VICTORIA – Debate heated up Tuesday on the B.C. Liberal government's surprise move to impose a contract on ambulance paramedics and dispatchers on the eve of a membership vote on their latest contract offer.

Fraser Health registered Nurse Lucinda Schwab gives patient Todd Kenneth an H1N1 shot Oct. 29 at a clinic for homeless and other at-risk people at the Surrey North Community health clinic.

A H1N1 flu clinic open to the public in Chilliwack is slated for Thursday, Nov. 5 at Evergreen Hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for those with chronic diseases, pregnant women, with added categories of children aged six months to five years, as well household members and caregivers of infants and those with weakened immune systems.

Demonized sea louse pursues a giant salmon in Friday's protest that disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Victoria. A huge 'demarketing' program funded by U.S. foundations is targeting B.C. salmon farms.

Karol Henrott's first introduction to the library was love at first sight.

VICTORIA – The B.C. government is legislating an end to the long-running paramedics strike as it braces for the full impact of H1N1 influenza and the coming Christmas holiday season.

others also read... To everyone who has ever been stuck in traffic on Vedder Road, “your day has come,” said Mayor Sharon Gaetz triumphantly. The Chilliwack mayor and other local reps braved the intermittent rain on Friday to celebrate the long-awaited $48.8-million Evans Road Connector project.

Randy Fasan (left), Canada Lands Company director of planning and land development, and retired Sgt.-Major Jim Harris go over some of the features at the newly renovated Vedder Cenotaph and All Sappers' Memorial Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Protesters block the intersection of Cook Street and Rockland Avenue in Victoria Friday night.

Fraser Health has announced flu clinics offering H1N1 vaccine (green markers) at various sites across the region. Fraser Health will offer public clinics starting Nov. 2 to vaccinate high-risk groups against the H1N1 flu virus.

She stopped short of telling them to suck it up but B.C.'s education minister said school districts complaining about lack of facilities funding should have prepared for rules requiring them to become carbon-neutral.

others also read... Chilliwack resident Ernie Crey was crestfallen to hear that Crown counsel decided against proceeding with new criminal charges against convicted serial killer Robert Pickton.

Vaccinations for H1N1 flu began Monday, but not fast enough to keep up with everybody who wants to be inoculated. It will take longer than previously thought – well into December – to vaccinate many B.C. residents against swine flu.

Burrard Thermal generating station in Port Moody will be kept in working order, but used only for emergency backup power to supply the Lower Mainland.

others also read... When Canadian Hockey League stars take on Russia’s best in this year’s 2009 Subway Super Series, they will do so without the aid of any Chilliwack Bruins.

others also read... On Wednesday, schools from all over the Fraser Valley came to Hope to compete in the Fraser Valley Cross Country Championships. Chilliwack secondary school’s senior boys team placed sixth overall.

School bus transportation will continue to be free for students – for now.

Vaccinations for H1N1 flu began Monday, but not fast enough to keep up with everybody who wants to be inoculated. Clinics and doctors' office are struggling to keep up with a deluge of demand for the H1N1 flu vaccine.

Chilliwack school district will be looking into its use of pesticides and researching whether or not it would be better to use more environmentally friendly alternatives.

Thirteen elementary schools in Chilliwack could be getting full-day kindergarten as early as September 2010 if the school district gets its wish.