According to the Forest Practices Board's report, about 45 per cent of B.C.'s public land — more than 390,000 square kilometres — is at extreme or high risk of fire.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/experts-say-action-needed-now-after-bc-doubles-old-wildfire-record-1.6989473?cmp=rss

A city in B.C.'s North Coast has become a buzzing haven for unique new visitors courtesy of a local beekeeper.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/terrace-apiary-queen-bee-ukraine-1.6869156?cmp=rss

B.C.'s auditor general delivered what McCrory described as a "scathing" review of grizzly bear management in 2017, finding the greatest threat to the bears was human activity that degrades their habitat, not hunting that's since been banned.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/conservationists-raise-concerns-over-b-c-s-proposed-grizzly-bear-stewardship-plan/article_b05a3c8b-5a36-5630-9d7e-87539e7471a8.html

B.C.'s health minister said the province's emergency rooms are seeing unusually high levels of patient demand in a trend that may be a "new normal."

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/adrian-dix-surrey-hospital-1.6960872?cmp=rss

B.C.'s new encampment strategy is a two-pronged approach: homeless encampment action response teams (HEART) and homeless encampment action response for temporary housing (HEARTH).

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-seattle-homeless-camp-approach-1.6805216?cmp=rss

Bowinn Ma, B.C.'s minister of emergency management, says in a statement that an early warning system is critical to helping those in the province mitigate the impacts of a seismic event.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/01/26/news/bc-install-earthquake-warning-sensors-save-lives-when-big-one-hits

But B.C.'s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions says the decriminalization of people who use drugs is not the same as legalization.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/jerry-martin-hard-drug-store-vancouver-1.6711271?cmp=rss

By June 1 of each year, B.C.'s Ministry of Finance will publish an annual report on gender pay in the province.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-pay-equity-legislation-1.6771337?cmp=rss

Dormuth said she wants the province to provide more help to small businesses by paying for provincially mandated sick days, using WorkSafe BC's surplus revenue to create rebates, and increasing B.C.'s employer health tax exemption threshold.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/premiers-ceba-extension-1.7003936?cmp=rss

Horgan was considered by party members, political colleagues and opponents, and commentators as one of B.C.'s most popular premiers, and was consistently ranked by pollsters as one of the most popular leaders in Canada.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/former-b-c-premier-john-horgan-to-leave-early-as-member-of-legislature/article_77c1056f-d051-564c-b99a-52e73fa5c4bd.html

Hundreds of doctors, nurses and other Canadian health-care professionals have issued a public health advisory on the health harms of expanding B.C.'s fracking and natural gas infrastructure as the climate crisis steams ahead.

Source: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/08/24/news/canadas-newest-health-advisory-natural-gas

If the change doesn't lead to enough added capacity for radiation therapy in B.C.'s cancer care system, Dix says the program may be opened up to more patients.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-cancer-patients-offered-radiation-treatment-in-u-s-1.6844475?cmp=rss

Industry analysts say this pattern marks a fundamental shift in B.C.'s forestry future, whose origins can be traced back to a tiny insect more than 20 years ago.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/british-columbia-forestry-future-pine-beetle-1.6712576?cmp=rss

"I was in extreme pain," said the Haida elder, who served as B.C.'s community liaison officer for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-penny-kerrigan-appendicitis-anti-indigenous-racism-1.6970791?cmp=rss

Members of Kelowna, B.C.'s Gurdwara Guru Amardas Darbar Sikh Society say they have outgrown their current place of worship and hope to build a new gurdwara on agriculture land in a semi-rural neighborhood in the city.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/gurdwara-guru-amardas-darbar-sikh-society-kelowna-1.6822373?cmp=rss

Much of B.C.'s Interior is under a flood watch, warning or high streamflow advisory as of May 3, 2023.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-flood-situation-may-3-1.6831160?cmp=rss

Normally, disputes involving strata corporations are handled by B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal, which receives written submissions and renders decisions digitally, and generally moves faster than the regular courts.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/airbnb-renter-whose-grease-fire-set-off-sprinklers-in-vancouver-highrise-can-t-be-sued-by-insurer-court-rules-1.6666159

Opinion: B.C.'s Liberal leader is taking steps to leave his budget-cutting past in the rear-view mirror.

Source: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-s-harm-reduction-and-addiction-treatment-systems-plagued-by-gaps

Paula Negritto, 45, an assistant costume designer who has worked steadily in B.C.'s film industry for the past six years, says this has been the first year she didn't have ongoing employment on a show.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/global-restructuring-pending-union-negotiations-slow-canada-film-industry-1.6804547?cmp=rss

Police in B.C.'s capital are pairing up with mental health workers to better respond to service calls involving people struggling with mental health and substance-use issues.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/a-free-library-in-east-vancouver-has-been-set-up-just-for-dogs-1.6251462