New data released by B.C. Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt shows the province’s population of people over the age of 65 is growing nearly four times as fast as the number of new care home beds. “We are at the beginning of a rapid increase in the number of people 65 and over, and we know […]
B.C.’s police complaint commissioner is set to review why the police have not yet apologized for the 2019 incident in Vancouver in which a Heiltsuk man and his 12-year-old granddaughter were handcuffed outside a downtown Bank of Montreal branch where they had tried to open an account using status cards. A disciplinary process concluded in
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Canada’s public safety minister told the House of Commons on Wednesday (Jan. 28) that two helicopters have been deployed in Surrey to help tackle the ongoing rise in extortion – but there’s confusion surrounding the specifics about those helicopters. “The rise in extortion in Surrey and the Lower Mainland is unacceptable, and I extend my
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Visitors to B.C. can expect to pay an additional fee when camping at provincial parks this summer. Beginning in May 2026, the $20 non-resident fee will be charged in addition to the base camping fee, for frontcountry and backcountry camping, cabin rentals and the use of mooring buoys and docks, says BC Parks. “With growing
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Dear Editor, Shared letter to Premier David Eby: I’m writing as a taxpaying resident of British Columbia, who cares a lot about public safety and about whether our government is spends time and money on things that actually work. In my community, Maple Ridge, the biggest public safety issues aren’t law-abiding firearms owners. They are
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