In 2024, minimum-wage increases were protected in law, with the amount automatically tied to the previous year’s inflation.
There were no minimum-wage increases in B.C. for nine consecutive years between 2002 and 2010, or in 2013 or 2014.
Rally organizers, the Prince George Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Prince George, are urging resident from 7 to 8:30 p.m., to give all levels of government direct feedback on the action they’d like to see to combat the growing problems with crime and disorder on local streets.
B.C.’s three main party leaders clashed over affordability, health care and Indigenous rights in a heated televised election debate Wednesday evening.