New Maple Ridge exhibit to feature the history of Korean ceramics

A new exhibition featuring contemporary and traditional Korean ceramic practices is coming to The ACT Art Gallery in Maple Ridge. The show called “Clay for You: Lineage” will feature the work of 13 members of the Maple Ridge-based Clay for You Korean Pottery Collective, demonstrating a lineage of Korean art traditions and contemporary innovations. Each […]

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Power shut off at B.C. trailer park as safety issues go unaddressed

Power has now been cut off at a Vernon trailer park whose owner was unable to pay for repairs to its dangerous electrical system, leaving the remaining residents in the dark — both literally and regarding the future of their home investments. The Crown Villa manufactured home park on Okanagan Avenue was warned by Technical

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‘The problem is Premier Eby’: B.C. NDP’s leadership taken to task over DRIPA

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs says the NDP has a “colossal” leadership problem, and if it doesn’t move on from Premier David Eby, the party could be doomed for decades. “I think the problem is Premier Eby,” he said at a Friday morning news conference in Vancouver held by

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B.C. First Nation ‘confident’ in Island land transfer despite court injunction

Songhees Nation has responded to a civil claim filed by Esquimalt Nation with the B.C. Supreme Court, disputing the future ownership of Hatley Park in Colwood. Esquimalt Nation has called for a stop to negotiations between Songhees Nation and Canada to designate Hatley Park, which is home to Royal Roads University, as Songhees treaty lands.

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B.C. government easing carbon tax for pulp mills as industry grapples with future

Premier David Eby told the annual gathering of the B.C. Council of Forest Industries (COFI) on Friday said that the government plans to ease industrial carbon prices for pulp mills as the province’s forestry sector continues to struggle to remain competitive. “We have been working with COFI to address costs faced by the sector,” he

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