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B.C. regulator disciplines cupping practitioner after patient suffers ‘severe blistering’

A British Columbia practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine has been reprimanded and ordered to undergo mandatory retraining after a patient suffered severe blistering during a cupping session.

B.C. Conservative legislator calls out Findlay, says team ‘deeply divided’

A member of British Columbia Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s caucus is calling her out for what she says is a failure to unite the provincial Opposition.

‘I never thought I’d be a hospital chef’: Local chefs revamp patient menu at Metro Vancouver hospital

Local chefs have revamped the menu at Richmond hospital to include traditional Chinese dishes.

Netflix’s new hit show ‘Crew Girl’ showcases Vancouver Island to a global audience

When a TV series needs a setting, any place can fill the frame. But sometimes, a landscape becomes part of the story itself. For Netflix’s new young adult series Crew Girl, Vancouver Island does exactly that.

B.C. teacher suspended 1 day for causing student’s head injury

A B.C. teacher has been suspended one day by the provincial regulator for the profession after an incident that injured an elementary school student.

Tesla driver with ‘N’ caught sleeping behind the wheel: B.C. RCMP

Another Tesla driver was caught sleeping behind the wheel in B.C. last week, according to police.

Police seeking rightful owners of stolen tools recovered in B.C.’s Fraser Valley

Authorities are trying to track down the rightful owners of approximately $20,000 worth of suspected stolen tools that were recovered from an Abbotsford, B.C., property last week.

East Vancouver’s Britannia Pool reopens after ‘unexpected closure’

Britannia Pool in East Vancouver reopened Wednesday morning after an “unexpected closure” over the weekend.

A million more B.C. residents have a doctor, but 20 per cent of population needs one

The B.C. government says a million more people have been connected to a family doctor or nurse practitioner since 2018 when the government began a plan to get more people primary care.

Major crime detectives say B.C. woman’s death deemed suspicious

Police in northern British Columbia say a 30-year-old woman whose death was initially attributed to cardiac arrest may have met with foul play and her death is now considered suspicious.

Eby says NDP needs to be 'election ready' in B.C., but offers no date

B.C. Premier David Eby says he’s told his legislators that they need to be “election ready,” amid disruption posed by the trade war with the United States.

Rebuilding Vancouver Canucks eye future as training camp opens

Goalie Thatcher Demko won’t be a full participant when the Vancouver Canucks open training camp in Penticton, B.C., on Thursday.

Kicked, bitten, slapped. B.C. teachers say classroom violence is out of hand

Teachers are reporting a state of unfettered violence in B.C. schools, prompting concerns about long-term mental injuries and a potential exodus from the profession.

Police watchdog investigating ‘broken glass window’ injury in Nanaimo, B.C.

British Columbia’s police watchdog is investigating after man suffered injuries from a broken window while being arrested in Nanaimo.

B.C. regulator fines easyfinancial $9K over response to document request

A high-cost lender has been ordered to pay a $9,000 administrative penalty over its failure to respond adequately to requests for documents from a B.C. regulator.