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BC Hydro to offer free smart thermostats and cash for home energy efficiency

BC Hydro is introducing a suite of programs to promote household energy efficiency as the province looks to ramp up the electricity available to power a growing slate of incoming major mining and liquefied natural gas projects. Supports will include free $350 smart thermostats for homes with baseboard heaters, up to $200 per year in […]

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Judge awards $156K in Surrey assault and battery lawsuit connected to 77-day protest

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has awarded $156,570.91 in damages in an assault and battery lawsuit related to what was undoubtedly the strangest neighbourhood protest in Surrey’s history. In 2021 a Guildford street was besieged for 77 days, in the 9700-block of 149 Street, when members of a group calling themselves the New Federal State

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Rare species of endangered snake discovered on B.C’s Lasqueti Island

The unique and rare sharp-tailed snake has been confirmed on Lasqueti Island. The endangered and secretive species spends most of its life underground burrowed into rotting logs or tree stumps, according to a post by Laura Matthias, ecological consultant, on the BC Parks Blog. A May 2023 observation on INaturalist has since been confirmed and

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