The ongoing drug toxicity public-health emergency continues to devastate communities throughout British Columbia, with at least 198 deaths suspected to have been caused by toxic, unregulated drugs reported to the BC Coroners Service in January 2024. 

Dr. Robert Halpenny has been appointed chair of Interior Health’s board of directors, succeeding Dr. Doug Cochrane after his passing earlier this month.

A coroner’s inquest into the death of Nicholas Patrick James Goulding will begin at 9:30 a.m. on March 11, 2024, at the Burnaby Coroners’ Court (20th floor, 4720 Kingsway, Metrotower II, Metrotown, Burnaby).

New procedural safeguards in the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA) will enhance personal privacy protections while supporting child protection needs through amended legislation that also removes barriers to Indigenous jurisdiction.

Premier David Eby has issued the following statement marking Pink Shirt Day:

George Heyman, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, has released the following statement in response to the Office of the Auditor General of B.C.’s audit, Ministry’s management of hazardous spills:

Proposed legislative amendments respond to local government and community requests to streamline, simplify and modernize several local government processes, making some services more user friendly for people in Vancouver and throughout British Columbia.

While spring may be just around the corner, people are reminded to be ready for winter conditions this week throughout the south coast region.