News Highlights

B.C. couple loses wedding photo deposit due to pandemic delays

By the time the wedding was rescheduled a second time, the wedding photographer had stopped her services.

Mar 14, 2023 5:30 AM Read more >

Poll suggests most Canadians trust election results, want interference inquiry

OTTAWA — New polling suggests the majority of Canadians want the federal government to call an independent inquiry into foreign interference in the last two federal elections, but still feel the country's electoral system is safe.

Mar 14, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

Letter: Create an independent water management board for the Coast

'The time has long passed the point where the SC has increasingly become a target of urban expansion out of Vancouver. Having no potable water will not stop them!'

Mar 14, 2023 4:30 AM Read more >

Opinion: Junos 2023 reminds us how Canadian content regulations and funding supports music across the country

Here’s how radio Canadian content policy started, and how Canadian legislation, C-11, could contribute to supporting and growing home-grown music in the digital era.

Mar 13, 2023 10:00 PM Read more >

Letter: Amenities offered aren’t worth selling Gibsons property

'The developer is also offering what they think is a valuable CAC by allocating 16 underground parking spaces of their condo development in exchange for removing 22 above ground spots on School Road. These are now easily accessible in the two municipal lots that the developer hopes to purchase from Gibsons.'

Mar 13, 2023 9:00 PM Read more >

An invisible climate killer is lurking behind B.C.’s LNG boom

Invisible to the naked eye, undetectable by smell and 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide for its short-term warming impact on the climate, methane is explosive, toxic and can make helicopters fall out of the sky.

Mar 13, 2023 8:00 PM Read more >

Letter: We need tax justice, not tax relief

'We need the super rich one per cent to pay their fair share by closing tax loopholes and offshore deposits. A small percentage increase to the one per cent of the most rich would pay for most of our society’s needs.'

Mar 13, 2023 7:26 PM Read more >

Pair plays pool, piano after breaking into UVic building

Police responded to a report of a break-and-enter about 3:20 a.m. Sunday and discovered the men got into the building through an open window.

Mar 13, 2023 5:02 PM Read more >

Ocean plastic diversion coming to Sechelt landfill

If your spring clean activities involves getting rid of unwanted dock materials, an option to do this for free is coming to Sechelt landfill.

Mar 13, 2023 4:23 PM Read more >

Islamophobia more intense in Quebec than rest of Canada, study finds

Unlike Anglo-Canadians, more Quebecers support Bill 21.

Mar 13, 2023 3:00 PM Read more >