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Darlene Hyde, chief executive of the B.C. Real Estate Association, said B.C.'s planned cooling-off period will create more problems than it solves.

VICTORIA — The number of people in hospital due to COVID-19 has dropped slightly in British Columbia. The Health Ministry says in a statement Tuesday that there were 273 people in hospital and 46 in intensive care.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the system of funding child welfare services for Indigenous kids is "deeply flawed" and there's an urgent need to overhaul practices to make data accessible and transparent.

‘When we know better, we must do better'

Vancouver's Roller Girl says she expresses herself as a rollerblader and that her right to freedom of expression was violated when she was ticketed for rollerblading behind a truck.

Company passes US$6 billion in annual sales for first time

VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general says the government has effective tools in place to manage cybersecurity risks that could arise from an increase in public service employees working from home during the pandemic.

The Mellow Walk Quentin Safety Shoe, according to the federal authority, doesn’t meet protection standards and is an “injury hazard.”

The prime minister is in Vancouver for a multi-day B.C. trip.

VANCOUVER — The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia says it has suspended a doctor from practising while it completes an investigation into allegations that he circumvented COVID-19 public health orders.