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British Columbia’s low-income earners saw their prescription-drug deductibles or co-payments eliminated or reduced on Jan. 1. “It is happening,” said B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix in a press conference in Vancouver this morning.

Post-secondary students could soon be able to access a virtual mental-health counselling service, which is being developed by the provincial government.

Fundraising boxes will be removed from non-monitored areas until further notice

Powell River RCMP expresses concerns about annual event

Weather forecasters report higher number of rain and strong wind storms than usual

Powell River RCMP reported the following for December 27, 2018 to January 2, 2019.

Premier John Horgan has called the Nanaimo provincial byelection for Jan. 30. So far, four candidates have declared their intention to run. Candidates have until Jan. 9 to file their nomination papers. New Democrat Sheila Malcolmson, B.C.

A late December storm that wreaked havoc on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, tearing up trees and ripping down power lines, was the most destructive storm on the south coast in B.C. Hydro’s history. The Dec.

Tax changes are coming to a wallet near you – some good, some not so good. The new year brings with it tax changes at the federal level that will affect just about every Canadian, as well as small businesses.

Revelers welcomed 2019 on Tuesday with fireworks displays and festivities as a celebratory wave swept westward across the globe from Asia to Europe and the Americas, putting to bed a tumultuous 2018.