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Forest permits, penalties, prescribed burns targeted in new B.C. legislation

Proposed changes get tentative approval from industry voice

Nov 1, 2023 4:30 PM Read more >

Northwest B.C. First Nation and province sign consent agreement on gold mine expansion

The agreement is the 2nd created under B.C.’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

Nov 1, 2023 4:04 PM Read more >

Brothers Keepers gang member pleads guilty to B.C. drug activity

Amandeep Singh Kang admits to participating in gang, conspiring to traffic drugs

Nov 1, 2023 3:50 PM Read more >

Lytton issues 1st building permit following devastating fire

Village says it’s working to streamline processes to make it easier to apply for permits

Nov 1, 2023 3:34 PM Read more >

Railway batteries worth hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen on the Island

Five thefts reported in Nanaimo part of rash of incidents from Langford to the Comox Valley

Nov 1, 2023 2:35 PM Read more >

New housing legislation promises to create 130,000 homes in B.C. in 10 years

Single-family density increase coming across the province for communities over 5,000 people

Nov 1, 2023 2:30 PM Read more >

VIDEO: Canadian-led mission enforces international fishing regulations

Fishery officers joined by U.S. Coast Guard personnel in North Pacific action

Nov 1, 2023 11:00 AM Read more >

UFO sighting in Duncan depicted on new collectible coin

Sighting occurred in 1970 at Cowichan District Hospital

Nov 1, 2023 10:50 AM Read more >

Former B.C. premier Horgan is Canada’s next ambassador to Germany: Trudeau

John Horgan resigned from provincial politics in March 2023; initially entered the coal industry

Nov 1, 2023 10:30 AM Read more >

UPDATED: B.C. rejects experts call for non-prescription access to safer drug supply

Coroner’s death review panel says expanded safer supply fastest way to save lives, but B.C. says ‘no’

Nov 1, 2023 9:50 AM Read more >