VANCOUVER — Youth in British Columbia will soon have more access to mental health and addiction services at a dozen new Foundry centres.    Increased funding for the centres comes from the latest provincial budget, providing $236 million over three years to create more services for young people, including nearly $75 million for expansion of […]

VANCOUVER — British Columbia Emergency Health Services has released grim statistics on the toxic drug crisis ahead of the seventh anniversary of the province declaring a public health emergency. B.C. set records in March for the most overdose calls in one day, the highest 30-day average of overdose calls and the most consecutive days where […]

SURREY, B.C. — Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon lowered the curtain on the British Columbia Liberal Party Wednesday, ushering in BC United, a new name and branding for the political party once led by premiers Gordon Campbell and Christy Clark. Falcon, who championed the name change during his leadership campaign, said it was a bold bridge-building […]

VICTORIA — British Columbia’s minimum wage will increase to $16.75 an hour, a boost that the government says fulfils a promise to tie the benchmark pay level to inflation. The new minimum wage kicks in on June 1 and represents a 6.9 per cent increase from the current $15.65 an hour. Labour Minister Harry Bains […]