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What’s next for B.C.’s decriminalization experiment
-- EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS -- Injection booths at St. PaulÕs Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, the first hospital in Canada to offer an overdose prevention site in-house, May 6, 2022. Vancouver has taken harm reduction to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs. (Jackie Dives/The New York Times)
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Western Canada: B.C. rolling back decriminalization pilot project
Dave Hamm, an ethical substance peer navigator with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), distributes packets of drugs tested for contaminants, as the province of British Columbia decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and opioids like heroin, fentanyl and morphine, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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B.C. premier says public use rules should have been in place before decriminalization
The British Columbia government is asking Health Canada to "urgently change" the decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public. B.C. Premier David Eby listens during an announcement in a greenhouse in Delta, B.C., on Monday, March 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Evening Update: B.C. pauses social-media harms bill to work on online safety with platforms
FILE - Social media applications are displayed on an iPhone, March 13, 2019, in New York. An independent Russian news site has reported that a court in Russia convicted the spokesman of U.S. technology company Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, of justifying terrorism and sentenced him to six years in prison in absentia. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
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B.C. puts social media harms bill on hold, will work with platforms to help young people stay safe online
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 13: In this photo illustration, the TikTok app is seen on a phone on March 13, 2024 in New York City. Congress is set to vote and pass a bill that could ban the popular app TikTok nationwide and be sent to the Senate for a vote. The bill would force the Chinese firm ByteDance to divest from TikTok and other applications that it owns within six months after passage of the bill or face a ban. Lawmakers argue that ByteDance is beholden to the Chinese government making the app a national security threat. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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B.C. struggles toward province-wide policy on phone use in schools
Director of Student Life at Shawnigan Lake School Matt Clinton-Baker is photographed with a cellphone in a classroom on campus in Shawnigan Lake, B.C., on Friday, March 15, 2024. Chad Hipolito/The Globe and Mail
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B.C. funds studies aimed at net-zero airports, sustainable fuel options
A new study will collect carbon emissions data from British Columbia's regional airports with the goal of getting all airports in the province to net-zero by 2030. Planes are seen at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on March 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Eby mocks Poilievre’s letter asking B.C. to join carbon tax fight
A letter from Opposition Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to British Columbia Premier David Eby, asking him to help halt a federal carbon tax increase, has been dismissed by Eby as a "baloney factory" campaign tactic. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. orchards and vineyards to get $70-million to replant after disastrous weather
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Jan. 9, 2024. The British Columbia government says hard-hit fruit farmers and grape growers will get an extra $70 million in supports to replant and strengthen orchards and vineyards after two years of weather-related disasters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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David Eby meets Jewish leaders and vows to ‘root out’ antisemitism in B.C. public service
Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., on Jan. 9. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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International student numbers to be slashed in B.C., but public institutions shielded from reductions
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Flavoured nicotine pouches will now only be sold behind pharmacy counters in British Columbia in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. Premier Eby apologizes to Doukhobors, for wrongs that ‘echoed for generations’
Premier David Eby arrives for a press conference at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Eby officially apologized in the Victoria legislature on behalf of government to members of the Doukhobor religious community, including children who were forcibly taken from their parents more than 70 years ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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A new kind of affordable housing in B.C.
