British Columbia

A 2024 union survey on B.C. teachers found their workload has increased over the last year, while they still lack the time and resources to address student needs. (Pixabay)

B.C. teachers face increasing workload, fewer resources: union survey

Teachers’ union president says work conditions contributing to turn over, teacher shortage

 

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Psychotherapists may soon be regulated in B.C., if the province decides to designate the practice as an official health profession. (Pixabay)

B.C. looks to regulate psychotherapy, designate it as health profession

Move would bring qualification requirements, ethical oversight for clinical counsellors, therapists

 

The B.C. government says the hackers behind a recent cyberattack on the province may have accessed the email inboxes of 22 government employees. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

22 B.C. government employee emails feared hacked in cyberattack

Province says inboxes contained personal information on 19 employees

The B.C. government says the hackers behind a recent cyberattack on the province may have accessed the email inboxes of 22 government employees. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Tony DeAngelo (77) and New York Rangers center Matt Rempe, second from left, exchange words in the first period during Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

‘Rempemania’: NHL rookie’s stunning rise has Okanagan connection

Matt Rempe attended Penticton Secondary while playing at Okanagan Hockey Academy

Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Tony DeAngelo (77) and New York Rangers center Matt Rempe, second from left, exchange words in the first period during Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series Monday, May 13, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
The snow pack is significantly lower than normal throughout British Columbia, with the exception of the Stikine in northwestern B.C. (BC River Forecast Centre map)

B.C.’s snowpack well below normal levels

Levels have been low provincewide throughout the winter

The snow pack is significantly lower than normal throughout British Columbia, with the exception of the Stikine in northwestern B.C. (BC River Forecast Centre map)
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign is displayed on the window of a business in Lanark County, Ontario on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. In B.C., employers making job listing online are required to include pay information as of November 2023. Since then, job site Indeed says it’s seen a large uptick in the number of postings doing so. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Three-quarters of B.C. job posting now include salary info: Indeed report

Job listing site recorded significant jump after Pay Transparency Act came into effect in November

A ‘Now Hiring’ sign is displayed on the window of a business in Lanark County, Ontario on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. In B.C., employers making job listing online are required to include pay information as of November 2023. Since then, job site Indeed says it’s seen a large uptick in the number of postings doing so. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Ronald MacDonald, chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is retiring on May 8, 2024, after six-and-a-half years with the office. (Tom Zytaruk/Black Press Media)

Head of B.C.’s police watchdog retiring, says ‘it’s time to move on’

Ronald MacDonald moving back to home province of Nova Scotia after 6.5 years at IIO in B.C.

Ronald MacDonald, chief civilian director of the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. is retiring on May 8, 2024, after six-and-a-half years with the office. (Tom Zytaruk/Black Press Media)
Drug user advocates are raising concerns over British Columbia’s request for Health Canada to give police power to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis. Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, front right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Drug user advocates concerned over B.C.’s decriminalization exception request

Advocates say public drug use ban will impact homeless, impoverished the most

Drug user advocates are raising concerns over British Columbia’s request for Health Canada to give police power to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis. Andrew Leavens, front left, and Carl Gladue, front right, carry an empty coffin during a march organized by the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) to mark International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A worker moves luggage trolleys outside Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, December 31, 2020. The B.C. government announced in March 2024 it is upping its annual spending on newcomer services from $6 million to $25.6 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. allots record $25.6M in annual funding for newcomer services

New programs expected to serve more than 40,000 people per year, up from 26,000

A worker moves luggage trolleys outside Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, December 31, 2020. The B.C. government announced in March 2024 it is upping its annual spending on newcomer services from $6 million to $25.6 million. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A BC Wildfire Service firefighter works on the McDougall Creek Fire in West Kelowna in 2023. (BCWS photo)

Interest in wildfire fighting triples ahead of 2024 season: BC Wildfire

Despite over 2,000 applicants, service says it only needs about 200 to fill out its team

