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Government is promising better protection for owners of mobile homes in manufactured home parks like this one in Lac La Hache through changes to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act. The changes come six years after a task force had first recommended them. (Google image)

B.C. adopting recommended mobile home-owner protections, 6 years later

Changes to regulations of Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act promise to curb evictions

Transit riders collectively took 233.3 million trips in 2023, according to TransLink’s 2023 performance review. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Overcrowding on Metro Vancouver transit back to pre-pandemic levels

Around 8 per cent of buses overstuffed in 2023, TransLink says

Canada’s latest greenhouse gas emissions report shows progress toward meeting its next target in 2030 but there is still a very long way to go. A man fills up his truck with gas in Toronto, on Monday, April 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Canada’s emissions their lowest in 25 years, still have long way to go

Latest national emissions report shows signs of progress toward Canada’s 2030 goal

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Kim Kardashian listens during a discussion in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 25, 2024, on criminal justice reform and the pardons issued by President Joe Biden earlier this month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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This cover image released by Republic Records show “The Tortured Poets Department” by Taylor Swift. (Republic Records via AP)
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An Unsold 2023 Model X sports-utility vehicle sits outside a Tesla dealership Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Englewood, Colo. Tesla sales are expected to fall in the first quarter as demand for electric vehicles continues to slow. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
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A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. woman who praised Hamas asked to stay away from protests, her group says

Charlotte Kates was arrested after a speech last week praising the Oct. 7 attack on Israel

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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$1.8M awarded to Penticton woman in lawsuit over Osoyoos head-on crash

The motorcyclist was left with crippling physical and mental injuries that cost her job and pleasures

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The provincial government’s lawyer in the Surrey policing feud made his case today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Black Press Media file)

Mayor-premier policing deal ‘irrelevant’ to Surrey court case: lawyer

It doesn’t matter whether Locke and Eby struck an agreement on policing transition, judge hears

The provincial government’s lawyer in the Surrey policing feud made his case today in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. (Black Press Media file)
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Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, days after the first one was erected at a Vancouver campus. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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FILE - Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)
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Welland Orchard in View Royal is run by the non-profit LifeCycles Project. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
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FILE - Mary J. Blige onstage during the MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Blige, Cher, Foreigner, A Tribe Called Quest, Kool & The Gang and Ozzy Osbourne have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The class of 2024 also will include folk-rockers Dave Matthews Band and singer-guitarist Peter Frampton. The induction ceremony will be Oct. 19, 2024. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
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Sinixt Confederacy staff members Cindy Marchand, Herb Alex, and Joe Peone at the Sinixt educational event in Nelson on April 27 with a map showing the area that the Sinixt (shown on the map as the Lakes people) consider their territory in Canada.The map was made by the anthropologist Verne Ray in 1936, based on his interviews with Sinixt elders. The numbers on the map show the reported location of villages. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

Sinixt Confederacy conducts ethnohistory training for West Kootenay businesses, organizations, governments

The event was attended by more than 500 people over three days

Sinixt Confederacy staff members Cindy Marchand, Herb Alex, and Joe Peone at the Sinixt educational event in Nelson on April 27 with a map showing the area that the Sinixt (shown on the map as the Lakes people) consider their territory in Canada.The map was made by the anthropologist Verne Ray in 1936, based on his interviews with Sinixt elders. The numbers on the map show the reported location of villages. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
Longtime Okanagan Falls fire chief Bob Haddow died in April 2024 at the age of 82. (Photo- Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook)

B.C. town mourns death of North America’s longest-serving fire chief

Okanagan Falls fire chief Bob Haddow retired 5 years ago after 50 years of service

Longtime Okanagan Falls fire chief Bob Haddow died in April 2024 at the age of 82. (Photo- Okanagan Falls Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook)
B.C. Premier David Eby announced a three-year Secondary Suite Incentive Program on Thursday, May 2 in an effort to provide more affordable rental homes across the province. (Bailey Seymour/Vic News)

B.C. launches 3-year program to increase secondary suites amid housing crisis

The goal is to provide more affordable rental homes for B.C. residents

B.C. Premier David Eby announced a three-year Secondary Suite Incentive Program on Thursday, May 2 in an effort to provide more affordable rental homes across the province. (Bailey Seymour/Vic News)
Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will be closed in 2024 from April 30 to May 15, June 14 to 23 and from Sept. 3 to Oct. 6, allowing the Indigenous communities to conduct cultural celebrations and traditional fall harvesting practices. (AdobeStock)

