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A revenue neutral carbon tax would allow high gas taxes to be offset – BC Liberal leader

It might only get worse, sorry.

The man killed in downtown Victoria on Tuesday has been identified as John Dickinson by his sister, who has started a fundraiser to bring her brother’s body back to their mother in Ontario.

At issue is a Nov. 19 provincial government order that makes COVID‑19 vaccination a condition of employment for all B.C. public service employees.

The problem, she said, is that those subsidized units are needed “yesterday.”

Assembly of First Nations National Chief RoseAnne Archibald said she was given the heads-up by Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller before the Liberal government enacted the Emergencies Act late last week.

Seven years after arriving in Kelowna, British Columbia as the town's very first family of Syrian refugees, the Alshahouds have become a full part of the local community.

Lawyers are in discussions to wind up the case of a man charged in connection with two New Year's Eve machete attacks in downtown Vancouver.

Ecojustice filed a suit challenging the legality of at least eight road closures granted by the B.C. Ministry of Forests in Tree Farm Licence 46, which includes Fairy Creek, the site of ongoing protests against old-growth logging.

Nearly half of survey respondents cited unsatisfying work as a major reason for leaving their jobs.