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VICTORIA — The approaching 2024 election in British Columbia is an opportunity for the Green Party to put forward issues that raise the bar for the province without worrying about wins and losses, Green Leader Sonia Furstenau says.

The trip was organized and supported by three Japanese environmental groups concerned about the loss of natural forests in BC and climate change.

Average wait times have increased a staggering 166% over the past five years, ranging from 65 days in Vancouver Coastal Health to 278 days in Northern Health.

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

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

“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.

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

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

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.

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