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BC’s minimum wage increasing to $17.85 an hour on Sunday
Provincial
My Kootenay Now Staff
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May 28, 2025
B.C.’s lowest-paid workers will see a little more money in their pockets. The province’s minimum wage is increasing to $17.85...
New provincial bill to eliminate short term sick notes
Provincial
My Kootenay Now Staff
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April 16, 2025
The Province will be reducing the administrative burden on BC’s health-care practitioners with the introduction of Bill 11. It was...
BC’s minimum wage increasing to $17.85 an hour June 1
Provincial
My Kootenay Now Staff
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February 14, 2025
B.C.’s lowest-paid workers will see a little more money in their pockets. The province’s minimum wage is increasing to $17.85...
Province tapping correctional facilities to address addiction, mental health issues
Provincial
My Kootenay Now Staff
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September 16, 2024
The province of BC says they’re going to step up and secure treatment within the correctional system for people who...
Province unveils overdose prevention measures at colleges, universities
Health Care
My Kootenay Now Staff
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September 8, 2024
Nasal naloxone will now be distributed to B.C.’s public post-secondary institutions, as well as First Nations Mandated Institutes. The supplies...
Interior Health launches virtual addiction medicine self-referral
Health Care
R McCormack
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September 4, 2024
People with alcohol or opioid use disorder can now quickly access addiction medicine specialists through a new online self-referral...
Public drug use illegal in BC, effective immediately
Provincial
My Kootenay Now Staff
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May 8, 2024
Public drug use is once again illegal across the province, starting this week. Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and...
Four Kootenay residents killed by toxic drugs through March
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My Kootenay Now Staff
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May 8, 2024
Toxic drugs claimed the lives of three Kootenay Boundary residents and one person in the East Kootenay in March. This...
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Fish & Wildlife
August 20, 2025
The reintroduction of chinook salmon into the Canadian side of the Columbia River is showing early signs of success, according to the Sinixt Confederacy.
Enoki mushrooms recalled in B.C. for possible listeria
Provincial
August 20, 2025
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August 20, 2025
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Provincial
August 20, 2025
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