Highlights

“This Budget will make it easier for the skilled immigrants that our economy needs to make Canada their home, and to do the jobs they are trained for”—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.

Experts warned today that British Columbia is putting people at risk by lifting protective measures as the BA2 subvariant brings a second, unpredictable Omicron wave in the province.

Dozens of people were stuck riding a SkyTrain car April 9 after someone let off bear spray at a station and jumped off the carriage before doors closed.

A lack of evidence about where a pipe blockage was had led B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal to dismiss most of a Vancouver strata owner's $10,050 claim against his strata corporation.

But fewer than 40% of elementary-school-aged children in B.C. are fully vaccinated.

Also extended is the deadline to apply for permanent licensing of patios.

An Abbotsford man's prison time was cut from five years to four. B.C.'s Court of Appeal took into consideration his youth and prospects for rehabilitation.

Enabling passengers to prove vaccination status using paper documents would be one way that this stress could be relieved.

“I would really highly ­encourage businesses to up their game and say: ‘Hey, we consider ourselves an essential service, so if you’re coming into this drugstore, if you’re coming into this grocery store, we want masks on everybody.' "

Violent crime causes untold harm and anger is known to fuel violence. But recent research suggests that the way anger and crime tie together in youth is a bit more complicated than expected.