Social

• Canadian cities struggling to get past ‘Whac-A-Mole’ solution to homeless encampments

  There is no easy solution to homeless encampments, but municipalities that adopt policies tolerating them may suffer political backlash at the ballot box.

  Canada

  Oct 27
  
• Vancouver to boost Gastown policing, in bid ‘to bring back a sense of safety’: Mayor

  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city is taking immediate steps to improve public safety in the Gastown neighbourhood.

  Sep 24
  
• Advertisement
• Group overdose at Vancouver Island beach leaves 2 dead, 2 critical

  Two women are dead and two men are in critical condition after what police say was a suspected group drug overdose at a Vancouver Island beach parking area.

  Health

  Aug 30
• Advertisement
• B.C. $500M rental protection fund nears 1,500 homes

  A B.C. government fund to help non-profits buy rental buildings to protect tenants from eviction and maintain affordable rents is on track to exceed its target of 2,000 homes.

  Politics

  Aug 22
• First Nations life expectancy in B.C. plunges by 6 years: report

  A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017.

  Health

  Aug 21
• Inequalities ‘built into’ B.C. justice, health and child welfare systems: report

  British Columbia's Human Rights Commissioner says inequalities are baked into the province's justice, health and child-welfare systems.

  Politics

  Aug 14
• B.C. rights tribunal to hear online hate case involving ex-Chilliwack school trustee

  British Columbia's Human Rights Tribunal has ruled it has the authority to hear cases about allegations of online hate speech.

  Politics

  Aug 8
• Summer McIntosh earns swimming silver in Paris

  Summer McIntosh laid the foundation for her ambitious Olympic swim program in Paris with a silver medal in the women's 400-metre freestyle on Saturday's opening day at the pool.

  Sports

  Jul 27
• Advertisement
• B.C. child welfare system facing workload, staffing crisis: report

  The representative for children in British Columbia says the provincial child welfare system is either in a state of crisis or close to it with understaffing and unmanageable workloads.

  Jul 23
• Advertisement
• B.C. kept on cutting edge of the legal landscape around drug use

  In 2021, the Vancouver-based Drug User Liberation Front approached Health Canada with a proposal to buy heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine on the dark web.

  Health

  Jul 18