Now, two and a half years later,as Chief (Kukpi7) of Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw First Nation, Tomma is leading his community through a difficult journey of recovery from the worst wildfire disaster in band history.
Norm Allard knows he may never see the full impacts of his efforts to restore wetlands and floodplains in southeastern British Columbia, but he takes a "generational view" of the work that exemplifies a key part of climate resiliency.
A CSIS officer who is among a group of whistleblowers raising allegations of sexual assault and harassment in the spy agency's British Columbia office says she hopes their actions have "lit a match" to change what she calls a "dark and disturbing place."
Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw has a message for other bands. Take a good look at your forest, especially within a 10-kilometre radius, and do what you can to clean it up and ensure the community is protected from the big one that can devastate the way the Bush Creek fire did.
The British Columbia government goes up against dozens of health care and pharmaceutical companies in court today in a bid to get certification for a class-action lawsuit over the costs of the opioid crisis.
A British Columbia cabinet minister says she mistakenly dropped a memo to herself describing a "big and shiny" affordability measure that mysteriously ended up in the hands of the Opposition BC United party.
Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the New Democrat government's clean climate policies.