B.C. forgives legal debts of staffer involved in 2013 ‘quick wins’ scandal

B.C. will forgive most of the $460,000 legal debt incurred by former communications staffer Brian Bonney defending himself for his part in the “quick wins” scandal that engulfed Christy Clark’s B.C. Liberal government in 2013, according to the Finance Ministry. The scandal centred around a multiculturalism outreach plan that was found to have inappropriately used […]

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600 B.C. properties under evacuation order, 5,700 under alerts amid wildfires

More than 33,000 lightning strikes across B.C. last week has led to an increase in the number of active wildfires in the province. There are 87 active wildfires, including four that started in the last 24 hours, as of Tuesday morning (July 21). Twenty-four were declared out in the same period, Forests Minister Ravi Parmar

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Chilliwack teen with replica firearm arrested at SkyTrain station

A Chilliwack teen who allegedly had a firearm on the SkyTrain was arrested on Saturday (July 18). The incident happened around 5:25 p.m. when the Vancouver Police Department were called to report from the Nanaimo SkyTrain station of someone with a firearm on the train. “A teenager allegedly exposed a firearm to a passenger before

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Australian emu to make inaugural appearance at Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Country Fest

Emus may not be native to Canada, but that isn’t going to stop one from visiting the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Country Fest this year. Nyls Janssen will showing the large, flightless bird at the fair, to teach people about the species. The 18-year-old who lives in Langley on a hobby farm, has many different animals

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