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Shelter stay after eviction an eye-opening experience for carpentry apprentice

Shelter stay after eviction an eye-opening experience for carpentry apprentice

Carpentry apprentice says many of those living in the temporary accommodation are in a similar boat. “They go to work every day — they’re trying to scrimp and save and find a place.”
Mass roundup, killing of fallow deer to go ahead on Sidney Island

Mass roundup, killing of fallow deer to go ahead on Sidney Island

Parks Canada to proceed with multi-million-dollar cull after property owners on Sidney Island narrowly approved it
Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Only about 10 per cent of the B.C. Nurses’ Union’s 48,000 members are men. And while bumping that number up might help ease a shortage that has resulted in hospital emergency-room closures, societal bias against men in the field continues.
Vancouver police investigate four stabbings, including death of 22-year-old man

Vancouver police investigate four stabbings, including death of 22-year-old man

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they are investigating four overnight stabbings, including a suspected homicide in the city’s Killarney neighbourhood.
Local organ donor saves four lives

Local organ donor saves four lives

Four people got life-saving transplants because Matthew Woodford was an organ donor.
Analysis: Why are B.C. money laundering investigations failing to produce charges?

Analysis: Why are B.C. money laundering investigations failing to produce charges?

B.C. Premier David Eby says British Columbians are likely 'shocked' to see that evidence of massive amounts of suspicious cash moving through B.C. casinos cannot produce a single charge of money laundering
Highway between Hope and Merritt, British Columbia, closed due to extreme weather

Highway between Hope and Merritt, British Columbia, closed due to extreme weather

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Ministry of Transportation says the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt will be closed until at least Saturday afternoon due to extreme weather.
Province halts old-growth logging in at-risk owl territory another two years

Province halts old-growth logging in at-risk owl territory another two years

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it's extending an old-growth logging ban for part of the Fraser Canyon for another two years to help with the recovery of the endangered spotted owl.
Tourism delegates getting taste of Prince George

Tourism delegates getting taste of Prince George

Hospitality industry stakeholders from all over province strapped on skis and snowshoes at Otway Nordic Centre.
Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms

Fisheries minister Joyce Murray reaffirmed a prior decision last month not to renew 15 open-net salmon farm licenses in the region