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Conservative Party of BC leader John Rustad speaks at a meet-and-greet in Vernon on Friday, July 7, 2023. Rustad is being criticized for making a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that compared gender education to residential schools. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. Conservative leader compares gender education to residential schools

Rustad criticized for pushing parental rights movement on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Conservative Party of BC leader John Rustad speaks at a meet-and-greet in Vernon on Friday, July 7, 2023. Rustad is being criticized for making a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation that compared gender education to residential schools. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on January 31, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to issue mandate letters for his cabinet ministers, two months after announcing an overhaul to his front bench. Last Thursday, Defence Minister Bill Blair said he hadn’t received a new mandate letter and is acting on commitments assigned to his predecessor in December 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Federal ministers still lack mandate letters, 2 months after major shuffle

30 ministers in updated roles or brand-new postings since end of July

The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on January 31, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has yet to issue mandate letters for his cabinet ministers, two months after announcing an overhaul to his front bench. Last Thursday, Defence Minister Bill Blair said he hadn’t received a new mandate letter and is acting on commitments assigned to his predecessor in December 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
A registered nurse pulls on an N-95 mask in a COVID Acute Care Unit in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Masking returning to B.C. hospitals, clinics as respiratory illnesses rise

COVID-19, influenza vaccines to begin rolling out in early October

A registered nurse pulls on an N-95 mask in a COVID Acute Care Unit in Seattle, Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
B.C’s Health Minister Adrian Dix speaks at a health care announcement at Surrey Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. says $20 million will reduce travel costs for cancer patients

New funds especially important for patients in rural, remote areas, health minister says

B.C’s Health Minister Adrian Dix speaks at a health care announcement at Surrey Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. (Black Press Media file photo)
A now closed fish farm within B.C.’s Discovery Islands region. (Photo courtesy Sheri Beaulieu/Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance)

123 First Nations renew call to close B.C. salmon farms as DFO weakens promise

Recent federal documents appear to walk back 2019 commitment to fully phase out open net fish farms

A now closed fish farm within B.C.’s Discovery Islands region. (Photo courtesy Sheri Beaulieu/Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance)
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal says a Vancouver juice bar manager discriminated against one of his employees from 2019 on the basis of sex and race. The complainant, who was 13 years old at the time, was awarded close to $28,000. (Credit: Unsplash)

Black 13-year-old accused of stealing from B.C. employer wins rights complaint

Human Rights Tribunal orders restaurant, manager to pay teen $28K

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal says a Vancouver juice bar manager discriminated against one of his employees from 2019 on the basis of sex and race. The complainant, who was 13 years old at the time, was awarded close to $28,000. (Credit: Unsplash)
Mohawk artist Lee Claremont presents to the Indigenous Art Studio class at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Jim Elwood)

New B.C. grad requirement introduces students to local Indigenous teachings

Some school districts developing unique courses alongside First Nations to fulfill new requirement

Mohawk artist Lee Claremont presents to the Indigenous Art Studio class at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Jim Elwood)
Moms Stop the Harm advocates and supporters gather on the sixth anniversary of the toxic drug supply public health emergency in Victoria on April 14, 2022. Numbers released by the BC Coroners Service show 174 people died from the toxic supply in August 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

174 people died from toxic drug supply in August, B.C. coroner finds

Unregulated drug toxicity is leading cause of death for British Columbians aged 10 to 59

Moms Stop the Harm advocates and supporters gather on the sixth anniversary of the toxic drug supply public health emergency in Victoria on April 14, 2022. Numbers released by the BC Coroners Service show 174 people died from the toxic supply in August 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
RCMP have opened a file on a racist sign discovered by 2627 Shaugnessy Street in Port Coquitlam over the weekend. (Instagram/Black Vancouver)

RCMP investigating ‘whites-only’ play group signs discovered in Tri-Cities

Mayors condemn poster, calling it ‘disgusting’ and ‘vile garbage’

RCMP have opened a file on a racist sign discovered by 2627 Shaugnessy Street in Port Coquitlam over the weekend. (Instagram/Black Vancouver)
Children make their way up a closed Whistler Mountain to toboggan in Whistler, B.C. Sunday, March 15, 2020. A Vancouver man is suing the resort for the part he claims it played in him falling from a chairlift and fracturing his spine in 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Snowboarder who broke spine falling from Whistler chairlift sues resort

Lawsuit claims 14-year-old slipped out of chair due to staff negligence

Children make their way up a closed Whistler Mountain to toboggan in Whistler, B.C. Sunday, March 15, 2020. A Vancouver man is suing the resort for the part he claims it played in him falling from a chairlift and fracturing his spine in 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A B.C. judge ruled a Vancouver woman is allowed to keep her two guinea fowl hens, saying they fall under the category of exotic bird pets in the city’s animal control bylaw. (Pixabay/mirceaadrian72)

