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A Quesnel woman has been charged with two offences related to alleged animal abuse following an investigation into the treatment of multiple animals in her care. Crown Counsel approved two charges against 48-year-old Casey Arnold after more than 60 animals were seized from her Quesnel property December 2024. BC SPCA rescued 59 dogs, including Chihuahuas, […]

BC Ferries has cancelled four sailings between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay on Thursday, Nov. 6, due to high winds forecast by Environment Canada for the Strait of Georgia. The affected sailings include the 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. departures from both Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay. Shortly before 11 a.m., the company said the cancellations were

Anger, shock and indignation is pouring in from across the nation following the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to effectively uphold a kill order for hundreds of ostriches in Edgewood. The Universal Ostrich Farms application for an appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court of Canada Thursday, Nov. 6. That means the Canadian Food Inspection

A nineteen-year-old is dead after a shooting in Burnaby Wednesday (Nov. 5), homicide police say. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has since released the identity of the victim in Wednesday’s shooting as Connor Sheriff, 19, in an effort to advance the investigation, police said in a second release. Sheriff, according to the release, was known

The program created by the B.C. government in 2022 to keep track of farm animals in case of emergencies is unreliable, the province’s auditor general has found. The Premises ID program requires farmers to register all their livestock and poultry online so officials can track the animals in emergencies such as floods, fires or bird