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B.C. library first to have braille printer available for public use
'This type of access to a braille embosser has not been done before, at least in Western Canada, in a library'
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Watchdog calls for B.C. to develop, implement regulatory body for social workers
79% of public, 70% of social workers think a registered regulatory body would be good to have
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Sexual assault civil suit victory leaves B.C. women ‘grateful’: lawyers
B.C. Supreme Court awarded plaintiffs $375,000 each in damages for attacks in the early 1980s
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B.C. addictions doctor resigns, put on leave over unsanctioned overdose sites
B.C. addictions Dr. Jess Wilder part of a group involved in pop-up sites at Nanaimo and Victoria
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Listing crime cartels as terrorists would help in fentanyl fight: RCMP
RCMP Commissioner sees value in the government’s plan to appoint a national fentanyl czar
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1 in 5 recent Canadian immigrants lived below poverty line in 2022: StatCan
Report also shows that a majority of those in what researchers called ‘deep poverty’
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B.C. aims to speed up clean energy projects with regulatory change
Legislation to be tabled once Legislative Assembly returns later in February
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Rent prices hit 18-month Canadian low of $2,100 in January
Rentals.ca and Urbanation say January marked 4th straight month of declines
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Federal government quietly starts advertising again on Facebook
Ottawa resumes spending on Meta platforms after hiatus sparked by Online News Act dispute
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Government announces 6 new Indigenous justice centres across B.C.
Centres bring B.C. total to 15, fulfill a provincial government pledge to create a network
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