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Rivers recede as B.C. faces prospect of ‘unfamiliar territory’ for drought
Side-by-side handout images, shown in infrared, taken by the European Space Agency's Sentinel-2 satellite show the Quesnel River as it meets the Fraser River in Quesnel, B.C., in May 2023, left, compared with May 2024.THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, European Union, Canadian Space Agency *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Western Canada: Three Indian nationals arrested in 2023 killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear in court
Karan Brar, one of the three individuals charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in relation to the murder in Canada of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in 2023, appears by video link as members of the Sikh community attend in Surrey Provincial Court in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada May 7, 2024 in a courtroom sketch. REUTERS/Felicity Don NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. CANADA TV OUT. NO ACCESS TV IN CANADA. MANDATORY CREDIT
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Slowdown in do-it-yourself home projects weakens lumber markets
Stacks of lumber are seen at Teal-Jones Group sawmill in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday, May 30, 2021. British Columbia’s lumber industry is anxiously parsing U.S. President Joe Biden’s latest Buy American language to better understand the implications for Canadian exporters. The B.C. Lumber Trade Council says it’s “concerning” that Biden says he wants to restrict the use of foreign lumber in federally funded infrastructure projects. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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London Drugs says stores gradually reopening after cybersecurity incident
People wait outside of the London Drugs Kerrisdale location on Monday, April. 29, 2024. London Drugs says it is gradually reopening its stores following a cybersecurity incident that's shut all of its more than 80 locations across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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Western Canada: Alberta faces off with Edmonton and Calgary over transit funding
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek speaks in Calgary on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. The mayors of Alberta's two biggest cities say the province has slashed about $12 million in funding meant to help low income residents access public transit. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Hacker breaches B.C. libraries and demands ransom after taking e-mails, phone numbers
B.C. libraries have been targeted by a hacker who demanded a ransom or they would release user data that includes the phone numbers and email addresses of some users. A man uses a computer keyboard in Toronto in this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2023, photo illustration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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How the capital-gains change will affect the way we do business
Ryan Beedie
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With decriminalization in trouble, conservatives are declaring a new war on drugs
Gary Mason
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London Drugs phone lines working, stores still closed after cybersecurity incident
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
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Federal addictions minister awaiting more details from B.C. before making decriminalization decision
Needles are seen on the ground in Oppenheimer park in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on March 17, 2020. The Alberta Association of Chief of Police says it believes, based on research it commissioned, it would be "incredibly premature" to think about decriminalizing drugs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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LNG company’s plan for floating work camp is rejected by Squamish, B.C.
A renovated cruise ship designed to house more than 600 workers as they build a liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C., has been voted down by the local council. A handout photo provided by Bridgemans Services Group shows the MV Isabelle afloat in Burrard Inlet, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Jeff Vinnick, Bridgemans *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Western Canada: B.C. reveals costs of hosting FIFA World Cup matches has doubled
Workers clear the turf at B.C. Place during a FIFA World Cup 2026 update in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
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B.C.’s hard lesson on hard drugs
The Editorial Board
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What’s next for B.C.’s decriminalization experiment
-- EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS -- Injection booths at St. PaulÕs Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia, the first hospital in Canada to offer an overdose prevention site in-house, May 6, 2022. Vancouver has taken harm reduction to a new level in an effort to address the growing toxicity of street drugs. (Jackie Dives/The New York Times)
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Federal Addictions Minister says B.C public decriminalization reversal under review
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks rises during during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, April 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Morning Update: Parliamentarians say Canada never informed them of targeting by Beijing-linked hackers
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How B.C.’s aborted social-media lawsuit is related to tobacco, and why that’s dangerous
Max Krangle
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B.C.’s retreat on drug decriminalization spurs concern about fates of similar plans
Members of the Vancouver Police Department walk past a tent on Hastings Street in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, February 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rich Lam
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Western Canada: B.C. rolling back decriminalization pilot project
Dave Hamm, an ethical substance peer navigator with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), distributes packets of drugs tested for contaminants, as the province of British Columbia decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA and opioids like heroin, fentanyl and morphine, in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
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Preparing for wildfire season is a year-round endeavour in Western Canada
This handout picture provided by Alberta wildfire shows firefighters battling fires in Fox Lake that persist despite the cold and snow in Alberta on February 6.
