The provincial government has formed a new council to advance British Columbia’s interests in the long-standing softwood lumber dispute with the United States. The council…
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Flush toilets coming to B.C. construction sites
Changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation will make it mandatory for employers at construction sites with 25 workers or more to provide flush…
Workers built this province
Letter to the Editor David Eby: Workers built this province. Every day, we rely on workers to drive buses, to teach our kids, to take…
Recognizing International Firefighters Day
Letter to the Editor Today, we honour firefighters, worldwide and here at home, who dedicate their lives and put their safety at risk every day…
Minimum wage jumps to $17.40 an hour June 1
B.C.’s lowest-paid workers will get a pay raise when the general minimum wage increases from $16.75 to $17.40 per hour on June 1. This represents…
Security officers hired for EKRH and 25 other facilities
The B.C. government last week announced it has recruited 320 new relational security officers to safeguard health-care workers and patients around the province, including for…
In recognition of the National Day of Mourning
Letter to the Editor On this solemn day, we join people across British Columbia and Canada in remembering and honouring people who have lost their…
Minimum wage increasing to $16.75 June 1
On June 1, B.C.’s lowest-paid workers will get a pay raise with the general minimum wage increasing from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour. The 6.9%…
B.C. to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will be enshrined in B.C. law to honour the strength and resilience of residential school survivors and remember…
B.C. expands cancer coverage for firefighters
The B.C. government is amending the Firefighters’ Occupational Disease Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act (WCA) by adding two cancers – pancreatic and thyroid –…