Category Archives: Local News

VI MusicFest announced on Tuesday that international superstar Sarah McLachlan will perform at Vancouver Island MusicFest 2023. Sarah McLachlan is one of the most celebrated singer songwriters in ente...

The British Columbia government has announced the provincial minimum wage is going up to $16.75 an hour as of June 1st. Labour Minister Harry Bains says having a minimum wage that keeps up with inflat...

The B-C government's new tentative contract with the nurses union aims to recruit, retain and lower the ratio of nurses to patients, a practice that is a first in Canada. Health Minister Adrian Dix sa...

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the government's latest budget, with a 40-billion-dollar deficit that's the lowest in the G-7. The budget promises 59.5-billion-dollars in new spending ov...

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has revoked a primary control zone for the highly contagious avian flu in B-C. It says this happens when post-outbreak surveillance is completed and no further case...

On Monday, March 20th, the We Wai Kai Nation hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking to honour the land that will become the site of a new Starbucks licensed location. The store will be operated by the We ...

The provincial government is providing 150-million dollars to upgrade B-C's 9-1-1 emergency communications system. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Mike Farnworth, says the money will ...

B-C has become the latest province to sign on to a new federal health-care funding proposal announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month. The provincial government says it will provide 3.3-bi...

B-C Finance Minister Katrine Conroy has tabled a budget that includes almost 6.4-billion dollars in new funding for health care, an additional 4.2-billion for housing and 4.5-billion in new spending a...

B-C's premier says the province is giving half a billion dollars to B-C ferries to help counter inflation costs for customers. David Eby says the hope is to keep annual fare increases below 3 per cent...