Watchdog calls for B.C. to develop, implement regulatory body for social workers

79% of public, 70% of social workers think a registered regulatory body would be good to have

Feb 6, 2025 4:28 PM Read more >

Residents draw up petition against gravel pit expansion in Hope

A petition is currently going around to try and stop the gravel pit expansion on Kettle Valley Road

Feb 6, 2025 4:24 PM Read more >

Sexual assault civil suit victory leaves B.C. women ‘grateful’: lawyers

B.C. Supreme Court awarded plaintiffs $375,000 each in damages for attacks in the early 1980s

Feb 6, 2025 3:10 PM Read more >

B.C. addictions doctor resigns, put on leave over unsanctioned overdose sites

B.C. addictions Dr. Jess Wilder part of a group involved in pop-up sites at Nanaimo and Victoria

Feb 6, 2025 3:06 PM Read more >

1 in 5 recent Canadian immigrants lived below poverty line in 2022: StatCan

Report also shows that a majority of those in what researchers called ‘deep poverty’

Feb 6, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

Listing crime cartels as terrorists would help in fentanyl fight: RCMP

RCMP Commissioner sees value in the government’s plan to appoint a national fentanyl czar

Feb 6, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

B.C. aims to speed up clean energy projects with regulatory change

Legislation to be tabled once Legislative Assembly returns later in February

Feb 6, 2025 2:03 PM Read more >

Rent prices hit 18-month Canadian low of $2,100 in January

Rentals.ca and Urbanation say January marked 4th straight month of declines

Feb 6, 2025 1:30 PM Read more >

Federal government quietly starts advertising again on Facebook

Ottawa resumes spending on Meta platforms after hiatus sparked by Online News Act dispute

Feb 6, 2025 12:30 PM Read more >

Government announces 6 new Indigenous justice centres across B.C.

Centres bring B.C. total to 15, fulfill a provincial government pledge to create a network

Feb 6, 2025 11:48 AM Read more >