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Family doctors from across the Tri-Cities and New Westminster have launched a new virtual hub for maternity care after concerns around the transmission of COVID-19 was delaying vaccinations.

Cities have largely used three tools: payment due date extensions; late payment penalty assistance; and lower overall tax rate increases

Judy Darcy is defending proposed legislation that would allow some hospitals to hold youths against their will for up to seven days following an overdose, despite concerns from B.C.’s chief coroner that the practice could do more harm than good.

Parts of Sixth Street and Front Street will be off-limits to vehicles this weekend. In collaboration with the city, the Uptown Business Association is creating a pedestrian zone for Uptown New West on the four Saturdays in July.

Stanley Park, Queen Elizabeth Park among sites as part of three-month trial that needs park board approval

Catalyst Capital Group Inc.’s latest attempt to cash in its chips in Burnaby-based Gateway Casinos and Entertainment Ltd. – which includes New Westminster’s Starlight Casino - looks like it might be a long shot.

The Queensborough Cannabis Co. may have been the last cannabis store to get city hall’s approval, but it’s the first to open in New West.

The pandemic will kill most of B.C.’s motor-coach companies if the provincial government does not come to the table with some sort of aid package, industry executives say.

Courtenay’s Lawrence Stearn says the resumption of visits to seniors homes that have been restricted because of the pandemic since mid-March is good news, but he can’t make up the time he’s lost with his wife.

One Richmond MLA is boycotting Facebook in July to protest how the social media giant handles misinformation and hate speech, but he has also paid for advertising in the conservative Christian Light Magazine.