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A Maple Ridge resident who works in the trades will be sharing his story about his connection to the toxic drug crisis, along with international speaker known as the Skid-Row CEO, at this year’s Speaking Through the STORM. The third annual event is free and taking place this Friday, Nov. 21, at The ACT Arts […]

The crowd stretched from the doors of City Hall to the Ward Street sidewalk in Nelson to hear guest speaker David Suzuki and other forest ecology advocates at a rally held Nov. 18 in Nelson. Suzuki opened by stating he had never been to a rally with so many seniors and children. “The important thing

Artificial intelligence is already being integrated into B.C.’s health-care sector and transforming how it is delivered. Dr. Christine Hall, deputy registrar for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. said AI is already in “every part” of the work done at the college, which regulates B.C. physicians and surgeons. “AI is not coming, it’s

The rush to develop BC’s $6-billion North Coast Transmission Line risks charging down the same troubled path of poor oversight and cost over-runs faced by the Site C dam, critics warn, pointing to a new report. At the end of October, BC Hydro provided the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) with its Site C “lessons

By Barb Brouwer, Contributor At the age of 27, Deanna Barnhardt Kawatski had become a seasoned world traveller. Following five years of planting trees in B.C., Kawatski was ready for new adventures. In 1978, she became the first female attendant stationed at the Bob Quinn Lake fire tower in northwestern B.C. In awe of the