A BC Wildfire Service firefighter works on the McDougall Creek Fire in West Kelowna in 2023. (BCWS photo)
Designer and Emily Carr professor Christian Blyt (left) and design students Saanvi Bhat (centre) and Tai Vo (right) test out a final prototype interactive object for children living with trauma, created by Saanvi and Tai with classmate Joey Kim. Their design allows kids to piece together six pentagons in different formations and then place colourful blocks in holes drilled into the base. (Perrin Grauer/Emily Carr University)

B.C. design students invent objects for kids living with trauma in Sudan

Creations to make their way from Emily Carr classroom to South Sudan refugee camp

Designer and Emily Carr professor Christian Blyt (left) and design students Saanvi Bhat (centre) and Tai Vo (right) test out a final prototype interactive object for children living with trauma, created by Saanvi and Tai with classmate Joey Kim. Their design allows kids to piece together six pentagons in different formations and then place colourful blocks in holes drilled into the base. (Perrin Grauer/Emily Carr University)
A doctor examines a patient with a stethoscope in her doctor’s office in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday, April 28, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Thomas Kienzle

B.C. hopes to match 300,000 people with doctors using new online platform

Province launching online system April 17 to allow easier connection between patients and providers

A doctor examines a patient with a stethoscope in her doctor’s office in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday, April 28, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Thomas Kienzle
B.C. will be commiting $6.45 million a year to First Nations post-secondary education, after passing legislation on April 9, 2024. (Credit:Pixabay)

B.C. legislates $6.45M in annual funding for First Nations post-secondary

Funds to go to 44 educational institutes throughout the province

B.C. will be commiting $6.45 million a year to First Nations post-secondary education, after passing legislation on April 9, 2024. (Credit:Pixabay)
Less than one in three British Columbians (27 per cent) support the British monarchy, but that support is still stronger than in the rest of Canada with 23 per cent of Canadians-at-large supporting the monarchy, as symbolized by Buckingham Place, one of the official residences of King Charles III. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Less than a third of B.C. residents support retaining British monarchy: poll

But B.C.’s support for monarchy stronger than elsewhere in Canada

Less than one in three British Columbians (27 per cent) support the British monarchy, but that support is still stronger than in the rest of Canada with 23 per cent of Canadians-at-large supporting the monarchy, as symbolized by Buckingham Place, one of the official residences of King Charles III. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
FILE- Cherry blossoms blooming are a welcome sign of spring. (Ashley Wadhwani-Smith/Black Press Media)

British Columbians help predict cherry blossom bloomings in global contest

Vancouver cherry trees expected to bloom four days earlier than last year, warm February a factor

FILE- Cherry blossoms blooming are a welcome sign of spring. (Ashley Wadhwani-Smith/Black Press Media)
British Columbia’s seniors advocate says an increasing unmet demand for home support services and lack of new long-term care spots for a growing population, are likely to blame for the ballooning wait-list to get a bed. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is photographed at her office in Victoria, B.C., Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C.’s seniors advocate blames long-term care waits on lack of home support

Those who do receive care getting fewer hours of it, 2023 report on seniors services finds

British Columbia’s seniors advocate says an increasing unmet demand for home support services and lack of new long-term care spots for a growing population, are likely to blame for the ballooning wait-list to get a bed. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is photographed at her office in Victoria, B.C., Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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The tumultuous history of daylight time and the debate over its necessity

It was in 1784 that Benjamin Franklin first suggested the concept of time change

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An ‘Every Child Matters’ flag seen during the second annual South Island Powwow at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. creates new provincial position to focus on Indigenous child welfare

Director will oversee transition of Indigenous child welfare jurisdiction to First Nations

An ‘Every Child Matters’ flag seen during the second annual South Island Powwow at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
The rate of childhood poverty in B.C. saw a sharp increase in 2021, despite an overall downward trend, the latest report card from First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society found. (Lachlan Labere/Black Press Media)

B.C. child poverty rate increases for first time in a decade: advocacy group

Report card finds 14.3% of B.C. children lived in poverty in 2021, up from 13.3% in 2020

The rate of childhood poverty in B.C. saw a sharp increase in 2021, despite an overall downward trend, the latest report card from First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society found. (Lachlan Labere/Black Press Media)