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Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment
April 06, 2025 - 7:29 PM

OTTAWA - The NDP promised Sunday to protect tenants through a program of national rent control, while the Conservatives focused their campaign trail message on addictions treatment.
COPE, One-City, secure council seats in Vancouver's municipal byelection
April 06, 2025 - 2:43 PM

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's left-of-centre parties have secured two council seats in Saturday's municipal byelection in a vote that was seen as a litmus test for Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party, which swept to dominance in 2022.
With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next
April 06, 2025 - 6:00 AM

VANCOUVER - There is a window of relief for British Columbia farmers from the devastating waves of avian flu, leaving them to assess the toll of outbreaks spanning more than three years that saw millions of birds culled at hundreds of farms.
B.C. Premier to meet with Mark Carney over the soaring lumber duties imposed by U.S.
April 05, 2025 - 3:42 PM

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties.
Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC to defend sovereignty, fight misinformation
April 04, 2025 - 4:34 PM

OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh expressed support Friday for federal spending to ensure a strong national public broadcaster, a notion Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre dismissed as something Canada simply can't afford.
B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary
April 04, 2025 - 1:56 PM

NORTH VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government celebrated the first anniversary of one of its cornerstone housing programs at the groundbreaking of a 179-unit rental building in North Vancouver, which it says went from concept to construction in 14 months.
Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by Canadian city
April 04, 2025 - 6:16 AM

OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.7 per cent in March. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because they are based on small statistical samples. Here are the jobless rates last month by city (numbers from the previous month in brackets):
High anxiety over softwood lumber despite tone change from U.S.: B.C. premier
April 03, 2025 - 5:12 PM

British Columbia's premier said Thursday he is encouraged to see a shifting tone in U.S. President Donald Trump's talks with Canada, but concerns remain about how tariffs could devastate the province's softwood lumber sector.
B.C. bumps up rental subsidy programs for seniors, low-income families
April 03, 2025 - 3:39 PM

Recipients of two British Columbia programs aimed at making rent more affordable for seniors and families in need will see a bump in their subsidies starting this month.
U-Vic's overdose polices didn't 'meet the moment' before student's death: report
April 03, 2025 - 2:48 PM

VICTORIA - There were several points at which a University of Victoria student could have been saved before she died of a drug overdose last year -- but instead a report says she didn't get the naloxone or respiratory support needed to survive.
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Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the first week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

No fine for Kelowna brewery that sold beer to undercover minor
A Kelowna brewery successfully avoided a fine for selling beer to an undercover minor, but it did fire the employee. The province's liquor regulator decided against handing down a $7,000 fine after an 18-year-old bought a six-pack from

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

'Collateral attack': BC realtor loses after trying to sue regulator's lawyer
A BC Judge has found a Vancouver realtor's conduct "reprehensible" calling her claims in court "scandalous" and "frivolous" after the realtor tried to sue a lawyer who once represented an opposing side. BC

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Party leaders focus policy pitches on rent control, addictions treatment

COPE, One-City, secure council seats in Vancouver's municipal byelection

With 8.7m birds dead, B.C. farmers assess avian flu toll, and worry about what's next

B.C. Premier to meet with Mark Carney over the soaring lumber duties imposed by U.S.

Carney, Singh pledge support for CBC to defend sovereignty, fight misinformation

B.C. touts speed of major housing program to mark one-year anniversary

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for March, by Canadian city

High anxiety over softwood lumber despite tone change from U.S.: B.C. premier

B.C. bumps up rental subsidy programs for seniors, low-income families

U-Vic's overdose polices didn't 'meet the moment' before student's death: report

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