Residents at a Vernon trailer park are at risk of having their power shut off on Friday due to a faulty and unsafe electrical system that the park’s owner says she can’t afford to repair. And as the deadline nears, the residents are looking for support wherever they can find it. The electrical infrastructure at […]
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This is the first of six stories covering B.C.’s opioid crisis as the province marks 10 years since B.C. Public Health Officer Perry Kendall called a public state of emergency on April 14, 2016. Between 2015 and 2025, 1,323 people died at the hands of the toxic drug market in Greater Victoria, while B.C. still
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Premier David Eby says he “very firmly” believes his caucus has the votes to pass a bill suspending parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), despite staunch First Nations opposition. “My expectation is that the bill will pass and that we will not have an election on these issues,” he
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UPDATE: The wildfire that sparked on Wednesday afternoon near Merritt has grown to 150 hectares. BC Wildfire is reporting that the blaze is spreading or is anticipated to spread beyond the current perimeter or control line. The fire is considered to be human-caused and is in the Quilchena Creek, within the Lower Nicola Indian Band.
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Future ownership of Hatley Park in Colwood has been called into question by Esquimalt Nation. The nation has filed a civil claim with the B.C. Supreme Court calling for a halt to plans to designate Hatley Park as Songhees treaty lands. “Esquimalt has not consented to and opposes the designation of Hatley Park as Songhees
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