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Addictions specialists at hospitals among plans for B.C.’s drug-use ban

The government has listed 7 actions the Health Ministry plans to take ‘to make hospitals safer’

Apr 26, 2024 5:01 PM Read more >

B.C. opposition gives thumbs-down to proposed decriminalization changes

B.C. United’s Sturko renews calls to end pilot while B.C. Greens’ Furstenau warns against a roll-back

Apr 26, 2024 5:00 PM Read more >

Evacuated residents of limited income apartment moved to Okanagan College

Residents will be moved temporarily into a new residence building at Okanagan College campus

Apr 26, 2024 4:45 PM Read more >

BLMHA awards night in Burns Lake

Apr 26, 2024 4:30 PM Read more >

Racial targeting, profiling raised as concerns in White Rock stabbings

With two South Asian victims and a Black suspect, community members fear for safety of loved ones

Apr 26, 2024 4:15 PM Read more >

Frustration grows with fungi foragers harvesting on band land in Shuswap

Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw says mushroom pickers could face trespassing charges

Apr 26, 2024 3:30 PM Read more >

Racial targeting ‘not ruled out’ in repeated B.C. stabbings, 1 of them fatal

White Rock media conference renews call for witnesses after man dies after 2nd stabbing in 3 days

Apr 26, 2024 2:05 PM Read more >

Watchdog wants B.C. to probe lack of prosecutions in police use of force

None of the 15 IIO cases taken to trial where officers have not pled guilty have ended in conviction

Apr 26, 2024 1:58 PM Read more >

B.C. to ban drug use in public spaces, including inside hospitals

Province working with feds to make changes to legality of possession

Apr 26, 2024 1:32 PM Read more >

‘We are not a zoo’: Kelowna’s Tent City residents react to recent cleaning

This article featuring Erica Stewart, a resident of Tent City, is part of a series on homelessness in Kelowna

Apr 26, 2024 1:30 PM Read more >