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B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie has been encouraging seniors to consider using the deferral program, saying it can provide “meaningful cost relief.” (Trevor Crawley photo.)
B.C. seniors advocate urges those eligible to defer 2023 property taxes
A helicopter carrying water flies over heavy smoke from an out-of-control fire in a suburban community outside of Halifax that spread quickly, engulfing multiple homes and forcing the evacuation of local residents on Sunday May 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
Pregnant people should be especially vigilant when wildfires pollute the air: doctor
The Air Canada pilots group says it has triggered an option to launch negotiations around a new collective agreement a year early after WestJet’s recent pay hike. An Air Canada flight taxis to a runway as a WestJet flight takes off at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Air Canada pilots look to start bargaining early after WestJet pay hike
The Atira Women’s Resource Society says it has named a new interim CEO after former head Janice Abbott stepped down amid a conflict-of-interest controversy involving her husband, former BC Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay. Abbott is seen speaking in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Lauren Collins file photo)
B.C. housing non-profit at heart of controversy names interim CEO
Child and Family Development Minister Mitzi Dean during an announcement on Feb. 2, 2023. Dean was part of an announcement Tuesday (May 30) for the newly named Strengthening Abilities and Journeys of Empowerment program that was first announced in the 2022 budget (Dillon White file photo)
B.C. to waive education tuition for former youth in care
Members of the RCMP are seen outside of the Lynn Valley Library, in North Vancouver, B.C., Saturday, March 27, 2021. The man who stabbed numerous people in and around the library two years ago has pleaded guilty to murder and other charges. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Man pleads guilty to murder, assault in B.C. library stabbing spree
Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers and the Saanich Police Department are looking to ID a suspect after a wheel of Gouda was stolen. (Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers/Twitter)
$600 wheel of Gouda cheese stolen in Greater Victoria; police look for suspect
A UBC research reveals that customers prefer self-checkout or interacting with robotic individuals when purchasing blush-inducing items. (Courtesy/Contributed to Black Press Media)
Self-checkout preferred for blush-inducing purchases, B.C. study affirms
The Canada sign in Victoria’s Inner Harbour is pictured in early 2023. The provincial government will up support for temporary residents starting in 2024 as B.C.’s demographics continue to change. (Black Press Media file photo)
Provincial government boosts supports for newcomers to B.C.
Grocery clerks and food service staff will be among the 150,000 British Columbians getting a pay raise when the minimum wage increases on June 1 to to $16.75 from $15.65. (Contributed)
B.C.’s minimum wage to go up to $16.75 on June 1
UBC researchers aim to lead the charge in defining what is a concussion. (Black Press File Photo)
B.C. researchers look to bridge gap in ‘wildly inconsistent’ concussion diagnoses
Madison Scot (RCMP handout photo)
Remains of B.C. woman found 12 years since going missing in Vanderhoof
E-bikes, here seen at Vernon’s Sun Country Cycle, will be subject to a new provincial rebate program June 1. Some eligible British Columbians could get up to $1,400 off their next e-bike purchase. (Contributed)
New provincial program rings up to $1,400 in rebates for e-bikes
A smoker puts out a cigarette in a public ashtray in Ottawa on May 31, 2016. Three national health organizations want Canada’s premiers to push for initiatives to reduce smoking during settlement negotiations with major tobacco companies, which provinces sued to recoup health-care costs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Provinces must seek anti-smoking measures in Big Tobacco settlement: health groups
The Edson Forest Area wildfire is shown in a Thursday, May 11, 2023 handout photo. (Alberta Wildfire/Twitter)
Early snowmelt in Western mountains means drier summers, more wildfire risk: study
The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023. Premier David Eby acknowledged concerns around AI, but sees more light than shadow when it comes to the effects of artificial intelligence. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Richard Drew)
AI opens up ‘incredible opportunities’ for B.C.: Eby
Emergency crews put on a “mock crash” scenario at Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver Friday (May 26, 2023) to show students just how serious impaired driving and reckless driving can be. Students look on during the demonstration. (Lauren Collins)
Mock crash staged at B.C. high school serves as cautionary tale
WestJet pilots are poised to get a 24 per cent pay bump over four years under an agreement-in-principle between the company and the union. Members of the Air Line Pilots Association demonstrate amid contract negotiations outside the WestJet headquarters in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 31, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
WestJet pilots deal grants 24% pay raise over four years
B.C. Premier David Eby talks with the media in Langford on May 25 alongside NDP candidate for the Langford-Juan de Fuca byelection Ravi Parmar. Eby will lead a trade delegation to Asia starting May 27. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Eby says Asia trade mission a way to ‘protect’ B.C. from geopolitical tensions
A new report is casting doubt on the idea that Canada is facing a widespread labour shortage, bolstering arguments by labour economists who say the country has more than enough workers. A sign for help wanted is pictured in a business window in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
StatCan report casts clouds on claims of a widespread labour shortage in Canada