Sonia Furstenau, Leader of the BC Greens and MLA for Cowichan Valley, is calling on Premier Eby and the Minister of Housing to immediately adopt a provincial strategy for transitional housing needs.
The BC Coroners Service reported that 392 people died from toxic drugs in November and December in BC, bringing 2022’s death toll to 2,272, the second largest number of drug deaths ever reported in a calendar year.
The roll out of B.C.’s Omicron-targeted COVID-19 vaccine booster program will begin later this week with the first wave of invitations via email and text message in a similar fashion as previous vaccination rounds.
Premier John Horgan has halted his government’s plan to rebuild the Royal BC Museum, citing public concerns about the $789 million expenditure and declaring their project “the wrong call.”