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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.
Horgan’s first post-politics role at Teck spin-off company unethical, says Green leader

Horgan’s first post-politics role at Teck spin-off company unethical, says Green leader

Green leader Sonia Furstenau said the party will be introducing legislation that addresses how and when politicians can enter the private sector
'Local celebrity' killer whale Chainsaw spotted in B.C. waters

'Local celebrity' killer whale Chainsaw spotted in B.C. waters

Not only was a famous whale spotted but also a calf in B.C.'s waters.
Eby teases additional infrastructure support for growing cities

Eby teases additional infrastructure support for growing cities

The B.C. premier says the Growing Communities Fund — $1 billion funnelled to municipalities to help with infrastructure needs — is an example of what the province would like to continue to do to support local governments as cities expand.