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A recent meeting between B.C.’s Haisla Nation, the District of Kitimat and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has highlighted a key divide over oil export proposals on B.C.’s North Coast, as local leaders offered differing perspectives on the future of energy development in the region. While both communities issued a joint statement emphasizing their shared success […]

Officers were in for more than the usual safety and licensing violations when they pulled over a dump truck during a commercial vehicle inspection on Lougheed Hwy on Nov. 18. Although the truck was pulled over for having illegible dangerous goods signage, officers found out the driver had been prohibited from driving due to an

The legislative assembly announced Tuesday (Nov. 25) its recommendation for Sandy Hermiston to be appointed as B.C.’s next ombudsperson. A parliamentary committee made up of government and opposition MLAs conducted a thorough search for the province’s next independent government watchdog. The committee unanimously recommended Hermiston for the role. Once she has been officially appointed by

Forget everything you know about plant hormone production. That’s because a recent discovery that arose from UFV biochemist Dr. Harley Gordon and his team working with salicylic acid has introduced an entirely new method of phytohormone synthesis in plants. Although this might not sound like a particularly exciting scientific advancement to the average person, it

The RCMP arrested four people on Nov. 25 after a blockade at a forestry operation in the Carmanah Valley, near Lake Cowichan. Three of those were arrested for breaching an injunction granted by the B.C. Supreme Court in September that prohibits people from obstructing forestry operations on the Walbran Forest Service Road,. The fourth was