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Opinion: The Canadian government should make the grocery rebate permanent to combat the affordability crisis

Opinion: The Canadian government should make the grocery rebate permanent to combat the affordability crisis

The federal government should make the grocery rebate permanent by adding it to the GST/HST credit.
Doctor behind cross-border rush for Ozempic in B.C. is suspended in Nova Scotia

Doctor behind cross-border rush for Ozempic in B.C. is suspended in Nova Scotia

BEDFORD, NOVA SCOTIA — The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Nova Scotia has suspended a doctor it says was responsible for thousands of prescriptions of the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic that were mailed to Americans by two British Col
SCRD delays taking a position on logging near Joe Smith Creek

SCRD delays taking a position on logging near Joe Smith Creek

With BCTS operating plans slated to come before the board in June, staff was suggested that the letter regarding TA0521 be considered at that point.
Doctor says health wait times now permanent after high court rejects challenge

Doctor says health wait times now permanent after high court rejects challenge

VANCOUVER — The doctor who led a legal challenge over a patient’s right to pay for private medical care says a decision by Canada's top court not to hear an appeal means long wait times have been "forcibly embedded" into the medicare system. Dr.
Drug strategies outlined for City of Powell River councillors

Drug strategies outlined for City of Powell River councillors

Community action team coordinator spells out initiatives related to the overdose crisis in the qathet region
CBC releases four Beachcombers episodes for streaming

CBC releases four Beachcombers episodes for streaming

Episodes of the long-running program are famously inaccessible. Although some overseas broadcasters still run the program in syndication, in Canada only a limited number of half-hour shows have been recently available on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. 
Some COVID-19 restrictions in B.C. health-care settings lifted

Some COVID-19 restrictions in B.C. health-care settings lifted

Among them: the requirement for universal mask-wearing by all staff and visitors in health-care facilities.
Kinnickinnik girls take home inter-school trophy

Kinnickinnik girls take home inter-school trophy

After two seasons of no inter-school basketball (thanks COVID), School District No. 46 was finally able to hold a developmental basketball season of mixed Grade 4/5 students.
Gumboot Nation: Revisiting Creek Easter memories

Gumboot Nation: Revisiting Creek Easter memories

Greeting Creekers! Well, it will be Good Friday by the time you can read this and most of you will be looking forward to a long weekend.
Logging in SongBird forest cancelled

Logging in SongBird forest cancelled

Sunshine Coast Community Forest’s cancelled plans for 2025 logging of log two east ts'uk̲w'um (Wilson Creek) cutblocks (EW 18 A and B) adjacent to a proposed Mt. Elphinstone Provincial Park expansion area.