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British Columbia The B.C. Energy Regulator is warning of potential water shortages in 2024, saying persistent drought in the north of the province continues to negatively affect streamflows and groundwater, with snowpack levels at last reading only 72 per cent of the historical average.  Extreme drought continues in northeast B.C.,Continue Reading

From one of Canada’s tallest condo towers to bare tracts of land, residential development projects across the country are increasingly being pushed into receivership. Elevated interest rates, construction costs and delays, and a slower real estate market are all contributing to the rising frequency of projects coming under financial stress,Continue Reading

British Columbia Canada’s Federal Court has overturned a decision granting refugee status to an American transgender woman who successfully argued that a combination of gun culture and rising transphobia left her at risk of persecution in the United States. Yukon resident Daria Bloodworth represented herself in bid to claim asylumContinue Reading

B.C. minister under fire for comments about Middle East before creation of Israeli stateB.C. Minister of Post-Secondary Education Selina Robinson is facing mounting pressure to resign over a recent remark about Israel that experts say perpetuates harmful colonial narratives that ignore the history of people in the region. B.C. MinisterContinue Reading

British Columbia Hike to U.S. softwood lumber duties ‘entirely unwarranted,’ trade minister saysThe federal government is lashing out at the U.S. Commerce Department over plans to raise duties on Canadian softwood lumber. Mary Ng says Canada will fight duties by every means available, as U.S. plans raise from 8.05% to 13.86%The Canadian PressContinue Reading

British Columbia Conservationists are trying to help restore a vast area of wetland in southeastern British Columbia by doing what beavers do: building dams.  Dams help maintain wetland but beavers have vacated certain areas, contributing to loss of important habitat Corey Bullock · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2024 9:00 AMContinue Reading

British Columbia A new report from Dr. Bonnie Henry has called on the B.C. government to broaden the availability and types of drugs that can be prescribed under the province’s controversial safer-supply program. Dr. Bonnie Henry says other drugs should be included in program, while acknowledging it carries societal risksContinue Reading

British Columbia Up to 200 children of members of the Sons of Freedom religious sect were forcibly taken by the province, with many held in a camp in the B.C. Interior in the 1950s. Up to 200 children of members of the Sons of Freedom religious sect were forcibly takenContinue Reading

British Columbia·Photos Some residents of B.C.’s Okanagan Valley were briefly enveloped in shades of pink and purple this morning, when a hued fog appeared for several minutes. It’s an ‘incredibly rare phenomenon,’ a CBC science specialist says. Hued fog an ‘incredibly rare phenomenon,’ says CBC science specialist Andrew Kurjata · CBC NewsContinue Reading