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• Health care systems ‘dismantling’ in B.C.’s Interior amid physician resignations

  Seven obstetricians and gynecologists have resigned from Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, B.C., while four psychiatrists have stepped down from Vernon Jubilee Hospital.

  Canada

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• B.C.’s forest sector struggles as province gets set to launch U.S. anti-tariff ads

  The B.C. government is asking federal ministers Dominic LeBlanc and Melanie Joly to come to B.C. as part of a forestry sector summit.

  Politics

  7 hours
• WATCH: Global News Hour at 6 BC: Oct. 28

  Watch the online edition of Global News Hour at 6 BC.

  News

  8 hours
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• Surrey DPAC launches Room Clear Tracker to monitor classroom disruptions, clearings

  The Surrey DPAC, with the support of the Surrey Teachers' Association and CUPE 78, has launched a Room Clear Tracker that can be used by every school district across B.C.

  Education

  9 hours
• Liberals urged to increase penalties for intimate partner violence, murder

  Conservatives are pushing a private member's bill they say would combat intimate partner violence — just as a new report tracks how the problem has grown in recent years.

  Politics

  10 hours
• Paramedic assaulted while refuelling ambulance at Kamloops gas station

  'It's even more troubling when our members are victims of violence, because we are truly there to help people and nothing else,' Ian Tait with the Ambulance Paramedics of BC said.

  Crime

  11 hours
• Canucks’ Hughes to miss second game with injury

  Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes is set to miss a second straight game Tuesday when his team hosts the New York Rangers.

  Sports

  12 hours
• Video captures fatal Abbotsford shooting as victim’s name released

  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) has identified the victim as 68-year-old Darshan Sahsi of Abbotsford in hopes of advancing the investigation.

  Crime

  Oct 28
• Kamloops rally calls for better maternity care amid OB/GYNs mass resignation

  A large rally was held in Kamloops amid growing concerns over the level of maternity care being provided at Royal Inland Hospital following the resignation of all seven OB/GYNs.

  Health

  Oct 28
• B.C. sees 1st avian flu outbreaks since January as 9 confirmed in poultry stocks

  A list published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency shows the virus has been detected in nine commercial poultry flocks in the region over the last two weeks.

  Canada

  Oct 28
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• Cowichan Nation says comments about Aboriginal title ruling ‘misleading’

  Last week, the City of Richmond sent a letter to a group of 150 property owners, warning them that the case could compromise the validity of their ownership.

  Perspectives

  Oct 28
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• Interior Health deals with 2 waves of resignations, BC Conservatives call for action

  Health Minister Josie Osborne said the province is focused on supporting doctors and other health care professionals during a time of mounting pressure.

  Health

  Oct 28
• Former Vancouver Canuck Ryan Kesler faces criminal sexual conduct charges in Michigan

  Former Vancouver Canucks centre Ryan Kesler has pleaded not guilty to two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Michigan.

  Crime

  Oct 28
• Kelowna residents take part in first-ever evacuation drill to be better prepared for emergencies

  The drill also involved numerous support agencies, such as Emergency Social Services, Kelowna’s Fire Smart Program and Central Okanagan Search and Rescue.

  Fire

  Oct 27
• B.C. government quietly changing legislation at centre of ICBC, MSP lawsuit

  The suit, filed in 2020, alleges that the province is illegally using ICBC to tax people for health-care costs by essentially double-dipping on MSP premiums.

  Politics

  Oct 27
• B.C. will go ahead with anti-tariff ads despite Trump blow-up over Ontario

  Premier David Eby announced last week that B.C. will roll out digital ads in the U.S. next month 'to explain who wins and who loses' from additional tariffs on softwood lumber.

  Politics

  Oct 27
• It will take weeks for alcohol backlog to clear following tentative BCGEU deal

  The Professional Employees Association has been rallying alongside the BCGEU, but it's also taking down its own picket lines as its negotiations continue.

  Politics

  Oct 27
• Man shot, killed on Abbotsford street close to 3 schools Monday morning

  Police said three nearby schools were briefly placed under a shelter-in-place protocol but no students were harmed or directly impacted by the shooting.

  Crime

  Oct 27
• New bail reform legislation to target extortions and sexual offences

  The act, revealed last week, would make dozens of changes to the criminal code to make bail laws stricter and toughen sentencing for serious and violent crimes.

  Crime

  Oct 27
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• Conditional discharge sought for Park Royal mall voyeur

  Saman Namvar Haghighi Shirazi, 33, was initially charged with three counts of unlawfully observing or recording people for a sexual purpose on May 19, 2024.

  Crime

  Oct 27
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• RCMP in B.C. warn of string of vehicle thefts, items taken from cars in Salmon Arm

  RCMP in Salmon Arm, B.C. are urging residents not to leave valuables in their vehicles and to lock them up overnight amid a string of thefts from and of cars and trucks.

  Crime

  Oct 27
• B.C. man dies three weeks after fighting off mother grizzly bear

  A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack.

  Canada

  Oct 27
• The assassination target ‘betrayed’ by Carney’s India policy

  Warned by RCMP three times he was to be killed, Moninder Singh said Sikhs feel let down by Canada's decision to resume ties with India.

  Canada

  Oct 27
• Sherwood turns sniper in boosting Canucks’ energy

  Coming into the NHL season few people would have expected Kiefer Sherwood to be leading the Vancouver Canucks in goal scoring.

  Sports

  Oct 27
• Sherwood scores in OT as Canucks edge Oilers

  Kiefer Sherwood deflected in a Brock Boeser pass at 1:42 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.

  Sports

  Oct 27