CBC - British Columbia (21 hours ago)
B.C. Hydro and the District of Hudson's Hope celebrated the opening of a new recreation area this week on the Site C reservoir. Located just below the town, the D.A. Thomas Recreation Area is named after a steamboat that travelled the waters of the Peace River more than 100 years ago.
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B.C.'s Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship warned that proposed logging near Quesnel Lake would harm threatened southern mountain caribou habitat. But the Ministry of Forests approved logging in the area anyway, drawing criticism from residents and conservation groups.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
José Berríos will be sidelined for at least a couple of months and potentially for more than a year after making the decision to undergo elbow surgery. Not only does Berríos have a stress fracture in his elbow, he has some loose bodies in the area, and there may be "some ligament stuff going on,” according […]
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Bulterys House, a patient accommodation site located in Dawson Creek, B.C., is set to have its funding discontinued by the end of this year. The house opened in March 2023, providing affordable accommodation for anyone travelling to Dawson Creek for medical care.
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Developer Helen Chan Sun is the sole shareholder of a company that holds the title to hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Vancouver real estate. But the multimillionaire will spend the next 40 days in a jail cell after repeatedly ignoring orders to come clean with a creditor about her finances.
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The City of Kamloops says it will review emergency communications as drinking water is slowly restored to about 8,000 households that have had to use alternate sources since Monday. Some in the city say they are frustrated by what they say was scattered messaging.
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B.C.'s energy minister says the federal government is making nationally significant energy deals without involving the entire country, on the same day that the federal and Alberta governments advanced a climate and energy agreement that could see construction on an oil pipeline to the West Coast start as early as September 2027.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Re: New Vancouver overdose prevention site faces threat of lawsuit, but top doctor pushes back As someone who has been providing services to drug users in the inner city since 1998, I am bemused by the "Not In My Back Yard” narrative about the proposed supervised consumption site at 900 Helmcken St. Let us first […]
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Surrey Schools is making new investments in the district following years of budget and program cuts. School trustee Terry Allen said the district is hiring 40 inclusive educational support workers (ISEWs) and expanding a mental health and support program to 14 of its 21 high schools.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (4 days ago)
A hormonal condition affecting 1 in 8 women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care. It Is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome instead of polycystic ovary syndrome. Researchers and supporters of the change said the old name, often shortened to PCOS, is inaccurate. It reduced a complex hormonal […]
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There is a common path after noticing a scalp concern. You feel itchiness or see flakes, and you run to the pharmacy to pick up a harsh solution. But according to hair expert Harry Josh, we’re doing it all wrong. And he has been too. “I don’t have dandruff on the regular, but I do […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (4 days ago)
A man from the Calgary area is being charged in connection with a scam that allegedly saw him open nearly 100 cell phone contracts and obtain many new phones as a result. Authorities allege the 37-year-old from Chestermere, just east of Calgary, defrauded cell phone retailers across Alberta and B.C. Police say he would pose […]
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