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Lisa Beare fills B.C. portfolio vacated by Selina Robinson, who quit over Gaza remark
British Columbia Premier David Eby has named Lisa Beare as his new post-secondary education minister to replace Selina Robinson, who recently resigned over comments about the Middle East. Then-NDP candidate Beare listens during a campaign stop in Surrey, B.C., on May 8, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Falcon says BC United’s housing plan includes rent-to-own initiative, drops taxes
British Columbia's Opposition Leader Kevin Falcon is pitching a housing plan that aims to get more first-time buyers into homes, and it comes just days after Premier David Eby promised to build more affordable rental units for the middle class. Falcon speaks in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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More upgrades to improve flood resilience in Abbotsford, B.C., after 2021 disaster
Premier David Eby says his government will provide $80 million to help upgrade Abbotsford's Barrowtown Pump Station, which was built in the 1980s to pump water out of the low-lying prairie lands through the Sumas Canal and into the Fraser River. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. ski resorts struggle with lack of snow as warm weather persists
A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 29, 2023. Whistler has been experiencing warm weather and little snow this season, contributing to poor snow sports conditions during peak season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. minister who resigned over Mideast comments received death threat, Eby says
Selina Robinson, speaks during an announcement in Delta, B.C., on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. British Columbia Premier David Eby says recently ousted post-secondary education minister Robinson has received a death threat. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Homebuilders group pushing for 30-year mortgages to boost construction in Canada
A new home is shown under construction in North Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, June 12, 2018. The British Columbia government is creating a single hub for developers to get provincial approval for their projects in another step to tackle the housing shortage. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
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Social media firms can’t be let ‘off the hook’ for deadly sextortion of kids, Eby says
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Flavoured nicotine pouches will now only be sold behind pharmacy counters in British Columbia in an effort to prevent youth from becoming addicted. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. moves flavoured nicotine pouches behind pharmacy counters to protect kids
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 29: In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases are seen on a table on January 29, 2024 in New York City. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is calling for federal action on ZYN, a popular nicotine pouch in the United States. The senator is asking the FTC and FDA to investigate the companies marketing and the health effects of the nicotine pouch. (Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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B.C. Premier decries vandalism of constituency office belonging to Selina Robinson
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. The president of a group representing lawyers for the British Columbia government says a recent attack on a Crown prosecutor underscores the need for "a serious discussion" about whether a downtown Vancouver courthouse should be relocated, but Premier David Eby says that's not a move the province is currently considering. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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NDP MLAs banned from some B.C. mosques after ‘crappy’ land comment from minister
<div>Representatives for more than a dozen British Columbia mosques and Islamic associations have sent a letter to Premier David Eby calling for the minister of post-secondary education to be removed from her role.&nbsp;Robinson speaks at an announcement in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, July 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns</div>
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Eby ‘profoundly disturbed’ by attack on B.C. Crown prosecutor near courthouse
Premier David Eby speaks during a press conference in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, October 5, 2023. British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was "profoundly disturbed" to hear that a provincial Crown prosecutor was assaulted in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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B.C.’s plans to sue social-media companies could take decades
Premier David Eby speaks during a press conference in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, October 5, 2023. British Columbia Premier David Eby says he was "profoundly disturbed" to hear that a provincial Crown prosecutor was assaulted in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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B.C. premier apologizes after social media mistake on Holocaust Remembrance Day
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks to media prior to the state funeral for Ed Broadbent at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, in Ottawa, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast
British Columbia Premier David Eby listens while responding to questions during a news conference in Surrey, B.C., Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. The province is moving to restrict the use of cellphones in schools as part of a measures that Eby says will help protect young people from online threats. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. restricts cellphones at schools, targets social-media firms with new legislation
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. The B.C. government is taking three major steps to protect children from online threats, including restricting cellphone use in schools, setting up a service to remove photos from the internet and pursuing predators and creating legislation to hold social media companies accountable for harms they have caused. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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After year of record-breaking imports, BC Hydro rolls out new spending plan
Premier David Eby says a planned 10-year, $36 billion expansion of British Columbia's electrical system will open economic opportunities and ensure ample power to supply the province's growing population. Eby makes an announcement during a press conference at the legislature in Victoria, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Eby announces $36-billion plan to expand B.C.’s electricity system
B.C. Premier David Eby walks past a solar panel array at the Tsleil-Waututh Nation as he arrives for an announcement, in North Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday, June 15, 2023. Eby has announced a push to expand the province's electricity system that could see billions in extra spending on infrastructure projects. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Eby says planned Prince George, B.C., hydrogen project will cut emissions, boost jobs
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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David Eby backs police who secretly took DNA from Kurds to solve murder of B.C. girl
Undercover police investigating the murder of a 13-year-old girl in British Columbia disguised themselves as tea marketers to secretly collect the DNA of about 150 Kurdish community members, court recordings reveal. DNA testing is preformed at a lab in New York, Tuesday, April 15, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Bebeto Matthews
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Eby to target abuse after talking to dad of sex extortion victim Carson Cleland, 12
Premier David Eby is photographed during a year-end interview from his office at the legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, December 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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B.C. drafted a bold housing blueprint. The rest of Canada should copy it
The Editorial Board
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B.C. approves health research centre construction at new St. Paul's Hospital
British Columbia's provincial government says it is going ahead with the construction of a "state-of-the-art" research centre at the new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. B.C. Premier David Eby holds a hard hat with a hospital sign affixed during an announcement in Surrey, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C. housing plans could deliver 293,000 new units over next decade, says premier
British Columbia Premier David Eby says it's "hard to understand" why other politicians still believe in relying on the private sector to deliver affordable housing and instead it's time for governments to step up. Eby makes an announcement at the legislature in Victoria, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito