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B.C. hunting licences go online

B.C. hunting licences go online

Online option now available for licences, paper version of limited entry hunting applications phased out for 2017
'Bear jams' on B.C. highways bad for people, animals [with video]

'Bear jams' on B.C. highways bad for people, animals [with video]

Conservation officers have 300 bear conflict calls so far this month, with roadside bear viewing, feeding among problems
Seniors may miss out at tax time

Seniors may miss out at tax time

Guaranteed Income Supplement, rental assistance and discount bus pass depend on Canada Revenue Agency filing
Single parent employment growing

Single parent employment growing

Up to 100 income assistance clients a week signing up for job training, child care and transportation, minister Michelle Stilwell says
Directory compares B.C. seniors' homes

Directory compares B.C. seniors' homes

Health and recreation services compiled for 292 publicly funded facilities, as well as 'serious adverse events'
Disability benefits increasing

Disability benefits increasing

Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell says subsidized bus pass system continues, 40,000 rural people to get same value
Assisted living rules to be eased

Assisted living rules to be eased

Health Minister Terry Lake says changes to 'rigid regulations' coming on advice of BC Seniors' Advocate
Northern lights may end year with a spectacle thanks to solar flare

Northern lights may end year with a spectacle thanks to solar flare

Aurora borealis set to blaze further south than usual after Monday's sunspot eruption
B.C. joins clean vehicle club in Paris

B.C. joins clean vehicle club in Paris

Zero-emission vehicles group wants to reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions 40 per cent by 2050.
Harvesting a Christmas tree on Crown land

Harvesting a Christmas tree on Crown land

Free use permits are available for most areas of the province, good for one tree in designated areas of provincial forest