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• Resignations and retaliation: B.C. health-care workers see increasingly 'toxic' workplaces

  There are more signs that tensions are high in British Columbia’s health authorities as an outspoken doctor on Vancouver Island has faced professional repercussions and nearly all the critical care doctors at a northern hospital have resigned.

  

• Charges laid against alleged gangster more than a year after Abbotsford pursuit

  Police in Abbotsford say an erratic driver who was arrested after a 90-minute pursuit by an RCMP helicopter more than a year ago is now facing drug charges.

  

• Construction begins soon on Vancouver's Granville Bridge upgrade. Here's what to expect.

  Crews are scheduled to begin upgrade work on Vancouver's Granville Bridge next week, but officials are promising the impacts on traffic will be minimal.

• B.C. labour outlook forecasts 1M job openings over next decade

  The latest B.C. Labour Market Outlook forecasts employment in the province will reach 3.1 million jobs by 2032 – half a million more than there were last year.

• Vehicle fire in Burnaby under investigation: RCMP

  Police are investigating after a burnt out vehicle was discovered in Burnaby Tuesday night.

• Tug company, senior official charged in fatal 2021 sinking off northwest B.C. coast

  Charges have now been laid against a tug and barge company and one of its senior officials two years after a tug sank off British Columbia's coast south of Kitimat, killing the captain and one crew member.

• 'Someone needs to be accountable': B.C. woman speaks out against ICBC's no-fault insurance

  A woman who was seriously injured in a head-on collision last summer is speaking out against ICBC's no-fault policy, arguing it penalizes the victims of accidents.

• Parking lot campers evicted from Vancouver beach after occupying spaces for months

  Months after threatening action, Vancouver’s park board has evicted campervans and motorhomes parked illegally at a beach on the city’s west side.

• Mill closures threaten to punch holes in the fabric of rural B.C. towns

  A range of pressures on British Columbia forests are reverberating this spring through Houston and other rural and northern communities, where sawmill, pellet and pulp closuresare affecting hundreds of workers.

• Coastal erosion is unearthing ancestral bones on this B.C. Gulf Island

  A walk past a cemetery can conjure many emotions – sadness, fear and finality. But rarely does it conjure the idea of actually seeing a deceased loved one again. On British Columbia's Gabriola Island, however, coastal erosion is unearthing more than just memories.

• 'Fiscally limited': B.C. premier reacts to federal health-care offer

  While some premiers are calling the health-care offer presented by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday "disappointing," B.C.'s David Eby stopped short of that characterization.

• 'It was a nightmare': 2 children dead, driver charged after city bus crashes into Laval daycare

  A man has been arrested and two children are dead after a driver crashed a city bus into a daycare in Laval, Que. Wednesday morning. The deadly crash sent multiple children to area hospitals and parents scrambling to find their kids shortly after they dropped them off for the day at the Garderie éducative Sainte-Rose, north of Montreal.

• 'Obscene amount of earnings': What is Shell using its record profits for?

  Energy companies like Shell posted earnings that broke records in 2022, raising questions about whether excess profits should be taxed and why those companies have shifted how they use their funds.

• B.C. cabinet minister announces 'heartbreaking' return of cancer

  Selina Robinson, the B.C. NDP's minister for post-secondary education, has revealed she is once again battling cancer.

• Businesses brace for looming economic slowdown, ask for break on taxes

  At 2:18 Run in Victoria, Phil Nicholls is wondering what an economic slowdown might mean for his small business specializing in high-end sneakers and clothing.

• New online course aims to reduce burn injuries in B.C. children

  It's Burn Awareness Week and this year's campaign focuses on protecting young children from scalds, which are caused by hot liquids.

• The 'Big One' is not the earthquake B.C. scientists are most concerned about

  The pending megathrust earthquake known as the "Big One" has been a source of worry on B.C.'s South Coast for years – but some scientists are even more concerned about the potential impact of smaller quakes closer to Metro Vancouver.

• Expert suggests homeowners prepare ahead of week of wet weather

  Nigel Malkin says now is the best time for homeowners to make sure their drains aren’t clogged and that debris is cleaned out from sump pumps and gutters to prevent any flooding in the days to come.

• 'Shut the f*** up, get me my coffee!': Angry confrontation at Tim Hortons in Surrey, B.C., under investigation

  Police are investigating an angry confrontation at a Tim Hortons drive-thru in Surrey, B.C., over the weekend, part of which was recorded and posted on TikTok.

• Vancouver’s Turkish community mobilizes to send emergency supplies to earthquake-stricken homeland

  A passenger plane packed with donations and emergency supplies is set to travel from Vancouver, B.C., to Istanbul on Tuesday, as the death toll from Monday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkiye and Syria surpasses 6,200.