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B.C. Emergency Health Services needs to do more to address sexual harassment and morale: report

A review into the internal working culture of B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) has found numerous shortfalls, including reports of sexual harassment and low morale.The...

Amid extreme heat, peer workers worry for unhoused residents in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Peer workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say a sustained week of hot temperatures has proven extremely dangerous for unhoused people in the neighbourhood."We're already in...

Abbotsford man pleads guilty to assaulting Uber driver, gets 1 day in jail

An Abbotsford man has pleaded guilty to assault in an attack on an Uber driver in the city on April 18.William Tickle, 38, was sentenced...

What happens after the Donnie Creek wildfire, now larger than P.E.I., stops burning?

B.C.'s largest wildfire on record now eclipses the entirety of Prince Edward Island, and experts say after it's done burning, there could be a commercial...

Vancouver permit board conditionally approves controversial Chinatown condo project

The Vancouver Development Permit Board has voted to conditionally approve a condo project at 105 Keefer Street in the city's Chinatown district.The Beedie Group's project...

Village of Lytton takes rail companies, Transport Canada to court over 2021 fire

The Village of Lytton and the local regional district have filed a lawsuit against CN Rail, CP Rail and Transport Canada, accusing them of being...

Humpback whale rescued after being entangled in rope in B.C. waters

Marine researchers are warning the public to keep an eye out for humpback whales entangled in fishing gear, after one humpback was extricated from polysteel...

B.C. researcher starts project to document Indigenous deaths in police custody

An independent researcher is calling for greater transparency around deaths in police custody in B.C., saying they disproportionately affect Indigenous people.Leonard Cler-Cunningham, a researcher who has...

UBC graduate research assistants cross union certification threshold at labour board

More than 55 per cent of graduate research assistants at the University of British Columbia have signed union cards as of May 11, according to...

Heat wave challenges firefighters in B.C. as new wildfires prompt evacuations

Northeastern B.C. continues to see large wildfires burn out of control, as unusually hot weather challenges firefighters.Dozens of people remained out of their homes Sunday in areas...

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