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Two people loading luggage into a taxi in front of the Downtown Eastside's Empress Hotel were attacked by a stranger on June 19, 2022.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's human rights commissioner says housing and poverty are among the top concerns of service and rights-related organizations across the province, but some key voices have yet to be heard.

CEO’s cannabis venture also filed for creditor protection last year

B.C. government policies have added billions to cost of doing business in B.C.

Experts say although it’s a heavy year for the forest and western tent caterpillar in the region, it isn’t likely to be a problem for most trees.

“It was thick. You couldn’t even see the water, like under the water. It was just straight orange.”

Special rapporteur David Johnston’s 59-page interim report recommends against a public inquiry

The material left with students after a drug presentation included a booklet on safe drug-snorting as well as straws for snorting and small cards for cutting lines of powdered drugs

Dr. Sarah Truelson, one of five physicians with family practices at Esquimalt Medical Clinic, told patients she needs to reduce the size of her practice, citing a family crisis and lack of locums

A Kamloops doctor says she plans to set up a family practice in the community after spending her formative years in foster care with parents suffering from addiction.