B.C. News

VICTORIA — Surrey cabinet minister Peter Fassbender has become one of the first B.C. Liberals to officially launch his re-election bid.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has adopted a definition of “social licence” for energy megaprojects that is different from what was promised in the party’s 2015 election platform.

KIM PEMBERTON Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — The B.C. government appears to be considering mandatory minimum staff levels for nursing homes.

Work began Tuesday to clear dozens of beaches on the west coast of Vancouver Island of debris and plastics, much of it washed ashore from the 2011 tsunami that swept Japan.

VICTORIA — B.C.’s New Democrats have a lead in popularity over the B.C. Liberals eight months before the provincial election, according to a new poll, but the race remains virtually tied in the key battleground ridings in Metro Vancouver.

Almost a third of seniors questioned about their home-support services say they would like help with housekeeping, and 12 per cent say they need help with meal preparation, according to a survey conducted by the B.C. Seniors’ Advocate.

More than one in four B.C. dairy farms failed to comply with a provincial Code of Practice related to animal welfare during an 18-month period, inspection documents obtained through freedom-of-information show.

Supporting foster children to their 25th birthday would more than pay off in the long run, a new report says. The cost of supporting foster children in B.C.

Dozens of restricted guns purchased by a Courtenay man are still missing, even though he was convicted of several firearms charges almost six months ago. B.C.

W.P. Kinsella, the prolific B.C.-based author famous for Shoeless Joe, which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams, has died. He was 81.