B.C. park shutdown should not be considered a template for others: minister

Joffre Lakes Park closed May 1 for Indigenous-led celebrations, opens to public May 16

Joffre Lakes Provincial Park will be closed in 2024 from April 30 to May 15, June 14 to 23 and from Sept. 3 to Oct. 6, allowing the Indigenous communities to conduct cultural celebrations and traditional fall harvesting practices. (AdobeStock)
Houses are seen on a hillside in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Greater Vancouver home sales hit post-pandemic high

Sales volume still well below its 10-year average

Houses are seen on a hillside in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday, April 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
James Baxter holds shore-spawning Kokanee fry in his hand. The West Kootenay’s low snowpack as well as annual Kootenay Lake’s levels dictated by power operations is impacting where Kokanee can spawn. Photo: Tyler Harper

MELTDOWN: West Kootenay wildlife rely on a disappearing snowpack

Snow is a means of survival for some species

James Baxter holds shore-spawning Kokanee fry in his hand. The West Kootenay’s low snowpack as well as annual Kootenay Lake’s levels dictated by power operations is impacting where Kokanee can spawn. Photo: Tyler Harper
British Columbia’s government is seeking public input on how it helps disaster evacuees, in the wake of the province’s worst wildfire season on record. Wildfire evacuees Warren Pullen, left, and veteran Rob Pullen sit outside their trailer in the parking lot at an evacuation centre, in Kelowna, B.C., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

New portal expected to help B.C. evacuees find accomodations faster

System launching in June will provide emergency staff with live information on room availability

British Columbia’s government is seeking public input on how it helps disaster evacuees, in the wake of the province’s worst wildfire season on record. Wildfire evacuees Warren Pullen, left, and veteran Rob Pullen sit outside their trailer in the parking lot at an evacuation centre, in Kelowna, B.C., Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Quesnel mayor Ron Paull (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)

Quesnel censures mayor in wake of residential school book controversy

Council disciplined the mayor for jeopardizing their relationship with Indigenous communities

Quesnel mayor Ron Paull (Frank Peebles photo - Quesnel Cariboo Observer)
British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is providing more funding to recruit and retain more health-care workers. Dix speaks during an announcement at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel

B.C. investing $156M into rural health worker recruiting and retention

Audiologists, dietitians, lab technologists and radiation therapists among the fields targeted

British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is providing more funding to recruit and retain more health-care workers. Dix speaks during an announcement at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Marissa Tiel
Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, days after the first one was erected at a Vancouver campus. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Trio of B.C. camps join growing wave of pro-Palestine university protests

Camps set up at UBC, UVic and VIU demanding change in relationship with Israel

Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camp at a second university in British Columbia, days after the first one was erected at a Vancouver campus. People take over a field with tents during a student encampment for Palestine at the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, April. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
People wait outside of the London Drugs Dunbar location on Monday, April. 29, 2024. London Drugs says its phone lines are operational again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

London Drugs phones back, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident

Canada Post offices inside London Drugs stores are also up and running again

People wait outside of the London Drugs Dunbar location on Monday, April. 29, 2024. London Drugs says its phone lines are operational again after being taken offline in response to a cybersecurity incident. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
As the third anniversary of the Lytton Creek wildfire of June 30, 2021, approaches, B.C.’s Auditor General Michael Pickup Wednesday announced that his office will be investigating the provincial’s role in the recovery efforts. (@guyatsfu/Twitter)

B.C.’s auditor-general to investigate Lytton’s stalled recovery from 2021 fire

Michael Pickup announced the investigation Wednesday May 1 as three-year-anniversary approaches

As the third anniversary of the Lytton Creek wildfire of June 30, 2021, approaches, B.C.’s Auditor General Michael Pickup Wednesday announced that his office will be investigating the provincial’s role in the recovery efforts. (@guyatsfu/Twitter)
Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)

Call for UBC Properties Trust to cease downtown Kelowna construction

Pathways Abilities Society said UBC Properties Trust representatives toured the damage in November

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Hadgraft Wilson Place. (Brittany Webster/Capital News)
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she’s still waiting for more information from the province before making a call. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)

B.C. says feds have answers they need, wants urgent decriminalization response

Premier David Eby has asked the federal government to recriminalize drug use in B.C. public spaces

Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she’s still waiting for more information from the province before making a call. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)