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Also, world-renowned Sitkovetsky Trio performing at Raven's Cry Jan. 20

B.C. housing minister: 'The core issue we still have, regardless, is we are not building enough housing for the people we have.'

While no reasons for the adjustment were provided when the input date was changed or in the days that followed, a range of parties with plans to ask the province for the extension sent details on their requests to Coast Reporter.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, nearly 900 foreign mothers paid to give birth in B.C.; however, that figure dropped substantially, to 152, in 2021. Now, with travel restrictions lifted, birth tourism appears back on the rise, says immigration researcher.

'Rob will forever be remembered as the creator of the Roberts Creek Health Food Store, where he loved to hold court telling stories and offering support to those in need. His loving presence will be missed greatly by his motorcycling buddies, family, friends and fellow healers.'

Residents putting grease down kitchen sinks could have been responsible for repeated strata pipe blockages and floods.

'There’s nothing wrong with having a water license sitting on the shelf,' SCRD Area A director Leonard Lee said in support of a recommendation to spend this year on Langdale well field design but not construction work.

B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal ordered Manroop Singh Sangha to repay Amansukhdeep Kaur $3,550.

Kelp fossils found in the Olympic Peninsula suggest the marine 'forests' are more than 32 million years old, double previous estimates.