Vancouver woman allowed to keep guinea fowls for ‘pure joy of companionship’

Court dismissed city bylaw charge, ruling birds were pets, not poultry

A B.C. judge ruled a Vancouver woman is allowed to keep her two guinea fowl hens, saying they fall under the category of exotic bird pets in the city’s animal control bylaw. (Pixabay/mirceaadrian72)
Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue train in Golden Ears Mountains. In 2022, SAR teams across B.C. responded to 1,510 incidents.(Photo courtesy of RMSAR)

More than 1,700 people saved by B.C. search and rescue in 2022

Association projecting annual incidents to increase in coming years

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue train in Golden Ears Mountains. In 2022, SAR teams across B.C. responded to 1,510 incidents.(Photo courtesy of RMSAR)
Malika Lim is one of 31 British Columbians who together authored a report on primary care reform in B.C., including 25 recommendations for change. (Photo courtesy of Malika Lim)

Patient-led report calls for primary care reform in B.C.

Panel of 31 British Columbians recommends community health centres, expanded care coverage

Malika Lim is one of 31 British Columbians who together authored a report on primary care reform in B.C., including 25 recommendations for change. (Photo courtesy of Malika Lim)
Joffre Lakes Park is set to reopen to the public on Sept. 19, following a closure by two First Nations. (Black Press Media files)

B.C., First Nations agree to reopen Joffre Lakes Park to public

Park to reopen on Sept. 19, but close for the day on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Joffre Lakes Park is set to reopen to the public on Sept. 19, following a closure by two First Nations. (Black Press Media files)
B.C. parents filed a lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court on Sept. 6, 2023 that claims their newborn son was given at least four overdoses of medication while in the care of the B.C. Children’s Hospital. (BC Children’s Hospital Foundation/Facebook)

B.C. hospital overdosing error causes brain damage in newborn, lawsuit claims

Parents say son was given medication ten times stronger than prescribed

B.C. parents filed a lawsuit in the B.C. Supreme Court on Sept. 6, 2023 that claims their newborn son was given at least four overdoses of medication while in the care of the B.C. Children’s Hospital. (BC Children’s Hospital Foundation/Facebook)
A firefighter works on the Peacock Creek wildfire, south of Smithers, B.C. The fire is 1,444 hectares in size and burning out of control as of Sept. 13. (Credit: BC Wildfire Service)

Wildfires may continue to burn into 2024 in northern B.C., say officials

Severe drought conditions expected to last into the fall

A firefighter works on the Peacock Creek wildfire, south of Smithers, B.C. The fire is 1,444 hectares in size and burning out of control as of Sept. 13. (Credit: BC Wildfire Service)
The B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George, B.C. A woman is suing the B.C. government after she says she was forced into prostitution as a teen in ministry care. (Google Maps/Screenshot)

Lawsuit alleges Prince George teen was coerced into sex trade while in ministry care

Plaintiff says she’s suffered more than 2 decades of mental illness and lost income as a result

The B.C. Supreme Court in Prince George, B.C. A woman is suing the B.C. government after she says she was forced into prostitution as a teen in ministry care. (Google Maps/Screenshot)
Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Stimulant listed in Myles Gray’s toxicology test shouldn’t have been included, expert testifies

Toxicologist tells coroner’s inquest kratom was present at too low a level to be of significance

Protesters hold banners with a photograph of Myles Gray, who died following a confrontation with several police officers in 2015, before the start of a coroner’s inquest into his death, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, April 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Myles Gray died on Aug. 13, 2015 following a clash with seven Vancouver police officers that sent him into cardiac arrest. A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances of his death began April 17, 2023. (Photo: Justice for Myles Gray/Facebook)

B.C. firefighters say Myles Gray was ‘well restrained’ before he stopped breathing

First responders recall being told they couldn’t attend to Gray because he was ‘still combative’

Myles Gray died on Aug. 13, 2015 following a clash with seven Vancouver police officers that sent him into cardiac arrest. A coroner’s inquest into the circumstances of his death began April 17, 2023. (Photo: Justice for Myles Gray/Facebook)
In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, a foothold trap intended for bobcat is seen. In B.C. an average of 10 cats and dogs are accidentally caught in wildlife traps each year. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)

Call for regulations after numerous cats, dogs caught in wildlife traps in B.C.

Average of 10 pets accidentally trapped each year from 2015 to 2021

In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019 file photo, a foothold trap intended for bobcat is seen. In B.C. an average of 10 cats and dogs are accidentally caught in wildlife traps each year. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)