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  Emergency room delays expected as Royal Jubilee Hospital moves to digital system

  Victoria’s Royal Jubilee Hospital is going live with a new digital system that could cause temporary delays and diversions from an already busy emergency department, beginning on June 8.

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  Anonymous website calls for BC United's Kevin Falcon to resign

  Days after efforts to broker a deal with the BC Conservatives fell apart, BC United's Kevin Falcon was the target of an anonymous online campaign calling for him to resign as leader

• B.C. nurse suspended for time theft after getting $20K for unworked shifts

  An Abbotsford nurse's registration has been suspended for four months after he committed fraud and time theft, according to the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives.

• 'Prove our value': Black-owned business program gives owners a shot at government, corporate contracts

  Governments and corporations in Canada spend billions each year procuring products and services, but Jackee Kasandy says that historically barely any has gone to businesses owned by Black people, and she wants that to change.

• Premier's office guided health authority response on possible drug consumption site at Richmond Hospital

  Vancouver Coastal Health quickly shot down a controversial city council proposal to explore the possibility of creating a drug consumption site at Richmond Hospital – but it turns out Premier David Eby’s office played a role in directing the health authority’s response.

• 'Unruly passenger' forces WestJet flight to make emergency landing in B.C.

  A WestJet flight heading to Calgary had to make an emergency landing in northern B.C. Monday due to an incident involving an 'unruly passenger,' Mounties say.

• Dozens of people smuggled in freight trains across B.C. border into U.S., officials say

  Authorities in the United States have arrested two men accused of using freight trains to smuggle dozens of people out of British Columbia and into the U.S. in what officials described as an 'extremely dangerous' criminal conspiracy.

• Firing over Facebook posts was justified, B.C. tribunal rules

  A B.C. company was justified in firing a worker who posted disparaging comments about her employer and its clients to Facebook, the province's Civil Resolution Tribunal has ruled.

• Vancouver woman's lawsuit alleges she was mistakenly bitten, dragged by police dog

  In late June 2022, Erin McLeod was walking home from work when she made the fateful decision to sit on the steps of Grandview Elementary School in Vancouver, with her back to the street.

• Second witness takes stand in B.C. manslaughter trial as husband's lawyers silent

  The lawyers for a Langley man accused of killing and dismembering his wife’s remains had no questions as the prosecution’s first witness wrapped up his expert testimony, and have so far raised no objections as another witness takes the stand.

• Horse euthanized after injury at Hastings Racecourse

  A racehorse was euthanized after suffering an injury during a race at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver over the weekend.

• Advocacy groups, regulator trade barbs over LNG ads on B.C. transit

  A group of environmentalist doctors is voicing concern about misleading advertisements supporting B.C.'s liquefied natural gas industry, but Canada's advertising regulator says the doctors' group is also being misleading.

• Fire that destroyed Kelowna auto shop investigated as arson: RCMP

  Mounties in Kelowna have deemed a fire that ripped through an automotive repair business in Kelowna over the weekend suspicious in nature.

• 126 children and youth died from toxic drugs in 5 years, says BC Coroners Service

  A report from the BC Coroners Service says 126 children and youth younger than 19 died from toxic drugs between 2019 and 2023.