2 B.C. cities have the longest average wait times for walk-in clinics in Canada
The average wait time for walk-in clinics in British Columbia is more than double the national average, according to online clinic tracker Medimap.

The average wait time for walk-in clinics in British Columbia is more than double the national average, according to online clinic tracker Medimap.
A cyclist was taken to hospital with unknown injuries Monday after a collision with a vehicle in downtown Victoria.
While Vancouver Island may seem far removed from the brightest lights and biggest stages of professional wrestling, it doesn't mean there isn't some smack being laid down on the West Coast.
British Columbia's economy will be a key focus for politicians as they return to the legislature for the spring sitting.
A Victoria nurse has been suspended for five months for failing to adequately assess a patient and then falsifying a medical record regarding the assessment.
A man wanted in B.C. has been arrested in Oregon after a bizarre series of events involving a high seas rescue and a home made famous in the 1985 film "The Goonies."
When he was 18, John Westhaver was the sole survivor of a crash the killed three friends and left him with life-threatening burns. His journey since then has taken him from anger to love.
Several streets around the B.C. legislature building in downtown Victoria will be closed on Monday during the annual throne speech.
The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the chill across the province's property sector will drag on through this year, but it calls for a strong rebound in 2024.
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,600 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.
Canada stood ready to provide help in the aftermath of a deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkiye and Syria, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday, with over 2,300 people reported dead.
As preparations are underway for the anticipated health-care 'working meeting' between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers on Tuesday, new details are emerging about what some provinces are expecting.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake that struck near Buffalo, N.Y. Monday morning was felt in southern Ontario, officials say.
February's full snow moon will light up the sky over the next two nights, with the spectacle reaching full illumination on Sunday morning. But this year’s full moon will be smaller than those of recent years. It’s called a “micromoon.”
Dr. Marli Wentzel says the system for Internationally trained physicians to practise in Canada is tedious, slow and overly bureaucratic.
Adam Sawatsky finds out how a Victoria man who endured life-threatening burns is turning adversity into an opportunity to inspire others.