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Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix

Health Minister Adrian Dix's comments come amid ongoing health-care woes including hospital overcrowding and many residents being left without a family doctor.

Dec 20, 2023 2:39 PM Read more >

Family wants justice for Prince George woman killed in Mexico

Val Vardabasso, 58, was living in Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point, just south of the border with Arizona, and was killed in her home last week

Dec 20, 2023 6:00 AM Read more >

Myra Falls Mine shutdown came with no notice for 300 employees: union

“Imagine being told that not only are you being laid off for Christmas with no notice, you’re not even sure if you’re going to get paid,” says Unifor representative.

Dec 20, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Transit strike in Comox Valley, Campbell River could take months to resolve: union

Similar strikes in Whistler and the Fraser Valley only ended when the province called on a special mediator.

Dec 20, 2023 5:15 AM Read more >

Kelowna MLAs urge housing minister to intervene to get tiny homes site open

"This critical gap is preventing the project from moving forward, despite the readiness of the infrastructure and the pressing need within our community.”

Dec 20, 2023 4:37 AM Read more >

B.C. man goes from ice cream bars to jail bars

Isaac Schaaf-Young was denied bail Tuesday in Kamloops provincial court, a few days after his arrest following an alleged early-morning break-in at a Kamloops Dairy Queen.

Dec 20, 2023 4:28 AM Read more >

Check out these vintage northern B.C. Christmas cards

The artist of the cards was Robert David Symons, who was born in 1898 in England and came to Canada in 1914 at the age of 16 to become a cowboy, explained Elizabeth Hunter

Dec 20, 2023 3:30 AM Read more >

Woman accused of using forged documents to apply for nurse job

Charrybelle Talau has been charged with offences including fraudulent personation and forgery

Dec 19, 2023 3:21 PM Read more >

Province fines Red Chris copper-gold mine $25,000

Company was ordered to electrify perimeter of work camp after two incidents of human-bear interactions

Dec 19, 2023 3:11 PM Read more >

IIO probes case of Port Alberni man found dead in car in Sproat Lake

An RCMP officer had earlier spoken to the 83-year-old, who had dementia, after a call expressing concern for his well-being

Dec 19, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >