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A Transportation Safety Board report released today reveals a pilot error was responsible for a 2023 incident that left one member of the maintenance crew dead in Smithers. On May 6, 2023, during a maintenance ground run to balance the tail rotor of a Mustang Helicopters Airbus AS 350 B3, the aircraft went into an […]

Pitt Meadows city council is complaining the province is making property tax deferrals too expensive for cash poor homeowners. A letter from the city to Finance Minister Brenda Bailey expresses “significant concerns” about the Property Tax Deferment Program, and asks “how the province plans to mitigate the impact of these changes on our community’s most

A new report from British Columbia’s provincial health officer is calling for stronger alcohol policies as the province continues to report higher alcohol consumption rates than the national average. On May 27, Henry released Living Well, Drinking Less: Reducing Alcohol Harms in B.C., a report documenting the impact of alcohol on British Columbians that drew

Several Gi’gigamae (hereditary chiefs) from Wei Wai Kum and We Wai Kai spoke of protective actions during a protest in Campbell River on Wednesday. The hereditary chiefs and council members are calling on the province to pause Bill 20, the K’ómoks Treaty Act, until meaningful consultation, accommodation and dispute resolution takes place. Their concern is

Part of Battleford Avenue was shut down on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) as a heavy police response descended on a Saanich property. Saanich police said in a release that officers were responding to a report of a break and enter just before 11 a.m. in the 100 block of Battleford Avenue. Officers from the patrol