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"B.C. health-care system"... that thumbnail...
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Taskforce ready for 'emergency enhancement' of salmon stocks after B.C. landslide
(www.timescolonist.com)
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B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson's
(www.timescolonist.com)
"Everybody can always do more," Kang said. "But I will say that [B.C.] is doing more than what other provinces are doing."
I wonder what the figures are for the rest of the country?
The whole thing is worth a read, but this stuck out:
Hospitals now cut services to meet their budget because they look at patients as a cost, he said. “We actually need to reverse that, we need to look at patients as revenue generators.”
Junuary has arrived...
When a defendant who has been convicted by a jury but has not yet been sentenced learns of alleged jury misconduct, he can move to set aside the verdict under New York criminal procedure law. If a defendant can prove that jury misconduct “may have affected a substantial right of the defendant,” the remedy is a new trial.
The real-time kernel for Ubuntu 24.04 is only available with an Ubuntu Pro subscription
The Log Driver's Waltz
Updated story:
Rustad also released a statement Friday in which he attacked Falcon and quashed any possibility of a merger, saying Falcon definitively rejected the idea late last year.
"Kevin Falcon declined our offers in December 2023 to discuss a possible merger — with a single message stating, and I quote, 'F--k Off'," Rustad said in the statement.
Do they need to wear eclipse gloves?
ANY TIME you stare at the sun
That's true, but you usually don't stare at the sun because there really isn't much to see. With an eclipse people will stare for several minutes or until their eyes boil.
From free standardized designs to building code changes to allow single stairways (Why North America Can't Build Nice Apartments) to fixing outdated zoning rules that pisses off the NIMBYs plus hundreds of other initiatives, Ravi Kahlon has been an amazing housing minister.
btw, the Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad said that he would repeal the NDP’s housing reforms if elected