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Weeks after B.C.’s premier first admitted the announcement of a planned museum replacement “landed with a thud,” an opinion poll has found the majority of residents are against the controversial project.
People living on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are calling for an end to so-called street sweeps, when city crews clean up debris each day, saying they're dehumanizing and disruptive.
A year-long tug-of-war has resulted in Vancouver Coastal Health producing some of the COVID-19 outbreak reports it repeatedly insisted did not exist.
A B.C. woman speaking out about 'death care' being easier to access than adequate health care is sending shock waves throughout the country, with many saying her experience is a potent example of the slippery slope of expanding access to MAID.
A B.C. woman is speaking out about her experience accessing 'death care' with more ease than health care at a time when federal policymakers are considering further expanding access to medical assistance in dying.
British Columbians are hearing an increasing number of family doctors, supported by their specialist colleagues and other healthcare workers, describing the gruelling workload and increasing demands.
British Columbia had more excess deaths than any other province in the first year-and-a-half of the pandemic, according to a new analysis renewing scrutiny of just how many of those deaths were due to COVID-19.
From offering several thousand dollars to flexible hours to a focus on workplace culture, B.C. employers are increasingly finding ways to stand out to job-seekers.
A wave of resignations among Northern B.C. health-care workers – including half the doctors in the intensive care unit of the region’s biggest hospitals – is raising alarms among civic leaders already calling for an audit.
The decision to focus on urgent and emergency health care to avert long waits played a key role in B.C.’s current primary care crisis, and the costlier care is compounding the problem.
A new advocacy group of B.C. family doctors is coming forward to say the primary care crisis in the province isn’t the result of too few physicians, but a matter of priorities and compensation that could be solved virtually overnight.
A year after the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc announced the discovery of what they believed were more than 200 unmarked graves of schoolchildren, the ripple effects continue, with sustained attention the world over.
As a growing number of British Columbians can’t find a primary care provider, hundreds of demonstrators demanded more health-care resources at a “Rally for Change” at the legislature.
Amid growing tensions with family doctors and frustration from the public, the premier met with physicians ahead of a "wear your colours" rally they're organizing on the government's doorstep.
Canada Day events are back after a pandemic-prompted hiatus, and several parties are planned for the Vancouver area.
A woman who was attacked by a complete stranger armed with a machete on the streets of Vancouver is sharing her story.
A Metro Vancouver pet owner won't get all of her money back after being billed for veterinary care she didn't approve of while her cat was in an animal shelter.
After a cooler-than-usual spring, many British Columbians are welcoming the province's first hot stretch of the summer this weekend.
Police in New Westminster are hoping to return a lost wedding dress to its rightful owner.
A B.C. teen received a hefty fine and had his vehicle impounded after he was caught doing more than four times the speed limit near a school.
