We have yet to discuss the new normalization of closures of rural emergency departments and how that could have made #TumblerRidge even more tragic than it was.

Emergency physician Alan Drummond writes. #bclab

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/03/26/Tumbler-Ridge-Rural-Medicine/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

In the weeks since Dexterra Group took over as the janitors’ employer, 17 workers have been laid off, with some accusing the new management of union busting and bullying — allegations that have led to their union filing a formal grievance.

Isaac Phan Nay reports. #bclab #vanlab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/25/SkyTrain-Cleaners-Allege-Union-Busting-Toxic-Work-Environment/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A preventive health-care solution that could benefit rural, remote and Indigenous communities across B.C. is struggling to find staff.
Michelle Gamage reports. #bclab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/24/Half-BC-Community-Paramedic-Positions-Unfilled/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

By increasing “wildfire salvage” of forests, B.C.’s forests minister Ravi Parmar is travelling down the same road that has seen the province’s logging rates plummet by more than half since the heyday of the 1980s. #bclab #OldGrowth

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/03/17/Harvesting-Burned-Trees/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Teachers in Vancouver and Coquitlam, the majority of whom have voted against joining the provincial health plan, can’t access the coverage for gender-affirming care.

The gap is “alarming,” said one sociology professor. #bclab #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/16/BC-Teachers-Win-Gender-Affirming-Care-Except-Two-Cities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The change is part of a slate of updates to how cranes will be permitted that the minister announced March 3, in response to a series of fatal crane incidents in B.C. that have killed workers and a passerby. #bclab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/12/BC-Stronger-Crane-Operating-Requirements/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

United Steelworkers Wood Council chair Jeff Bromley said that while new trade relationships are already helping some B.C. lumber workers, Canada needs to bolster employment insurance even more to keep workers from falling through the cracks. #bclab #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/09/How-Ottawa-Tariff-Response-Working-BC/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

More than 13 years after one pipe layer was killed and another injured while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, their employer is in court for a sentencing hearing. #bclab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/02/Prosecutors-Seek-Fine-Worker-Fatality-Case/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial