Lauren Collins

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Paramedics respond to a call as Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson attends a march to remember those who died during the overdose crisis and to call for a safe supply of illicit drugs on International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

572 British Columbians died of fatal overdoses in first 3 months of 2024

Rate of death among women, girls is climbing year over year: BC Coroners Service

Paramedics respond to a call as Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson attends a march to remember those who died during the overdose crisis and to call for a safe supply of illicit drugs on International Overdose Awareness Day, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
An aerial shot of the Tla’amin community of t̓išosəm (tishosum), meaning “where the waters run milky with herring spawn.” (Courtesy of Georgia Coombs)

A B.C. First Nation’s 3-year effort to change a city’s name

Powell River’s name currently reflect a man whose main goal was to assimilate Indigenous people

An aerial shot of the Tla’amin community of t̓išosəm (tishosum), meaning “where the waters run milky with herring spawn.” (Courtesy of Georgia Coombs)
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded west of Vancouver Island on Thursday (May 2). (Earthquakes Canada)

4.8-magnitude earthquake recorded west of Vancouver Island

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded west of Vancouver Island on Thursday (May…

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded west of Vancouver Island on Thursday (May 2). (Earthquakes Canada)
B.C. has the country’s highest rate of adults co-owning a home with their parents – and immigrant parents are more likely to co-own properties with their adult children, a new report from Statistics Canada showed (Pixabay)

Adults more likely to co-own homes with their parents in B.C. than elsewhere

Co-ownership also more likely among immigrant families, Statistics Canada says

B.C. has the country’s highest rate of adults co-owning a home with their parents – and immigrant parents are more likely to co-own properties with their adult children, a new report from Statistics Canada showed (Pixabay)
App logos for Facebook, left, and X, formerly known as Twitter. The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a man to pay $5,200 to another man in one of the first rulings under B.C.’s new Intimate Images Protection Act. (AP Photo/Paula Ulichney)

B.C. man to pay $5K for sharing stranger’s nearly nude photos on social media

Civil Resolution Tribunal has made more than 30 decisions under the Intimate Images Protection Act

App logos for Facebook, left, and X, formerly known as Twitter. The Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered a man to pay $5,200 to another man in one of the first rulings under B.C.’s new Intimate Images Protection Act. (AP Photo/Paula Ulichney)
The Kitimat General Hospital and emergency department. (File photo)

Addictions specialists at hospitals among plans for B.C.’s drug-use ban

The government has listed 7 actions the Health Ministry plans to take ‘to make hospitals safer’

The Kitimat General Hospital and emergency department. (File photo)
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during an announcement in Delta, B.C., on Monday, March 18, 2024. The provincial government announced Friday (April 26) that it would be moving to band drug use in more public spaces, specifically inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. to ban drug use in public spaces, including inside hospitals

Province working with feds to make changes to legality of possession

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during an announcement in Delta, B.C., on Monday, March 18, 2024. The provincial government announced Friday (April 26) that it would be moving to band drug use in more public spaces, specifically inside hospitals, on transit and in parks. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canned products sit on shelves at a food bank in Ottawa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Food Banks BC executive director Dan Huang-Taylor said that in March there were just under 98,000 people in B.C. accessing Food Banks BC’s 107 member organizations. It’s the highest Food Banks BC has seen, and a 30-per-cent increase from 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Food Banks BC sees 30% increase in users since 2022

Executive director says cost of living, climate emergencies all contributors

Canned products sit on shelves at a food bank in Ottawa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Food Banks BC executive director Dan Huang-Taylor said that in March there were just under 98,000 people in B.C. accessing Food Banks BC’s 107 member organizations. It’s the highest Food Banks BC has seen, and a 30-per-cent increase from 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The factory at Strathnaver near Quesnel is owned by Drax, a company specializing in turning under-utilized wood and sawmill waste fibre into burnable energy pellets. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Demand for wood pellets fuelling B.C. forest loss, report claims

Forests Minister says source materials are actually sawmills, shavings, chips, forest residues

The factory at Strathnaver near Quesnel is owned by Drax, a company specializing in turning under-utilized wood and sawmill waste fibre into burnable energy pellets. (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. Hajdu was stopped at Lytton First Nation on April 24, 2024 to announce $1.3 million for the First Nation through the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Feds to ‘fast-track’ 20 homes for Lytton First Nation, 3 years after wildfire

$1.3M for 20 new units, construction of 175 more homes in next decade: Indigenous Services Minister

Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu rises during Question Period, in Ottawa, Monday, April 15, 2024. Hajdu was stopped at Lytton First Nation on April 24, 2024 to announce $1.3 million for the First Nation through the federal government’s Housing Accelerator Fund. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A dog that fell down a steep cliff in the North Shore mountains was reunited with its owner Tuesday (April 23). (North Shore Rescue/Facebook)

Dog reunited with owner after fall down steep slope in B.C. mountains

North Shore Rescue used helicopter to try and find the dog

A dog that fell down a steep cliff in the North Shore mountains was reunited with its owner Tuesday (April 23). (North Shore Rescue/Facebook)
Joyce Middleton, the director of a northern B.C. massage school, must pay a Muslim man $12,000 after emailing him to confirm he was was not of the Islamic faith prior to his appointment, the B.C Human Rights Tribunal has decided. (Canadian Press photo)

B.C. massage school director who asked client if he was Muslim fined $12K

School’s director emailed the man prior to his appointment to ‘certify’ his religion

Joyce Middleton, the director of a northern B.C. massage school, must pay a Muslim man $12,000 after emailing him to confirm he was was not of the Islamic faith prior to his appointment, the B.C Human Rights Tribunal has decided. (Canadian Press photo)
People hold signs during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver on Saturday, August 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

February was the 20th month in a row of at least 175 overdose deaths in B.C.

BC Coroners Service says monthly reported deaths down 12% from January 2024

People hold signs during a memorial march to remember victims of overdose deaths in Vancouver on Saturday, August 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks in Port Moody March 6, 2024. Farnworth’s ministry announced April 4, 2024 that there are changes and updates coming to B.C.’s Police Act following a 2022 report on reform. (Lauren Collins)

Discriminatory jokes, gestures part of new B.C. Police Act misconduct definition

Legislation in response to 2019 and 2022 reports on reforming Police Act, police complaint process

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth speaks in Port Moody March 6, 2024. Farnworth’s ministry announced April 4, 2024 that there are changes and updates coming to B.C.’s Police Act following a 2022 report on reform. (Lauren Collins)
Vancouver police on scene of a shooting that injured one person in the downtown core Wednesday evening (April 3, 2024). (Shane MacKichan)

Downtown Vancouver shooting sends 1 to hospital

Vancouver police say no arrests have yet been made

Vancouver police on scene of a shooting that injured one person in the downtown core Wednesday evening (April 3, 2024). (Shane MacKichan)
For sale sign in front of a residential house. First announced in February during the unveiling of Budget 2024, Conroy officially tabled the bill Wednesday (April 3). Dubbed the Residential Property (Short-Term Holding) Profit Tax Act, it is also referred to as the house-flipping tax. (collected /Lakes District News)

B.C. tables house-flipping tax, to come into effect Jan. 1, 2025

Those who resell property within 2 years will be subject to the tax; retroactive to 2023 and 2024

For sale sign in front of a residential house. First announced in February during the unveiling of Budget 2024, Conroy officially tabled the bill Wednesday (April 3). Dubbed the Residential Property (Short-Term Holding) Profit Tax Act, it is also referred to as the house-flipping tax. (collected /Lakes District News)
Vancouver Police are in south Vancouver Wednesday morning (April 3) after a woman was found dead near Rosemont Drive and 57th Avenue. (Shane MacKichan)

Woman found dead near Vancouver golf course: Police

Vancouver police say officers are still investigating the cause of death

Vancouver Police are in south Vancouver Wednesday morning (April 3) after a woman was found dead near Rosemont Drive and 57th Avenue. (Shane MacKichan)
The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

17-year-old dead after stabbing in Prince George: RCMP

Police say 3 youth suspects were arrested

The RCMP logo is seen outside the force’s ‘E’ division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Roberson

Petition calls to keep health library open, accessible to doctors in B.C.

Worry for rural, remote doctors who rely on college’s online and physical library

A doctor wears a stethoscope around his neck as he tends to patients in his office in Illinois, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Roberson
Emergency crews on scene in Delta after a truck hit the 112 Street overpass on Highway 99 on Dec. 29, 2023. it was the company Chohan Freight Forwarders Ltd’s sixth infrasrtucture hit in two years. (Shane MacKichan photo)

B.C.’s overpass strike fines now up to $100K, could include jail time

The province says there have been 35 crashes involving infrastructure since late 2021

Emergency crews on scene in Delta after a truck hit the 112 Street overpass on Highway 99 on Dec. 29, 2023. it was the company Chohan Freight Forwarders Ltd’s sixth infrasrtucture hit in two years. (Shane MacKichan photo)