Adrian Dix

British Columbia's politicians are back in the legislature today after a two-week break that included a significant climbdown in the government's proposed response to U.S. tariffs.

Dix says there have been long-standing cross-border efforts to modernize the treaty, and though it's not unusual for new American administrations to review international processes, he says the treaty modernization process comes amid "vicious anti-Canadian attacks" by the Trump administration.

Werner Antweiler, associate professor at the Sauder School of Business at the University of B.C., says that leaves about $1.5 billion in revenue the province will need to make up, which could include cutting spending or raising taxes elsewhere.

It comes after David Eby's newly elected government eliminated the stand-alone Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, which advocates say had no "teeth."

Premier David Eby says "kitchen table" issues in British Columbia will be the focus for his revamped, postelection cabinet that was sworn in on Monday.

It's the last week of the British Columbia election campaign after a busy long weekend of promises for the B.C. Conservatives, including a new Children's Hospital for Surrey.

The federal government is doubling the financing available for a British Columbia housing plan, which the prime minister called "transformative."

British Columbia's seniors advocate welcomes newly announced federal funding for seniors' health care, and says she's particularly excited about the promise to support seniors at home.

Provincial health minister Adrian Dix says the the situation is challenging but being managed.

The BC Centre for Disease Control has detected Canada's first known case of a new COVID-19 variant that has swiftly circled the globe, in what one expert says is a reminder the virus never went away.

Vital signs on the performance and state of B.C.’s ambulance service remain an outstanding mystery, an update from the B.C. auditor general on Tuesday shows.

The New Democrat government in British Columbia started the spring legislative session promising more affordable homes for vulnerable people, but ended the sitting on Thursday, May 11, 2023, amid turmoil over its public housing agency.

British Columbia's health minister plans to announce how the government will ensure patients in the province will have secure access to the diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic.

The federal and provincial governments appear deadlocked in their negotiations on the future of health care in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest comments suggest he will not be the one to blink first. 

British Columbia Premier David Eby unveiled a new-look cabinet on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, that elevates several first-time ministers to prominent positions, retains veterans in long-held posts and moves the finance minister to a post-secondary education portfolio.