Victoria – Hundreds of thousands of people in B.C. will now have access to diabetes medications and menopausal hormone therapy at no cost under the new BC PharmaCare National Pharmacare Plan (Plan NP). On March 6, 2025, the provincial government and Government of Canada signed an agreement for the implementation of national pharmacare in B.C., […]
Cultus Lake/Calgary/Serbia – The disappointment of the Ski Cross event at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics has come and gone for Cultus lake’s Reece Howden. Next up is the World Cup event at Kopaonik, Serbia. Reece is ranked Number 1 going into the Qualification Round on February 26.
Langley – First, the Langley Board of Education announced that the new secondary school in the Smith neighbourhood of the Willoughby Slope will be named Emery DosdallSecondary, named for the late Emery Dosdall, a former Langley School District superintendent and deputy minister of education in the province of BC. Dosdall, who passed away in 2020 […]
Burnaby (Coast Salish Territories) BCGEU Release – Following months of negotiations the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) reached a tentative agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), covering more than 26,000 community health workers across the province. “Fixing long-standing inequities for community health workers is how we protect and strengthen community-based care—and that’s what members […]
Victoria/Vancouver/Chilliwack (with files from Canadian Press) – UPDATEW FEBRUARY 23 – Canadian Press Reports that The lawyer for former Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Barry Neufeld says he will be filing a court challenge against a ruling by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal that he poisoned the workplaces of LGBTQ+ staff members with a public campaign […]
Abbotsford – The University of the Fraser Valley Cascades closed out a hard-fought three-game series with a four-set victory (25-27, 25-20, 25-21, 25-15) over the MacEwan University Griffins on Sunday afternoon at the UFV Athletic Centre. The win sees the Cascades advance to the Canada West quarterfinal round next week against the UBC Thunderbirds. “Playing […]
Milano/Cortina, Cultus Lake(with files from CBC/Canadian Press/Sportsnet/CityNews/Toronto Star ) Olympic rules are always scrutinized. This FVN reported has covered two Olympics (1988 Calgary and 2010 Vancouver) and has heard this before. Some of it well justified. CBC posted : It was an unexpected early end for Canada’s men’s ski cross team at the Milano Cortina […]
Vancouver – FEBRUARY 20 UPDATE – The Ambulance Paramedics of BC – CUPE 873 has reached an Agreement in Principle with BC Emergency Health Services, the Health Employers Association of BC, and the Provincial Government following extensive negotiations. Next steps include a province-wide tour, both in person and online, where details of the agreement will […]
Cultus Lake/Milano-Cortina Italy – The 2026 Olympic Winter Games™ are Feb 6-22, 2026 while the Paralympic Winter Games™ are Mar 6-15, 2026. Many eyes will be on the mens and women’s hockey teams (Sadly the Women lost in OT to the USA to capture the Bronze). However, locally, Recce Howden of Cultus Lake is on […]
Victoria – The Province is investing $50 million to expand access to nasal naloxone. Summary * Through this investment, nasal naloxone will make up approximately half of more than 400,000 kits distributed annually * Nearly 40,000 deaths have been averted with injectable take-home naloxone kits since 2019 * This is an expansion of government’s nasal […]
