Red-tape reduction tops housing as biggest Vancouver business concern
Red-tape reduction tops housing as biggest Vancouver business concern.A Greater Vancouver Board of Trade (GVBOT) survey released today highlighted what…
Is the B.C. Interior facing another brutal wildfire season?
“We don’t go into the season blind, we watch for trends.”The BC Wildfire Service says our province could be in…
B.C. teen beaten unconscious feared return to school but says friends and counsellors helped
‘He called me a homophobic slur. He called me the ‘F’ slur and said all Asians are ugly’: Janice XieJanice…
Downtown restaurant owner continuing to enforce COVID vaccine passport requirement
CrossRoads Brewing customers support stand Dr. Daryl Leiski is taking to make Prince George restaurant safer for immunocompromised patronsThe owner…
B.C. government preparing to introduce anti-racism legislation
Rachna Singh, parliamentary secretary for anti-racism initiatives said that this legislation will help advance racial equity in British Columbia.Over 13,000…
Hotels in B.C.’s Interior to house and hire Ukrainian refugees
The two hotels have committed to hiring up to 10 Ukrainians who have been forced to flee their homes.Not only…
200 new community garden plots in Richmond City Centre already spoken for
A new community garden has officially opened at the Garden City Lands.Two hundred more garden plots in Richmond are ready…
RICHMOND IS BANNING PLASTIC STRAWS, BAGS AND FOAM CONTAINERS THIS MONTH
Richmond’s new Bylaw 10000 comes into effect March 27 and it bans plastic bags, straws and foam take-out containers. Richmond Plastic BanAs noted…
Vancouver council approves 10 ‘tiny shelters’ for homeless
Vancouver city council voted 9-2 Wednesday to allow 10 “tiny shelters” to be set up in a parking lot on…
Photos: Sea lion appears on the dock at Steveston
The mammal has been making quite a noise and has sparked the harbour authority into cordoning off the area to…