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New short-term rental rules will hurt tourism: B.C. business owner

New provincial rules restricting short-term rentals to principal residence now in effect

May 1, 2024 2:30 PM Read more >

Conservation service urges northwest residents to manage bear attractants

As warmer weather approaches bears are likely to visit residential areas for easy high-calorie meals

May 1, 2024 2:19 PM Read more >

Police arrest B.C. protester who called Hamas attack ‘heroic and brave”

Vancouver police investigating 44-year-old woman on possible hate crime charges

May 1, 2024 1:27 PM Read more >

Anti-bike theft database first piloted in Vancouver now going B.C.-wide

Project 529 allows owners to register bikes, police to track stolen ones

May 1, 2024 12:50 PM Read more >

UBC researchers find e-bike initiative drives drop in greenhouse gas emissions

Participants in Saanich study said they reduced their weekly car travel by 48 kilometres

May 1, 2024 12:30 PM Read more >

Strike mandate for both major railways puts Canada’s supply train on alert

Union: 9,300 CN and CPKC workers vote 97 per cent in favour of a strike mandate

May 1, 2024 11:45 AM Read more >

B.C. homebuilding going to drop off before rebounding next year: CMHC

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation also expects vacancies to remain low and rents high

May 1, 2024 11:30 AM Read more >

Oil flow along $34B Trans Mountain pipeline through B.C. begins

Opening day for oil delivery expansion project ends decade-long odyssey

May 1, 2024 10:30 AM Read more >

Pro-Palestine encampment sets up on University of Victoria campus

Around 50 protesters have tents and signs set up in front of the campus library

May 1, 2024 10:15 AM Read more >

Urgent push for recriminalization answer awaits B.C. reply: Ottawa

Federal minister wants information from B.C. before deciding on drug law changes

May 1, 2024 10:00 AM Read more >