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Pharmacist fined $20,000, suspended for ethics violations
Regulator cites “egregious breach of trust”
B.C. government urged to ensure local candidates get criminal record checks
Elected officials privy to highly sensitive information, UBCM resolution notes
Vancouver NPA member triggered Wiebe conflict-of-interest probe
Independent report says councillor Michael Wiebe should be disqualified from holding office
Trudeau: Country on brink of fall that could be "much worse than the spring"
The prime minister's speech followed Governor General Julie Payette's Throne Speech earlier in the day
Record number of people being monitored for COVID-19 in B.C.
B.C. government started releasing the number of people being actively monitored for COVID-19 on a daily basis in August – it now sits at 3,368
Cooperation needed to recover, Wilkinson tells UBCM
Pandemic, housing availability, opioid crisis, land use top issues
Throne Speech: Jobs, care and climate change key to Canada's path forward
The Governor General's Throne Speech is expected to outline the federal government's plans for the pandemic and the country's economic recovery
Overdose deaths hit new records during dual public health emergencies
While many have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, British Columbia has been dealing with a second public health emergency: overdose deaths. B.C. now has a record of six straight months with...
Share cannabis tax revenue, UBCM tells the provincial government
The B.C. government should be sharing cannabis excise tax revenue with B.C.’s municipalities, Union of B.C. Municipalities voted Sept. 23. A resolution to again approach the provincial government to...