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British Columbia A man working with an Egyptian contractor posted the ships on Facebook Marketplace, hoping to get $15 million for the three ships — a fraction of the $460 million it cost to build them. ‘One last ditch effort … before they go to the scrap yard,’ says North VancouverContinue Reading

British Columbia A study conducted by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control has found that prescribing medical-grade opioids dramatically reduced the rates of deaths and overdoses for drug users living in B.C. Researchers found risk of overdose death reduced significantly the longer users had access to prescribed drugs Michelle GhoussoubContinue Reading

British Columbia Speaking at her first public briefing of 2024, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said it’s common to see a spike in illness from respiratory viruses soon after the holiday season. B.C. also has record number of people in hospital, partly due to ‘full slates of surgeries’: healthContinue Reading

British Columbia The cougar was killed by Victoria police in November after being spotted in the Burnside area of the city. The city offered few details of the worker’s termination. Worker was ‘co-operative’ with conservation investigation, received written warningCBC News · Posted: Jan 09, 2024 8:13 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

British Columbia The Canada Energy Regulator will hear arguments Friday from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on its request for a pipeline variance. Company says expansion project could be delayed 2 years if changes to 2.3-km section of pipe are not allowedCBC News · Posted: Jan 09,Continue Reading

British Columbia British Columbia is transitioning to test for cervical cancer through HPV screening, meaning patients will be able to provide samples from home and ultimately test less often if their results are negative. Transition from Pap tests means patients will be able to screen at home, longer period betweenContinue Reading

British Columbia Two wildfires in B.C.’s southern interior caused more than $720 million in insured losses last year, making them the most costly insured extreme weather event the province has ever seen, according to a new report. Fires in Okanagan and Shuswap regions top Insurance Bureau of Canada’s list of severeContinue Reading

British Columbia The former head of the B.C. Search and Rescue Association said decisions by the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness to deny SAR volunteers the use of new search technologies is hard to understand. Ex-head of B.C. Search and Rescue says relationship between province and 3,400 SARContinue Reading