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BC’s minimum wage increasing to $17.85 an hour on Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Toxic drugs claimed the lives of three Kootenay Boundary residents and one person in the East Kootenay in March. This...

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B.C. boosts funding to expand RCMP hate crime unit

British Columbia is significantly expanding the RCMP’s provincial hate crimes unit.

This year’s West Kootenay-Boundary Move to Cure ALS Walk raises over $20k

West Kootenay-Boundary Move to Cure ALS is walking the talk, all the way to $20,176.

Does the Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital need a second access?

The West Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital District Board has raised the long-standing issue of the need for a second access to Kootenay-Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail.

Pape signs with Smoke Eaters

The Trail Smoke Eaters have signed another German defenseman.
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