B.C. is providing clarity to doctors on the ability to administer treatments such as overdose-prevention drugs to youth held involuntarily during mental health and addiction crises. Doctors will be told they can use substance-use treatments on children held involuntarily under the Mental Health Act. Dr. Daniel Vigo, the province’s advisor on psychiatry, toxic drugs and […]

The latest jobs report shows uneven progress for British Columbia. Overall, the numbers are positive, which is notable considering outside pressures from U.S. trade policies. The overall unemployment rate dropped from 6.6 per cent to 6.4 per cent from October to November. This is a reversal of the 0.2 percentage point bump a month earlier.

A father was left fighting for his life after being stabbed by his teenage son in Maple Ridge in the early morning hours of Saturday, Nov. 29. Ridge Meadows RCMP said at approximately 12:20 a.m. officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 12200 block of 244th Street. Officers arrived at the scene,

A group of knitters at a senior’s residence in Maple Ridge donated their work to Christmas Haven this week. The women at Chartwell Willow Retirement Community started a program called Knitting for a Cause and every year have been donating their items to the charity, because they know how much it is appreciated in the

Authorities have laid a second-degree murder charge in connection with a 2023 Vernon homicide investigation. The body of Miguel Suzor, 30, was discovered July 2 on a forest service road. The RCMP’s E-Division Major Crime Unit, with help from the Vernon North Okanagan detachment, took control of the lengthy, thorough investigation. Information was presented to