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BC Hydro is rolling out a billion-dollar energy-saving plan aimed at helping residents and businesses cut their energy use while reducing the strain on the province’s power grid. Global News Morning speaks with BC Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix about ‘Power Smart 2.0’.

B.C. is making big changes to its electric vehicle mandate program. Provincial Energy Minister Adrian Dix saying this week that previous targets of every new vehicle sold in the province being zero emission by 2035 is no longer realistic. Automotive journalist, Jeremy Cato from catocarguy.com joins Global News Morning to discuss the changes.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced her government is committing $14 million to spearhead a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. Global News Morning speaks with BC Energy and Climate Solutions Minister Adrian Dix about Smith’s attempts to jumpstart the pipeline project, and what it means for B.C.

Get ready for your electricity bill to go up. Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions Adrian Dix announced Monday that BC Hydro rates will increase over the next two years. Global’s legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey reports on why the rates are on the rise.

There remains confusion over an agenda item at a Metro Vancouver board meeting Friday that suggested regional tax dollars were helping The Brick and IKEA purchase electric vehicles for their delivery fleets. Catherine Urquhart has more on the response from B.C.’s Energy Minister Adrian Dix.

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix announced on Wednesday that Telus Health has agreed to comply with the Medicare Protection Act and will make changes to its LifePlus program. British Columbia’s Medical Services Commission had filed an injunction last December in the B.C. Supreme Court against Telus Health, alleging the company was breaking the Medicare Protection...

B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix outlined changes that will be coming to the province’s health-care system. This includes giving pharmacists the ability to prescribe medications for less acute ailments and expanding outreach for recruitment.

Legislative bureau chief Keith Baldrey has analysis of Wednesday’s briefing from Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix on the upcoming respiratory illness season. With the elimination of COVID-19 safety restrictions from years past, British Columbians can expect to see more influenza and COVID-19 at the same time.

BC Health Minister Adrian Dix announces more than 1,000 patients could be moved out of hospitals should the province see a worst-case scenario of influenzas and COVID-19 in the coming months. Grace Ke reports.

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix unveiled a number of new changes to our healthcare system, but will it help ease the burden? Global BC Medical Contributor Dr. Birinder Narang breaks it all down with Emily Lazatin.

Radiologists in this province are the latest group to write a letter to B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, warning of the dire consequences for patients waiting for care. They fear a possible “tsunami of cancer cases” may be coming because of delayed access to imaging that helps diagnose patients. As Kylie Stanton reports, they’re hoping...

Construction is officially underway on the new Burnaby hospital site. Premier John Horgan and B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix were on hand Monday to mark the start of the hospital redevelopment. The first construction phase involves building a six-storey building — the Keith and Betty Beedie pavilion.

B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix joins Global BC’s Morning News to talk about the lifting of two major health restrictions, and shares his pandemic anniversary reflections.

If you are having a problem finding a family doctor, you are not alone. In Health Matters, Dr. Birinder Narang breaks down what’s behind the problem and calls for an apology from Health Minister Adrian Dix.

B.C.’s Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday it has been a remarkable two years in the province, living through a pandemic. He said there will be more trying times ahead but British Columbians have shown that we are prepared to stand together and face what’s coming. Dix said we could not have made it through...

Global’s Keith Baldrey has the latest on B.C.’s COVID-19 numbers trending down, and what we might expect from Tuesday’s briefing with Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix.

The incoming head of the British Columbia Orthopaedic Association has written an open letter to Minister of Health, Adrian Dix requesting an urgent meeting. As president of the BCOA Kelowna’s Dr. Lane Dielwart represents more than 170 Orthopaedic Surgeons in the province who are extremely concerned with ballooning waitlist times for patients needing life changing...

The BC Centre for Disease Control confirmed its first case of monkeypox in the Vancouver Coastal Health area on Mon. June 6, 2022. Shortly afterward, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix reiterated that overall risk to the public is low, but steps are underway to support the patient and bring awareness about monkeypox to the community.

During a press conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Adrian Dix announces along with Doctors of BC $118M in short-term funds will be allocated to help stabilize family doctor practices in B.C. The program will begin on Oct. 1 and will only be available for four months, ending on Jan. 31, 2023.

Global News reporter Richard Zussman asks Health Minister Adrian Dix at a COVID-19 press briefing Wednesday if B.C. officials will restrict the size of public gatherings at large events, following in the steps of other provinces.