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The BC SPCA is asking dog owners to stop using shock collars - also known as electronic or e-collars - as a training tool for their pet.

The B.C. government is betting big that its overhauls of ICBC will dig the public auto insurer out of a $1-billion hole, with the 2019 budget predicting a profit within two years.

B.C.’s health minister won’t be crafting legislation to make measles vaccinations mandatory, despite a petition signed by more than 30,000 people in the wake of outbreaks in Vancouver and Washington state.

Efforts to cut red tape, improve customer convenience make it easier for producers to get to market: reports

Traffic lights at Joyce Avenue and Glacier Street in Powell River have been intentionally left in flash mode. The situation is a matter of technical difficulties with the equipment.

B.C.’s First Nations are calling a new revenue-sharing agreement a major step toward establishing trust with the provincial government and toward taking more control over their communities.

LNG project on hold

Powell River RCMP reported the following for February 14 to 20, 2019.

Odds and ends from Tuesday’s provincial budget: Here’s a sobering thought as governments grapple with the cost of climate change: The extra money spent on floods and wildfires last year accounted for almost two per cent of the entire provincial budge

Finance Minister Carole James announces elimination of interest on B.C. student loans and implementation of Child Opportunity Benefit