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Union for B.C. 911 dispatchers calls for extended supports amid staff shortage

Union for B.C. 911 dispatchers calls for extended supports amid staff shortage

VANCOUVER — The union that represents E-Comm 911 emergency service dispatchers in British Columbia is calling for the agency to extend temporary compensation and psychological supports amid a "dire" staffing shortage.
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Auditor general raises doubts about B.C.'s books, saying surplus was $6.5B higher

Auditor general raises doubts about B.C.'s books, saying surplus was $6.5B higher

VICTORIA — British Columbia's auditor general has raised doubts about the accuracy of the province's public accounts, saying the $1.3-billion surplus announced by the government this week should have been about six times bigger.
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Photos: Progress Pride colours on new house posts for Coquitlam school district a B.C. first, carver says

Photos: Progress Pride colours on new house posts for Coquitlam school district a B.C. first, carver says

Called "Stemiye," the house posts flanking the reception desk in SD43's newly built Education and Learning Centre in Coquitlam tell the story of transition.
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Conflict of interest commissioner clears BC NDP minister

Conflict of interest commissioner clears BC NDP minister

B.C. ethics watchdog Victoria Gray said Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Minister Jodie Osborne did not break the conflict of interest law.
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Ex-B.C. legislature clerk George MacMinn passes

Ex-B.C. legislature clerk George MacMinn passes

The longest-serving official of British Columbia's Legislative Assembly retired more than a decade ago. 
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Pat McGeer, B.C. Social Credit cabinet minister, brain scientist, athlete, dies at 95

Pat McGeer, B.C. Social Credit cabinet minister, brain scientist, athlete, dies at 95

VICTORIA — Pat McGeer, a Princeton University-educated polymath who held several cabinet posts in British Columbia's Social Credit governments of the 1970s, has died.
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A Saanich doctor is not backing down; charging patients $1,500 annual fee

A Saanich doctor is not backing down; charging patients $1,500 annual fee

Doctor plans to "de-enroll" from the Medical Services Plan and charge patients
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Restaurant owners relieved after BCGEU picket lines come down

Restaurant owners relieved after BCGEU picket lines come down

The strike had halted deliveries of alcohol and cannabis from provincial distribution centres to retail stores, restaurants and bars.
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A Saanich doctor is not backing down; charging patients $1,500 annual fee

A Saanich doctor is not backing down; charging patients $1,500 annual fee

Doctor plans to "de-enroll" from the Medical Services Plan and charge patients
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B.C. health critic calls on Dix to address infant death, ambulance care

B.C. health critic calls on Dix to address infant death, ambulance care

"If you live in British Columbia and you dial 911, you should get help," says MLA Shirley Bond.
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