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Empty homes to be taxed in five more Vancouver Island communities

Homeowners in Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland, Parksville and Qualicum Beach will be subject to the tax starting in 2025

Nov 23, 2023 5:55 AM Read more >

Dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following Shuswap wildfire

The Bush Creek East wildfire raged through the Little Shuswap Lake region in mid-August, destroying 31 Skwlax te Secwepemculecw homes

Nov 23, 2023 4:19 AM Read more >

Okanagan boy with brain tumour fighting for his life

The boy and his grandmother were airlifted to B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver on Nov. 12 with just the clothes on their backs.

Nov 23, 2023 4:12 AM Read more >

Kelowna student sets world record at Ironman triathlon in Arizona

Zach Bernier, 19, finished 4th at the Ironman Arizona triathlon on November 19. He also set a new U20 Ironman Triathlon world record, with a time of 8 hours, 44 minutes and 56 seconds.

Nov 23, 2023 4:05 AM Read more >

B.C's speculation tax on homes expands by 13 new municipalities

VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democrat government is expanding one of its first measures to combat the housing crisis to include 13 more communities.

Nov 22, 2023 5:06 PM Read more >

RCMP helicopter rescues man after truck stuck in snow west of Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA, B.C. — A man whose truck got stuck in the snow west of Kelowna, B.C., needed to be rescued by an RCMP helicopter.

Nov 22, 2023 4:46 PM Read more >

B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP's plans

VICTORIA — Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the New Democrat government's clean climate policies. B.C.

Nov 22, 2023 4:43 PM Read more >

Ex-RCMP civilian intelligence official from Abbotsford convicted of leaking secrets

Cameron Ortis will be sentenced Jan. 12-13.

Nov 22, 2023 4:21 PM Read more >

Crane lowers three injured workers to safety after Vancouver scaffolding collapse

VANCOUVER — Ongoing work at a construction site in downtown Vancouver has been stopped and an investigation is underway after a facade fell off a church building onto scaffolding, sending three workers to a hospital.

Nov 22, 2023 4:02 PM Read more >

Jewish Victorians launch petition to support councillor facing backlash

“We admire Susan Kim’s courage, in a time of extreme political repression, to represent the views of so many of us in Victoria calling for peace,” the petition says

Nov 22, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >