B.C. General Employees' Union members walk the picket line outside of Surrey Pretrial on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. The provincial government announced the same day that a mediator has been selected to address the job action.

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Setting the bar: What the BCGEU strike means for other public sector unions

The government is renegotiating agreements with everybody from nurses to teachers

From right, Sleydo' (Molly Wickham), Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko emerge from the Smithers courthouse after receiving suspended sentences from B.C. Supreme Court Justice Michael Tammen.

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Judge suspends sentences in northwest B.C. pipeline criminal contempt case

Sleydo' (Molly Wickham), Corey Jocko and Shaylynn Sampson will perform 150 hours each of community service

The newly opened Łuwechōn Kots’ede’i Kime School in Iskut replaces the 1978-built Klappan Independent School and includes classrooms, cultural learning spaces, a gymnasium and an outdoor classroom to support traditional on-the-land education.

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Iskut Band celebrates grand opening of new Łuwechōn Kots’ede’i Kime School

Iskut children now have the chance to learn in their home community while staying connected to Tahltan culture…

Minister of Education and Child Care Lisa Beare speaks to the press at the Legislature where she spoke to appointing a special advisor to help the Greater Victoria School District create a new school safety plan. (Arnold Lim / Victoria News)

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B.C. judge allows suit to proceed brought by fired Victoria school board

Province ordered to produce all documents related to the school board's dismissal

A sign along Franklin River Road states 'wildfire ahead no access to Bamfield.' A section of the road is unsafe for drivers to travel on due to damage the wildfire has caused to the area.

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Wildfire long quenched but Bamfield’s main link to the rest of B.C. remains closed

Road to remote Vancouver Island community has been closed since Aug. 11 when the Mount Underwood fire broke…

Former journalist and freelance writer Heather Ramsay will be promoting her new novel 'A Room in the Forest' at Volume One Books in Duncan on Oct. 18. (Facebook)

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Author draws on B.C.’s clashing cultures and ancient forests for debut novel

Former Smithers journalist Heather Ramsey — now of Chilliwack and Langford — releases 'A Room in the Forest'…

Arthur Blackburn, co-director of UVic’s Advanced Microscopy Facility and Hitachi High-Tech Canada Research Chair in Advanced Electron Microscopy.

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B.C. researchers make giant leap in small world of microscopic imaging

University of Victoria breakthrough will allow scientists to visualize atomic-scale structures using lower-cost and lower-energy microscopes

Supporters gather outside court with drumming and singing on Oct. 16, ahead of sentencing submissions.

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Defence asks for time served, cites abhorrent police behaviour in pipeline sentencing

Judge has promised to do everything in his power to have a decision tomorrow

Melissa Moroz, executive director of the Professional Employees' Association, in Victoria on Thursday, Oct. 16.

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All-in: Every member of B.C.’s professionals union joins public service strike

The Professional Employees' Association announced Thursday, Oct. 16 that all remaining members are now on strike

The Williams Lake Pride Society will march through Williams Lake on Saturday, Oct. 18 in support of trans rights.

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‘Outraged’: Williams Lake Pride march targets B.C. bill on trans health care

The society says it was blindsided by MLA Lorne Doerkson's vote to consider the Protecting Minors from Gender…