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B.C. teacher waited hours to tell principal of child self-harm threat

B.C. teacher waited hours to tell principal of child self-harm threat

The teacher breached child's privacy in sharing information about the student with other parents.
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Hundreds of tonnes of mandarin oranges are wasted in B.C. each year – why?

Hundreds of tonnes of mandarin oranges are wasted in B.C. each year – why?

Around 10% of the holiday citrus is wasted annually, due to overproduction and its sensitivity to degradation, says food recovery expert
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Hundreds rally outside Trudeau's Vancouver fundraiser calling for peace in Gaza

Hundreds rally outside Trudeau's Vancouver fundraiser calling for peace in Gaza

People gathered and protested by lying on the ground outside a hotel in Vancouver where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was visiting.
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AIDS organization says B.C. falling behind in treatment

AIDS organization says B.C. falling behind in treatment

B.C. Ministry of Health says long-term AIDS drug is available but strictly controlled on a case-by-case basis.
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Letter: District of Squamish council should reconsider

Letter: District of Squamish council should reconsider

'Locally, our town council can’t summon the decency to call for a ceasefire, and a micro-tome of apologetics for atrocities appears as a letter to the editor in our newspaper.'
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B.C. women scientists have begun a 5,000-kilometre rowboat race

B.C. women scientists have begun a 5,000-kilometre rowboat race

The four women will travel 5,000 kilometres across the Atlantic Ocean in a row boat — without stopping.
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B.C. accounts for more than half of Canada's avian flu outbreaks

B.C. accounts for more than half of Canada's avian flu outbreaks

'This version of the virus is much much different from anything we’ve seen in the past,' says poultry industry spokesperson.
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BC Hydro to introduce time-of-day billing

BC Hydro to introduce time-of-day billing

BC Hydro says it will offer optional time-of-use billing in the spring 2024
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Law firm investigates class action suit amid deadly cantaloupe outbreak

Law firm investigates class action suit amid deadly cantaloupe outbreak

At least five Canadians have died in an ongoing outbreak of salmonella poisoning connected to tainted cantaloupes.
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SLRD splits up last of COVID restart grant funds, throws an extra $4k each to food banks

SLRD splits up last of COVID restart grant funds, throws an extra $4k each to food banks

The Sea to Sky regional district was feeling generous in the last meeting of the year, allocating an extra $16k out of grant funds to the four food banks in the area.
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