Flush toilets to soon arrive at large construction sites across B.C.
Instead of chemical porta-potties, construction sites with 25 or more workers will have to start providing flush toilets, ...
In One Ear: Local brevities
All of the tinhorn gamblers have been driven out of Astoria by the chief of police. They will flourish in Tacoma and give Sunday morning prize fights as a sideshow. — Tacoma Ledger Note: True West ...
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Government Won’t Save Local Newsrooms
California and Google agree to a reasonable deal to fund journalism, but arm-twisting social media companies will hasten the ...
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Climate Denier John Rustad Is Now a Major Player in BC’s October Election
The BC Conservative leader’s fringe ideas — shared on Jordan Peterson’s podcast — have earned condemnation from Indigenous groups.
Relentless heat sends wildfire concerns soaring across B.C.
A mighty ridge of high pressure continues to be anchored over the southern half of B.C. this week, keeping the Interior hot ...
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Canucks Putting in Work Ahead of Training Camp, Soucy Attests to Value of Extra Time Together
We are SO back. At an informal skate Thursday at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Canucks ran through drills ...
Canada's Largest Food Distributor Adds Electric Tractors to Fleet in Victoria, British Columbia
Today, Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY), the world’s largest food distributor, celebrated the arrival of 8 heavy-duty electric tractors to their fleet in Victoria, which serves over 1,500 customers ...
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‘Kick in the gut’: union wants Canfor tenure stripped after B.C. mill closures
The United Steelworkers union is calling Canfor Corp.’s decision to shutter two northern British Columbia sawmills a “kick in ...
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Watchdog calls for B.C. to boost oversight of old-growth forest on Quadra Island
British Columbia's independent forest-practices watchdog says there's a risk that a coastal island won't have enough ...
Canada's NDP leader says end of agreement with Liberals makes election timing uncertain
The leader of Canada's leftist New Democratic Party says that policies supported by Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ...
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Conservatives Gain in Tight BC Election Race as Rival Party Disintegrates
The political party that governed British Columbia for 16 years at the start of this century has withdrawn from its election ...