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Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi was more frustrated than usual. The pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon and former chief of cardiac surgery at BC Children’s Hospital had just spent a shift in the midst of an unrelenting respiratory illness season.

With wool selling for only 10 to 70 cents a pound, sheep farmers say it makes more financial sense to burn or compost it rather than pay to clean, bag and transport it to the Lower Mainland, then Alberta or Ontario for processing

The Ehattesaht First Nation, based in Zeballos, says it has lost six young people to drug overdoses in the the past few months alone.

The province’s four clinics, which form the Post COVID-19 Interdisciplinary Clincial Care Network, will collapse into an online service at the end of March.

Jimmy Pieschke recently pleaded guilty to the charges. The warrant was triggered when he failed to appear in court.

RICHMOND, B.C. — A busy commuter route in Metro Vancouver closed for hours Friday while engineers assessed the safety of an overpass involved in an unusual crash. RCMP Cpl.

He was also issued a 10-year hunting ban.

B.C. government lawyers say new legislation would force them into the Professional Employees Association.

RICHMOND, B.C. — Police in Metro Vancouver say two 15-year-old girls have been seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl. RCMP in Richmond, B.C.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation that its chief says is under consistent threat of flooding is to receive a boost from the province for shoreline stabilization.