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Tsleil-Waututh Nation urges banks to stop financing Trans Mountain Expansion Project

Tsleil-Waututh Nation urges banks to stop financing Trans Mountain Expansion Project

The project requires an additional $10 billion in funding as overall costs balloon to $31 billion
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Northern B.C. screenwriter pens feature length horror movie

Northern B.C. screenwriter pens feature length horror movie

Meg Turner, who grew up in Fort St. John, wrote the new horror film Organ Trail
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Chance of drought looms with rainfall well below average

Chance of drought looms with rainfall well below average

Recent periods of rain have helped the overall situation on the Island, expert says
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Tofino Bus returning as seasonal service

Tofino Bus returning as seasonal service

Victoria-Tofino coach service and Vancouver Island ­Connector service, between Nanaimo and Campbell River, will be back up and running on May 4
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Drug paraphernalia found at Nanaimo school grounds where fentanyl had turned up

Drug paraphernalia found at Nanaimo school grounds where fentanyl had turned up

Days after a pouch containing the powerful opioid fentanyl was found on the grounds of a Nanaimo elementary school, parent volunteers doing a safety check located other concerning items, including a needle and traces of more drugs.
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SFU, UVic team receives $1 million for climate solutions in remote B.C. communities

SFU, UVic team receives $1 million for climate solutions in remote B.C. communities

Interdisciplinary team from B.C. universities gets funding to research climate solutions in remote, rural and Indigenous communities.
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Capital region federal strikers feel disconnected from Ottawa talks

Capital region federal strikers feel disconnected from Ottawa talks

Strikers hope the impasse will be resolved over the weekend
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Fluke accident on family vacation leaves father with spinal injuries

Fluke accident on family vacation leaves father with spinal injuries

Bryan Anderson was swimming in the Corn Islands off Nicaragua when he was tossed by strong waves and hit his head on the ocean bottom
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Hells Angels seek appeal with Supreme Court of Canada over seizure of clubhouses

Hells Angels seek appeal with Supreme Court of Canada over seizure of clubhouses

The properties have continued to be used by the Hells Angels since a 2012 raid in Kelowna, although the assets have been frozen since 2016.
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Pandemic portraits: Images captured in first year of COVID-19 compiled in new book

Pandemic portraits: Images captured in first year of COVID-19 compiled in new book

The Royal B.C. Museum turned artist Adad Hannah’s static video portraits of people in his Burnaby neighbourhood over the first year of the pandemic into an exhibit, and now a book
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