B.C. News

VANCOUVER — Child poverty decreased in British Columbia in 2020 due to provincial and federal government benefits provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but any progress may be wiped out by the rising costs of living, an advocacy group says.

The announcement, set for Feb. 21, is expected to be live-streamed on the Tseshaht First Nation Facebook page.

Just over three years have passed since hereditary chiefs travelled to the RBCM to seek the return of the pole, a second one and other artifacts.

"There is potential for it to reopen in the future, parts of it, definitely," says B.C. tourism minister. The Royal B.C. Museum had announced in November 2021 that it was closing sections of its third floor “to start the process of decolonization in those galleries.”

Julie Delores McLeod, a 22-year-old Merritt woman, was found dead at a Nicola Lake rest stop in December 1993.

Honorary Doctor of Laws degree stripped by University of Regina after a review of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond's claims of Indigenous heritage/ancestry.

Mandatory electronic logs to ensure drivers don't exceed hours of service

Crews will soon start removing an additional 550 metres of the Squamish Spit.

While dreams of a 2030 Winter Olympics in Canada have not died, advocates say the country must first grapple with its crisis in sport

“I don't know where it is now. We don't see them widely used in pharmacies around here now," says one parent.