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Evacuation alert lifted as wildfire in northeastern B.C. now ‘held’
A firefighter directs water on a grass fire burning on an acreage behind a residential property in Kamloops, B.C., Monday, June 5, 2023. British Columbia's Peace River Regional District has cancelled an evacuation alert for areas around Chetwynd in the province's northeast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. asks Ottawa for help on decriminalization fallout
Needles are seen on the ground in Oppenheimer park in Vancouver's downtown eastside on March 17, 2020. The scourge of overdose deaths underscores the need for Canada to decriminalize simple possession of hard drugs, the head of the national chiefs of police association said on Thursday. In urging action, Bryan Larkin noted that overdose deaths are outpacing those from the pandemic and homicides in British Columbia and likely Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Western Canada: Alberta premier defends task force led by doctor skeptical of COVID measures
A panel looking into Alberta's response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put forth more than 90 recommendations for how to deal with future emergencies.
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Why a Medicine Hat cemetery is my new favourite place to run
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Alaska Indigenous groups, seeking a say in B.C. mining, try a legal end-run on the Canada-U.S. border
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Federal addictions minister meets with B.C. counterpart as backlash continues on decriminalization
Chrissy McMullin displays her "safe supply" of opioid alternative Dilaudid, provided by the local health unit to combat overdoses due to poisonous additives and to support addicts and the homeless into practicing social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 6, 2020. Picture taken April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
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Three B.C. hunters fined and banned for unlawfully killing wildlife near Kamloops
A deer is seen at the Michel-Chartrand Park in Longueuil, Que., Friday, November 13, 2020. Three men from British Columbia's Lower Mainland have been fined and banned from hunting for 10 years each for "unlawfully killing wildlife," including a deer pregnant with two fawns. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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The failure of Canada’s health care system is a disgrace – and a deadly one
Robyn Urback
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Western Canada: Three men found guilty of mischief in 2022 Alberta highway blockade
Alex Van Herk, left, arrives at the courthouse as defence lawyer Ryan Durran looks on in Lethbridge, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Van Herk is one of three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts in 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Eight Canadian wines to buy now
Christopher Waters
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B.C. construction sector seeks support as workers shortage, late payments persist
BC Housing is warning of scammers targeting recipients of a support scheme for elderly low-income renters, just one day after it was announced. Construction cranes dot the skyline as condo towers are seen under construction at the Oakridge Park shopping centre redevelopment, in Vancouver, B.C., Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. celebrates 10 billion seedlings planted since 1930
A Grand Fir tree at Francis/King Regional Park in Saanich, B.C., is shown on Thursday, May 26, 2016. British Columbia officials are celebrating the planting of 10 billion seedlings since reforestation efforts began nearly a century ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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B.C. woman found dead after alleged abduction, man arrested
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B.C. to add 240 complex-care housing units in communities throughout the province
British Columbia is planning to add 240 new units to its complex-care housing program, providing homes for people with mental-health and addictions challenges that overlap with other serious conditions. B.C. Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Jennifer Whiteside steps away from the podium after speaking during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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B.C. home sales slid almost 10% in March from one year earlier
For the federal Liberals, the growing discontent with the state of the housing market is becoming a political threat. A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
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B.C. formally recognizes Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title to Haida Gwaii
Captain Gold with a youth group in the Gwaii Haanas National Park July 5, 2012. Captain Gold is a Haida elder who several years ago found what has turned out to be one of the richest archeological sites on the islands, where thousands of artifacts have been collected. He says the oral history of his people tell of a time when ice covered the land. He believes archeological research will one day unearth proof that such stories are fact, not myth. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail