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Canadians didn't get the full picture on sky-high food prices from grocery CEOs' testimony: economist

Canadians didn't get the full picture on sky-high food prices from grocery CEOs' testimony: economist

Canadians didn’t get the full picture when grocery CEOs raking in record profits testified before a parliamentary committee tasked with investigating the drivers of high food prices, an economist and tax specialist said.
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Letter: Why did the Eagle View trees come down?

Letter: Why did the Eagle View trees come down?

'While it’s always considered good form for celebrities to leave behind beautiful corpses, it’s less couth when trees on public greenspace do the same.'
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Female hockey grows on the Coast

Female hockey grows on the Coast

It all started four years ago! With a friendly game with the girls of Powell River Kings, our female program was born.
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ExxonMobil cuts bait on exploration rights for B.C. coast

ExxonMobil cuts bait on exploration rights for B.C. coast

Fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil is relinquishing its long-standing oil and gas exploration permits that threaten sensitive marine ecosystems on the B.C. coast — a heartening development, a coalition of environmental groups say.
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Labour shortage, or bad jobs?

Labour shortage, or bad jobs?

B.C. promises training, help for employers to add staff.
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Letters: The housing crisis is the villain of living wage

Letters: The housing crisis is the villain of living wage

'People are forced to pay far too much for the basic human need of shelter. It is heartening to hear that some local employers have made it a point to pay a living wage but, for others, commercial rents (which are also affected by the above-mentioned crisis) and other costs make that impossible.'
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'Absolutely ludicrous': Travellers respond to Flair Airlines cancellations, aircraft seizure

'Absolutely ludicrous': Travellers respond to Flair Airlines cancellations, aircraft seizure

"I mean this 100% my family will NEVER book with this company again."
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UBCO researcher tracks how river channels are changing course in Arctic

UBCO researcher tracks how river channels are changing course in Arctic

The paper looks at how atmospheric warming is affecting Arctic rivers flowing through permafrost terrain; research has determined that, as the region is sharply warming up, its rivers are not moving as scientists have expected.
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Dragon boaters paddle on

Dragon boaters paddle on

Members of the Sunshine Dragons Abreast team were joined by paddlers from other breast cancer teams from BC, in their practice last weekend to prepare for their exciting trip next month to New Zealand.
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B.C. family travel the world with four-year-old twins

B.C. family travel the world with four-year-old twins

All of the family adventures, called Restless Crusade, are being documented on social media such as Facebook, YouTube and a blog.
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