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Emergency room closures. The BC healthcare crisis that critics worry is putting patients at risk. A scandal at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra; a violinist who raised accusations of sexual abuse and why she’s breaking the terms of her settlement. And Nanaimo tenants are left homeless as a motel is destroyed in a boxing day fire.

Cleanup volunteers say police and all levels of government are passing the jurisdictional buck when it comes to cleaning up an abandoned homeless camp in Chilliwack, B.C. As Paul Johnson reports, the site is full of trash and derelict vehicles while being located uphill of an important fish hatchery.

Richmond’s Camryn Rogers, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion in the hammer throw, is opening up about her and her mother’s experience with homelessness, until a housing foundation came to their rescue. As Grace Ke reports, she’s now giving back.

Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years – we take a look at what parts of B.C. contributed to this. The Luugat is being closed on Granville Street. The old Howard Johnson building was converted around 2020 into a place for the homeless to move into. Since that time, Granville...

The B.C. government is moving to dismantle a homeless camp of RVs at a Fraser Valley rest stop by closing the restrooms and shutting down services such as water and power. As Taya Fast reports, a homeless advocate disputes the province’s claim that the people living there are a danger to the public.

Advocates are warning that the current funding agreement for the B.C. Rent Bank expires at the end of March, and if long-term, stable funding isn’t found, thousands of people could be at risk of becoming homeless. Kylie Stanton reports.

The BCGEU says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal and bring an end to strike action. What does this mean for other public sector unions? Camryn Rogers will open up about her time spent homeless on her path to Olympic and world glory.

Crews have moved in to clean up the homeless encampment in Vernon that featured a treehouse. In addition, B.C. wineries are raising concerns about a policy called the “Olympic Average” created to maintain Treasury Board revenue neutrality when imported fruit replaces lost B.C. crops. We break down what this means for Okanagan wineries.

The first day of the annual Union of BC Municipalities convention has generated an urgent call for the provincial government to take action on supportive housing and homelessness. As Aaron McArthur reports, cities say they’re carrying most of the burden of the crisis, without the resources to deal with it.

The latest data shows the City of Penticton’s unhoused population is growing significantly. BC Housing releasing its latest homeless count looking at 20 communities throughout the province. Klaudia Van Emmerik has more.

Vancouver’s city manager apologized for the wait times people faced while casting ballots in Saturday’s by-election. A Fraser Valley First Nation has had enough of the mess left behind by a former homeless encampment. And a program that helped feed hungry kids in Vancouver schools is set to end due to a funding cut. 

The BC Civil Liberties Association is taking the City of Vancouver to court, claiming its ban on daytime sheltering for homeless people is a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Paul Johnson reports.

The province says several B.C. communities are stepping up to help deal with the homeless crisis. As Taya Fast reports, it comes as another Lower Mainland mayor says his community is bearing a disproportionate burden in providing shelter for the unhoused.

Homicide investigators are called to Abbotsford after a person’s body is found in a burned vehicle in a remote park. A business speaks out about the increasingly brazen thefts happening at their store on Vancouver’s West 4th Avenue. An elder who found himself homeless and living in the White Rock Hospital has now found a...

As Alberta wraps up its Alberta is Calling campaign, B.C. launches its own Stay with B.C. campaign. Calgary agencies supporting people experiencing homelessness are hopeful a change in provincial funding will make more money available. An Edmonton apartment building where a security guard was shot and killed is deemed unsafe.

What impact could the U.S. election have on British Columiba? A homeless encampment at Abbotsford City Hall forces the legion to alter its Remembrance Day plans. An audit questions the value taxpayers get for the $440 million they pay for the Vancouver Police Department. BC municipalities report they are struggling to reach provincial housing targets....

Both sides in the dispute over a homeless encampment at Abbotsford City Hall are claiming victory after a ruling by BC Supreme Court. Paul Johnson reports.

Following up on the story of a man who finds himself at the crossroads of twin crises in this province, housing and healthcare. James Cullina remains in a hospital bed in White Rock, his life savings spent, too healthy to be in a hospital setting, not healthy enough to live alone, facing a long wait...

Jeremy Hunka from Vancouver’s Union Gospel Mission explains why dismantling tent cities doesn’t help the vulnerable homeless population and why the city needs to invest in affordable housing with support.

A new B.C. study is upending some conventional wisdom about the homeless population. Rumina Daya has more on what happened when the charitable group Foundations for Social Change gave 50 unhoused people $7,500 each.