Highlights

The bill for an Australian's two-week stay at St. Paul's Hospital has ballooned to $112,732 from an initial bill of $83,086.

It really tie-d the day together.

Codeine levels in wastewater dropped, possibly due to surgery cancellations and people not getting colds or the flu due to pandemic masking and physical distancing restrictions.

A Vancouver West End senior convicted of killing a building council member and caretaker in 2017 has died in prison of natural causes.

An Elections BC report suggests empowering the chief electoral officer with the authority to ban advertisers from sponsoring election ads on certain unco-operative platforms. 

The federal support program provides a lump sum payment for pain and suffering and a loss-of-income component as well.

Young workers in the service sector are among the most likely to file a workplace injury claim in B.C.

The compostable "bioplastic" can be used for packaging products such as beverage lids and takeout containers.

Sheldon Mack was among the hundreds of people injured or killed when a gunman sprayed bullets at concertgoers in Las Vegas

Of the 9,496 excess deaths reported in B.C. between the start of the pandemic and October 2021, fewer than a quarter were blamed on COVID-19. Could a cascading tragedy combining the pandemic, opioid crisis and climate change account for the rest?