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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

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)
A B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled on June 3, 2024 that ICBC must pay customers who were impacted by a 2011 privacy breach $15,000 each in damages. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

ICBC must pay customers hit by privacy breach $15K each, B.C. judge rules

Customers targeted in shooting and arson attacks after ICBC staffer sold their info to criminal gang

A B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled on June 3, 2024 that ICBC must pay customers who were impacted by a 2011 privacy breach $15,000 each in damages. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
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

Psychotherapists may soon be regulated in B.C., if the province decides to designate the practice as an official health profession. (Pixabay)
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)
The BC Coroners Service says 126 children and youth have died in B.C. from toxic drug overdoses in the last five years. Over a dozen friends, family members, and outreach workers gathered in front of the Comox Valley Art Gallery on May 15, 2024 to publicly bid their last goodbyes to loved ones lost to the toxic drug crisis. (Olivier Laurin/Black Press Media)

126 B.C. children have died from toxic drugs in the last 5 years: coroner

Numbers highest among children who spent time in ministry care, those who had mental health struggles

The BC Coroners Service says 126 children and youth have died in B.C. from toxic drug overdoses in the last five years. Over a dozen friends, family members, and outreach workers gathered in front of the Comox Valley Art Gallery on May 15, 2024 to publicly bid their last goodbyes to loved ones lost to the toxic drug crisis. (Olivier Laurin/Black Press Media)
A Canada Action advertisement seen on a bus in Victoria in December 2023 has been ruled as misleading by national oversight group Ad Standards Canada. Ad Standards ruled in January 2024 that the ad’s claim that LNG “will” reduce emissions cannot be backed up with evidence and amounts to greenwashing. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment)

B.C. LNG ads claiming emission reductions are misleading, watchdog rules

Ad claims LNG ‘will’ cut emissions, but Ad Standards Canada says that isn’t a known fact

A Canada Action advertisement seen on a bus in Victoria in December 2023 has been ruled as misleading by national oversight group Ad Standards Canada. Ad Standards ruled in January 2024 that the ad’s claim that LNG “will” reduce emissions cannot be backed up with evidence and amounts to greenwashing. (Photo courtesy of Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment)
The White Rock Pier will be among a number of B.C. landmarks lit up purple on May 24, 2024 to mark National Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. society calls for end to schizophrenia stigma on national awareness day

Up to 1.8% of people live with the mental illness, but few in the public understand it

The White Rock Pier will be among a number of B.C. landmarks lit up purple on May 24, 2024 to mark National Schizophrenia and Psychosis Awareness Day. (Black Press Media file photo)
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
Varinder Singh Deo was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2023 to four years in jail for shooting a sex worker in the back. Here, the Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. man gets 4 years for shooting sex worker while high on his birthday

Varinder Singh Deo began arguing with escort after saying she didn’t look like online photo

Varinder Singh Deo was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2023 to four years in jail for shooting a sex worker in the back. Here, the Law Courts building, which is home to B.C. Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, is seen in Vancouver, on November 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The B.C. Prosecution Service has stayed a charge against a Prince George Mountie accused of attempting to obstruct justice. (Black Press Media file photo)

Obstruction charge stayed against B.C. cop linked to Indigenous man’s death

Three out of five Prince George Mounties initially charged no longer facing trial

The B.C. Prosecution Service has stayed a charge against a Prince George Mountie accused of attempting to obstruct justice. (Black Press Media file photo)
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg

B.C. should review vaccination order for remote health-care workers: judge

Ban may not be justifiable for unvaccinated workers who don’t interact with patients, court says

A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is reviewing a proposed discipline decision against a Vancouver police officer who drove drunk and crashed into a van in July 2022. Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver officer suspended 5 days for drunk driving; watchdog reviewing

Const. Samuel Cheung crashed into an occupied van in Delta in 2022 while off duty

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is reviewing a proposed discipline decision against a Vancouver police officer who drove drunk and crashed into a van in July 2022. Police cars are seen parked outside Vancouver Police Department headquarters in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
The Parker Lake wildfire, officially designated G90267, is seen through an aircraft window as it burns near Fort Nelson, B.C., in a Friday, May 10, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service,

B.C. rallying resources to protect Fort Nelson from encroaching wildfire

More than 4,700 people under evacuation order Monday as blaze rages just 2.5 kilometres from town

The Parker Lake wildfire, officially designated G90267, is seen through an aircraft window as it burns near Fort Nelson, B.C., in a Friday, May 10, 2024, handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-B.C. Wildfire Service,
A aerial view of a tanker in Burrard Inlet in Burnaby, B.C., is shown on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. The number of tankers moving through the waterway is set to increase to up to 34 a month, with the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward

Vancouver not ready for oil spill, advocates say as pipeline starts pumping

Burrard Inlet expecting to see up to 34 oil tankers a month due to Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

A aerial view of a tanker in Burrard Inlet in Burnaby, B.C., is shown on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. The number of tankers moving through the waterway is set to increase to up to 34 a month, with the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
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)
Around 50 pro-Palestine protesters started an encampment on the University of Victoria campus on Wednesday morning, May 1, 2024. (Jake Romphf/Vic News)

Student encampment voices need to heard: B.C. human rights advocate

Human rights head urging decision makers to respect student rights in pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Around 50 pro-Palestine protesters started an encampment on the University of Victoria campus on Wednesday morning, May 1, 2024. (Jake Romphf/Vic News)
Pedestrians walk past Lululemon Athletica’s flagship store on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 21, 2014. The company is under invetigation by the Compeition Bureau Canada for allegedly misleading customers about its environmental impact. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Competition bureau investigating B.C.’s Lululemon over alleged greenwashing

Environmental organization claims athletic apparel company is misleading customers

Pedestrians walk past Lululemon Athletica’s flagship store on Robson Street in downtown Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday August 21, 2014. The company is under invetigation by the Compeition Bureau Canada for allegedly misleading customers about its environmental impact. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Hyde Creek Watershed Society volunteers show some of the thousands of salmon that died at the end of April after an unknown pollutant entered their troughs. (Photo courtesy of Jean Peachman)

Lower Mainland salmon hatchery loses thousands of fish to mystery pollutant

Port Coquitlam watershed society hypothesizes low rain levels allowed toxins to build up

Hyde Creek Watershed Society volunteers show some of the thousands of salmon that died at the end of April after an unknown pollutant entered their troughs. (Photo courtesy of Jean Peachman)
A jacket pictured at the Red Dress Day gathering in Vancouver on May 5, 2022. Recognized Canada-wide, the day honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ people. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)

First Nations leaders in B.C. call for action on Red Dress Day

Sunday honours the lives of Indigenous woman and girls who have gone missing or been murdered

A jacket pictured at the Red Dress Day gathering in Vancouver on May 5, 2022. Recognized Canada-wide, the day honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ people. (Jane Skrypnek/Black Press Media)
Transit riders collectively took 233.3 million trips in 2023, according to TransLink’s 2023 performance review. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Overcrowding on Metro Vancouver transit back to pre-pandemic levels

Around 8 per cent of buses overstuffed in 2023, TransLink says

Transit riders collectively took 233.3 million trips in 2023, according to TransLink’s 2023 performance review. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck