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Camille Bains

Reporter with The Canadian Press
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Dr. Bonnie Henry, Carolyn Bennett, Jennifer Whiteside,

Not everyone believes B.C.'s decriminalization plan will reduce OD deaths

Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply.
News, Politics | January 31st 2023

Flu, RSV, COVID overtaxes children's hospitals in Canada

A flu season that started early, hospitalized far more children than usual and overwhelmed emergency departments has revealed that Canada's health-care system is chronically underfunded when it comes to the most vulnerable citizens, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist says.
News | December 6th 2022

Witness relates nasty public spat with former Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum

Debi Johnstone told provincial court on Monday, October 31, 2022, that she recognized McCallum while her vehicle was stopped at a crosswalk on the morning of Sept. 4, 2021, just before she joined others collecting signatures for a petition aimed at seeking a referendum to keep the RCMP in Surrey.
News, Politics | November 1st 2022

Now Anjali Appadurai calls on B.C. to declare climate emergency

The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia's top political job says she's ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become the next premier.
News, Politics | October 23rd 2022

Police can face violence when dealing with mentally ill, homeless: Vancouver officer

Police have become de facto social workers for people who lack support services while struggling with homelessness, mental illness and substance use, a spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department says.
News | October 21st 2022

Canadian judge sentences Dutch 'sextortionist' to 13 years for online violation leading to suicide of teenager Amanda Todd

A British Columbia judge who imposed an unprecedented 13-year sentence on an "internet sextortionist" says he has no insight into his crimes against a vulnerable child whose life he set out to destroy.
News | October 15th 2022

Schools not to blame for high COVID rates among B.C. youth: provincial health officer

British Columbia's provincial health officer says the findings of a study she co-authored showing children and youth have had the highest rates of COVID-19 in parts of the province should not be interpreted to suggest those infections occurred mostly in schools.
News, Politics | September 15th 2022

As many as 80 per cent of kids, youth in Lower Mainland B.C. have had COVID, study states

A study co-authored by British Columbia's top doctor says at least 70 to 80 per cent of children and youth in Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been infected with COVID-19.
News, Politics | September 14th 2022

Time for mandatory overdose education in B.C. schools amid drug emergency, advocates

When a teenage girl collapsed on the SkyTrain in Coquitlam, B.C., passengers calling 911 thought she had fainted or was having an epileptic seizure.
News | September 6th 2022

B.C. Attorney General David Eby says he's got support and will make a bid to become premier

British Columbia Attorney General David Eby has announced his bid to become the province's next premier, saying he has secured the support of a large majority of New Democrat members of the legislature.
News, Politics | July 20th 2022
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