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These are the largest ICBC reforms made in more than four decades

Artisan Spirits Competition

Matea Johnson holds the homemade barometer she made for a first-of-its-kind science fair at Elphinstone Secondary School. The gymnasium was humming with more than 90 Grade 8 and Grade 4 students presenting their science projects on Friday, Feb. 7.

The request by shíshálh Nation for the province to change the official names of Wilson Creek, Madeira Park and Saltery Bay to the original she shashishalhem names met with some early and predictable resistance from up Pender Harbour way.

Two-year pilot program will allow a maximum of 10 vehicles to travel to Vancouver Island

The state of local emergency, evacuation order and alert affecting an area of Roberts Creek has been extended to Feb. 23.

Adds equivalent of 15 full-time positions

A year after Sechelt’s Seawatch neighbourhood was ordered evacuated over risks to “life and property” from sinkholes, homeowners don’t know if they’ll ever be allowed back in – even temporarily.

Ground in the public drop-off area at the Sechelt Landfill is unstable, forcing staff to cut operations as they scramble to fix the problem.

The traditional prorogation of the last session has been cancelled at the legislature today but officials say the opening of the spring session will go ahead, despite protesters blocking the entrances to the building. Lt.-Gov.