B.C.'s minimum wage is going up from $8 an hour to $8.75 on May 1, with two more increases by next year.
Premier Christy Clark made the announcement Wednesday after her first cabinet meeting. She called it a "long overdue first step" in a province where the minimum wage hasn't changed in a decade and is the lowest in Canada. When fully implemented, the pay of a minimum wage worker will increase by about $4,000 a year.
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