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Wildfire options 'exhausted' as lightning, drought strain resources in B.C. district

Wildfire options 'exhausted' as lightning, drought strain resources in B.C. district

Days of drought conditions and lightning strikes have sparked fires across the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako in the British Columbia Interior, straining resources and spurring a number of new evacuation orders and alerts.
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Opinion: Here's how the Bank of Canada's interest rate hike will impact Canadians

Opinion: Here's how the Bank of Canada's interest rate hike will impact Canadians

An economist explains what the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hike to five per cent means for Canadians.
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Guilty pleas expected in Bella Bella fishing, reef damage case

Guilty pleas expected in Bella Bella fishing, reef damage case

The offences took place in July 2020.
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Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

Indigenous women in Canada forcibly sterilized decades after other rich countries stopped

TORONTO (AP) — Decades after many other rich countries stopped forcibly sterilizing Indigenous women, numerous activists, doctors, politicians and at least five class-action lawsuits say the practice has not ended in Canada.
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B.C. woman finds plastic in world's most remote region

B.C. woman finds plastic in world's most remote region

A woman's scientific journey from B.C. to a polar sea unveils plastic pollution has reached Earth's most remote places.
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‘Daunting and dire’: SCRD’s water shortfall poised to double

‘Daunting and dire’: SCRD’s water shortfall poised to double

By 2025, the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) will need a water storage reservoir to stay within its Chapman system water licence conditions, according to its water demand analysis contractor.
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B.C. looking for input on grizzly bear stewardship and viewing

B.C. looking for input on grizzly bear stewardship and viewing

Two online surveys gathering public opinion on grizzly bears will be online until Aug. 18.
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Union and employers receive mediator's terms to end B.C. port strike, source says

Union and employers receive mediator's terms to end B.C. port strike, source says

VANCOUVER — A source close to negotiations over the British Columbia port strike said both sides on Wednesday received the terms of a settlement recommended by a federal mediator that could end the 12-day-old industrial action.
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B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations

B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations

DriveBC's Twitter account maxed out sharing crucial road condition information during a weekend of wildfire evacuations. Experts say it spells the end of social media as a reliable platform during an emergency.
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PODS will be the first net-zero carbon mass timber building on the Sunshine Coast

PODS will be the first net-zero carbon mass timber building on the Sunshine Coast

MLA Nicholas Simons announced funding for the Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station
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