, 2024 11:30 AM Read more >