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VICTORIA — The mother of a teen who fatally overdosed says British Columbia's proposed legislation allowing youth to be involuntarily hospitalized for up to a week must be backed up with more residential treatment beds.

British Columbia's Ombudsperson said the province's public safety minister made two pandemic-related orders that were not authorized by law.

VANCOUVER — School boards in Vancouver and Victoria are reviewing the use of police liaison officers but have rejected motions to suspend the programs while the reviews are underway.

The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates in a new report that it will cost the federal government $17.9 billion to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.

YVR launches new campaign to reduce the spread of COVID-19

VICTORIA — The B.C. government says proposed legislation it has introduced takes first steps to address concerns about sky-high costs and availability of insurance for condominiums and other shared properties.

In the six years that Margo and Ian Sheldon tried to have a baby, they endured the pain of multiple miscarriages and a full-term still birth.

Resilient natural resource and construction companies have helped jump-start economic resurgence, but not all sectors will find it easy to shake off the pandemic’s financial devastation

The man in his 30s had gone hiking on Mount Seymour for the first time Saturday by himself, then got lost in a treacherous area of Shone Creek

Proposed act also allows for the creation of regulations that provide protections to 'responsible' and compliant businesses and groups from civil liability related to COVID-19