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Fire Chief Karen Fry: "[The calls] are spread out everywhere, but the majority are still where most of our vulnerable people are living."

The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has more than doubled from last year, as the province makes progress on a $1-billion, multi-year plan to attract more health-care workers.

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around 6:20 p.m.

Xotta has held various roles with the port authority nearly two decades

Iryna Derunets is the only pediatric ear nose and throat specialist in north-central B.C., but needs permanent residency status before she can see patients in Prince George

British Columbia is moving to reduce the export of raw logs harvested in the province by requiring that certain types of lumber from the Interior undergo manufacturing first.

Some voice concerns that the new B.C. bill will have unintended consequences and will not guarantee affordable housing

“An increasing number of seniors, many in their 60s and 70s, teeter on the brink of homelessness for the first time,” notes the United Way report.

City staff to come back with information to help councillors make a decision on how to approach opting out, if that is what they decide to do.

British Columbia Premier David Eby says a new model of streamlining access to detox and addiction treatment aims to address the needs of people who repeatedly overdose, while avoiding the possibility of involuntary treatment.