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BCOct 06, 2020

B.C. Greens' election proposals include 4-day work week, free child care

British Columbia's Green party wants to see free child care for children under three and free early childhood education for three- and four-year-olds. Campaigning in Vancouver on Tuesday, Green party Leader Sonia Furstenau says their plan would also have financial support for stay-at-home parents of $350 a month. She says taking care of a child needs to be recognized as a real job that counts as time in the workplace, not as a relaxing time out. Furstenau says parents with young children in B.C. are facing tremendous pressure as costs skyrocket and household income stagnates. She is also prop
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BCOct 06, 2020

B.C. Liberals promise to end public auto insurance monopoly for lower rates

The British Columbia Liberals are promising lower vehicle insurance rates by ending the monopoly that the Crown-owned Insurance Corporation of B.C. has on the market. Leader Andrew Wilkinson said Tuesday an elected Liberal government on Oct. 24 will open the vehicle insurance market to competition, resulting in cheaper rates, especially for young drivers.Drivers should have the option of choosing where to take their insurance business, instead of being forced to deal with the single public agency, he said at a news conference."It's time to offer cheaper rates, and the way to get cheaper rates
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BCOct 06, 2020

BC New Democratic Party releases its election platform

The NDP is promising a rent freeze in British Columbia until the end of next year, a one-time $1,000 recovery benefit for families and an expansion of $10-a-day daycare in its platform released today. In a news release, the NDP says the plan builds on the work they've done over the past 3 1/2 years to improve health care and affordability, while creating jobs. The platform is based heavily on the NDP record, with the majority of promises stemming from work already underway or expanding on their pledges. The party says of 154 platform promises, 60 are new. It also promises a new Recovery Invest
BCOct 06, 2020

West Vancouver man sentenced to 10 years in death of business partner

A West Vancouver millionaire convicted of killing and then dismembering the body of his former business partner has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Li Zhao was sentenced Monday in B.C. Supreme Court after being convicted of manslaughter and interfering with the remains of Gang Yuan in May of 2015. With time already served factored in, his prison sentence is reduced to less than two years and five months. The judge ruled prosecutors couldn't prove Zhao intended to kill the 42-year-old Yuan when the men fought at a mansion in a neighbourhood of West Vancouver known as the British Propert
BCOct 06, 2020

BC government encourages residents to write a will

It's Make a Will week across BC as the provincial government encourages residents to write a will or bring an existing one up-to-date. BC responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with legislation in August that makes it easier to create wills which can be signed electronically and stored online. A spokeswoman for a Toronto-based online estate planning platform says almost two-thirds of B-C residents are thinking more about emergency preparedness because of the pandemic. But data shows only 38 per cent of B-C residents have an up-to-date will and 90 per cent of millennials don't have a will at all.
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BCOct 05, 2020

Inpatient admissions suspended at Delta Hospital due to COVID-19 outbreak

The hospital in Delta., B.C., is not admitting new inpatients due to an outbreak of COVID-19, though the emergency department remains open and all scheduled surgeries will continue. The Fraser Health Authority, which operates Delta Hospital, says patients requiring care outside those units will not be admitted ``for the time being'' in order to protect them from the risk of transmission. Dr. Elizabeth Brodkin, chief medical health officer at Fraser Health, says 18 patients and 17 staff have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the outbreak first identified on Sept. 16. She says seven patients have
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BCOct 05, 2020

Liberals promise 10-lane bridge over Fraser River, would dump NDP Massey Tunnel plan

The B.C. Liberals are promising to resurrect their previous plan when in government to build a 10-lane bridge over the Fraser River to replace the aging Massey Tunnel in Metro Vancouver. Leader Andrew Wilkinson says the Liberals, if elected on Oct. 24, will dump the NDP's long-delayed eight-lane tunnel proposal and start immediate on construction of the 10-lane bridge to replace the current tunnel. Wilkinson says the bridge project will relieve the largest traffic bottleneck in Western Canada. Wilkinson says the 10-lane bridge proposed by the Liberals when they were in government back in 2013
BCOct 05, 2020

Penticton, B.C., man accused in 4 deaths to plead guilty: defence

The lawyer for a man accused in a shooting that left four people dead in Penticton, B.C., says his client plans to plead guilty next week. John Brittain was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder after the shooting in April last year. Rudi Winter, Barry and Susan Wonch and Darlene Knippelberg were all killed. Defence lawyer Paul McMurray told a B.C. Supreme Court judge hearing the case in Kelowna that he's expecting Brittain to plead guilty to all four indictments in court on Oct. 14. Brittain was a former city employee whom Penticton Mayor John
BCOct 05, 2020

Elections BC clears Liberal candidate of NDP claims of vote-by-mail corruption

Elections BC has wrapped up an investigation into allegations of corrupt voting by a Liberal candidate, saying it found no evidence to shore up the claims.A probe was launched earlier this week after a complaint from the NDP saying the campaign for Liberal candidate Garry Thind was gathering personal information to illegally request vote-by-mail packages.It's illegal to obtain a ballot on behalf of another voter.A statement from Elections BC says it found no evidence of improper vote-by-mail package requests.It says the complaint against Thind, the candidate in district of Surrey-Fleetwood, h

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CanadaOct 07, 2025

MPs launch probe of trucking sector after Bloc calls out labour standards

A House of Commons committee is set to launch a study of labour standards in the trucking sector today after the Bloc Québécois called on the government to end what it calls exploitative practices. The transport committee is launching a study of an industry business model which sees transport companies classify drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The Canadian Trucking Alliance has called the model the "largest tax, labour misclassification, safety and human trafficking scheme in Canada," arguing that it manipulates the tax base and jeopardizes the health and safety of C
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Province to remove barriers, make way for more child care at schools

The Province has introduced legislation to enable school districts in B.C. to support families with more child care on school grounds. “As a parent, I know that finding safe, convenient and affordable child care is a top priority for young families, but it’s not always easy,” said Premier David Eby. “We are building a seamless child care system in our province that supports parents from the early years through to graduation. This legislation is the first step on the path to getting more child care on school grounds all across our province. Using our existing infrastructure and partneri
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Drugs, cash, firearm seized from local motel

Prince George RCMP Frontline police officers made a significant seizure of drugs and cash in late September, from a motel on the 900-block of Victoria Street, while attending to an unrelated investigation at the location. “In total, investigators seized approximately 100 grams combined of suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine and crack cocaine, and over $40,000 in cash. A firearm was also located in the room and seized,” states Corporal Jennifer Cooper, Media Relations Officer for the Prince George RCMP. Through the course of the investigation, one man was arrested on multiple firearms o
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WorldOct 07, 2025

PM Mark Carney meets President Donald Trump

PM Mark Carney met President Donald Trump today for the second time in nearly six months. Trump, while meeting Carney at the White House, described the trade talks with Canada as more complicated than any other and said that there is a "natural conflict" on trade due to the geographic proximity between the US and Canada. Trump said that I love Canada and the people of Canada but we have trade interests and we are working on a formula and we will get there. During this, he also discussed the Golden Dome defense system with reporters, Trump said that he and Carney will work together on the G
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IndiaOct 07, 2025

Arvind Kejriwal on Punjab visit again

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal is coming to Punjab for two days. He will inaugurate power transmission and distribution projects in Jalandhar with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday. The project has cost Rs 5 thousand crore. Apart from this, Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will also visit Bathinda. Where they will lay the foundation stone of 3100 new playgrounds. Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal had visited Punjab on September 5, when Punjab was under the impact of floods. During that time, he was scheduled to visit various districts of Punjab with Chief Minister B