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Penticton career fair connects Indigenous students with professional mentors
During a career fair in Penticton last week, Indigenous secondary school students heard from 26…
She organized a BC Starbucks. Then they fired her
In February, then 20-year-old barista Frédérique Martineau helped unionize the Vancouver Starbucks where she worked…
Plugging the gaps in the Indigenous electric highway
Paving the way to an Indigenous electric highway in Canada offers opportunities, but also includes…
Relic from Keremeos’ pioneer days struggles to withstand modern emergencies
Maintaining a 19th century waterwheel at the Grist Mill and Gardens at Keremeos has been…
BC updates its opioid use disorder treatment guidelines
Doctors in British Columbia have a new set of clinical guidelines for treating opioid use…
Swimming for salmon in the backwoods of BC
On a rare sunny late October day, a quartet of swimmers gathered around a deep…
West Coast toxic hot spots threaten endangered salmon and killer whales
Newly identified toxic metal hot spots on the West Coast further threaten endangered killer whales…
Junior hockey players in Golden wear Indigenous names on their jerseys
Four junior hockey players from Golden Rockets will be wearing orange jerseys with their Indigenous…
Kamloops area First Nation has message in wake of devastating wildfire
When he was a boy, Ron Tomma would leave after breakfast to run freely with…
Labour battle at Rogers Sugar refinery in BC gets stickier
Doughnut shops, home cooks and multinational corporations have all been caught in the crossfire of…
Across the political divide: Israeli and Iranian serving falafel together in BC
Thousands of kilometres away from the Middle East, where political tensions and wars rage all…
BBC’s Planet Earth does deep dive on West Coast whale poo
Whale researcher Jackie Hildering and her colleagues never imagined their work on humpbacks would capture…
The unlikely love story of an endangered BC tree and the little bird who eats its seeds
When a little gray bird with black wings flies into a bushy tree on the…
The BC experiment that could transform child-care work
In 2021, the federal government promised $30 billion over five years to create tens of…
‘Cautiously optimistic’: Immigrant drivers rate BC plan to protect gig workers
Rishu Bajaj immigrated to British Columbia nine years ago and has been driving for Uber…
Dan Alder died on the job in BC. His family wants answers
Before he became a statistic, Dan Alder was a hockey player, a mechanic, a brother,…
BC drug users and advocates issue a warning about xylazine
It took only one puff of drugs cut with xylazine to knock the tall, solidly…
How often are vulnerable adults unlawfully detained in BC?
A B.C. law meant to help vulnerable adults in emergency situations may have been unintentionally…
The not-so-sweet BC sugar wars, then and now
On Sept. 28, workers at the Rogers sugar refinery in Vancouver went on strike. Within…
BC’s COVID pandemic health-care heroes
A new oral history project is documenting the personal stories of hardship and sacrifice endured…
BC oysters: Unsung climate heroes for your holiday buffet
There are moments when Steve Pocock questions the wisdom of his chosen profession as a…
How 2023 became the year of unions in BC
British Columbia’s unions expanded at a rate not seen in almost two decades in 2023…
Okanagan symphony conductor alleges she was fired over decolonization concert
A lawsuit launched against the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra Society by fired conductor and music director…
Cirque du Soleil ready to take Penticton audiences on visually rich journey
Cirque du Soleil is inviting audiences into their dream world. The world-class performers are in…