Horgan To Step Down As MLA
John Horgan will be stepping down as the MLA for Langford - Juan de Fuca. The former Premier was in the Legislature this afternoon for the first time since handing things over to David Eby in November. Horgan had previously suggested he wouldn't be running for re-election as MLA. In an emotional speech, he told members...
Feb 09, 2023
Truth And Reconciliation Day To Become BC Stat
The British Columbia government has introduced legislation to make September 30 a paid statutory holiday marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Labour Minister Harry Bains introduced a bill in the legislature today, saying the holiday will be observed this September and every September 30 afterwards. He...
Feb 07, 2023
Throne Speech Kicks Off BC Legislature Session
The spring session of the BC Legislature got underway today with a throne speech that focused heavily on health care and the cost of living. BC Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin says the provincial government plans to put this year's projected budget surplus of almost $6 billion dollars to work, with an economic slowdow...
Feb 07, 2023
BC Doctors Embracing New Payment Model
BC's Health Minister says more than one-thousand doctors have already signed onto a new payment model that took effect today, and he expects the number to grow ``dramatically.'' Adrian Dix says the new model developed with Doctors of B-C is aimed at addressing the shortage of physicians in the province. He says it redu...
Feb 02, 2023
Lisa Helps Named Housing Advisor By Eby
Premier David Eby has named former Victoria mayor Lisa Helps as his advisor on housing solutions. Helps will work with BC Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon, stakeholders, and partners to help design and develop the "BC Builds" program, an initiative to build housing for middle-income families, individuals and s...
Jan 26, 2023
Paul McCartney Found Some Forgotten Photos
A trove of previously unseen photos taken by Paul McCartney as The Beatles shot to global stardom will go on display in London this year. The National Portrait Gallery announced Wednesday that the exhibition will help mark the gallery's reopening in June after a three-year refurbishment. Gallery director Nicholas Culli...
Jan 25, 2023
Update On 2022 Shelbourne Robbery And Shootout
Police say two brothers killed by police in a shootout outside a Victoria bank were there for an armed confrontation, not robbery. An investigation by the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit says 22-year-old Isaac Auchterlonie and his brother, Matthew, waited around for 11 minutes after they were given the cas...
Jan 20, 2023
University-educated Racialized Canadians Earn Less
Statistics Canada has found that people of colour are generally more likely to earn a university degree than their white counterparts, but less likely to find a job that pays as well. The findings published today are based on data from the 2021 and 2016 censuses. It shows that two years after graduating, people of colo...
Jan 18, 2023
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Jeff Beck Passes Away At 78
Guitar legend Jeff Beck has passed away at the age of 78. Beck's representatives said in a statement that he died yesterday (January 10) after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis. Jeff Beck was known as a guitar player's guitar player, and pushed the boundaries of blues, jazz, and rock - as well as the instrument...
Jan 12, 2023
Second Sentencing In Metchosin Murder
One of the men guilty of killing a Metchosin man in 2019 has just received his sentence. Zachary Armitage has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years in the killing of Martin Payne in Metchosin, shortly after escaping from William Head Institution with another inmate. Partway through his ...
Jan 11, 2023
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