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A Keremeos heavy equipment operator has filed a lawsuit against Interior Health and the doctors who allegedly failed to correctly diagnose an arterial blockage that led to the amputation of his leg. The civil claim, filed this April 1 in Vancouver by Steven Barker, alleges that multiple visits to the Similkameen Health Centre over issues […]

The latest data from the B.C. Coroners Service shows 115 people died from toxic drugs in the province in February. The coroners service released the latest monthly data Wednesday (April 15), which showed a decrease from the 150 recorded deaths in January. The number of deaths in February equates to about 4.1 deaths per day.

First Nations people in B.C. continue to be disproportionately represented in toxic drug deaths across the province, the First Nations Health Authority shared Wednesday. The First Nations Health Authority released the 2025 data on the toxic drug crisis’s impact on First Nations people in Vancouver on April 15. This year, the presentation focused on the

The Government of British Columbia and Kitselas First Nation launched the provincial ratification of their modern treaty Wednesday (April 15), marking a major step toward self-government, expanded land ownership and resource rights for the Northwest B.C. nation. After a technical briefing introducing the Kitselas Treaty Act, the bill was tabled in the Legislative Assembly of