A judge in B.C. has rejected a bid by provincial health officer Bonnie Henry to have a petition filed against several of her COVID-19 health orders dismissed from court.
More than 9,400 lives have been lost to illicit drug toxicity since April 14, 2016. Parents who have lost children say without safe supply now, more families will suffer.
British Columbia health officials say the province appears to have reached peak numbers of patients in hospital with COVID-19, as a review of recent cases shows the risk of hospitalization has been cut in half during the Omicron wave.