Stephen Lewis, former politician and lifelong social activist, dies at 88 (Canada)
Human rights. Equality for women. The plight of African families decimated by HIV-AIDS. Stephen Lewis spent a lifetime fighting for causes close to his heart — and his weapons of choice were words.
Lewis died on Tuesday at the age of 88, eight years after being diagnosed with stomach cancer...
New investment in regional district fire training, equipment to improve capacity, operations (Castlegar)
Nearly $500,000 will be given to help bolster the region’s firefighter training and equipment upgrades.
The Regional District of Central Kootenay will be receiving $480,000 from the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness’ Community Emergency Preparedness Fund for breat...
PST expansion set to hurt B.C. businesses (BC)
Business owners and advocates say the B.C. government's plan to expand the provincial sales tax to include professional services could kill some businesses and real estate projects.
Worse is that the tax changes could hurt the broader B.C. economy when it is already sputtering, advocates such...
Federal government taking over vaccine injury compensation, looks to address backlog (Canada)
The federal public health agency is taking over administration of a program that provides compensation to people who have been injured by vaccines.
The Vaccine Injury Support Program began accepting claims in June 2021, after the widespread rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
People who experienc...
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