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With portable toilets and barricades, Gaza protesters at UBC dig in for long haul
April 30, 2024 - 4:27 PM

VANCOUVER - Pro-Palestinian protesters camped out at the University of British Columbia's Vancouver campus are bringing in water, food and other supplies in preparation to stay as long as it takes the school to accept their demands.
Tents and suitcases go into garbage compactors as Vancouver encampment is dismantled
April 05, 2023 - 4:32 PM

VANCOUVER - The garbage trucks moved slowly down Hastings Street, to the shouts and protests of residents of a homeless encampment on the sidewalks of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
B.C. targets homelessness with funds for youth in care, complex-care housing
March 17, 2022 - 3:59 PM

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is expanding supports for former youth in care and complex-care housing as part of an approach that it says targets the root causes of homelessness.
Vancouver police investigate discovery of infant found dead in portable toilet
April 23, 2020 - 11:57 AM

VANCOUVER - Police say they are investigating the discovery of a dead infant in a portable public toilet in Vancouver.
B.C. First Nations regulate pickers arriving for post-wildfire mushrooms
May 18, 2018 - 3:00 PM

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - A bounty of prized morel mushrooms is emerging after last year's devastating wildfires in British Columbia, but pickers hoping to cash in will be required to get permits from two First Nations.
Judge says Vancouver can dismantle homeless camp where feces, garbage piling up
November 17, 2016 - 1:31 PM

VANCOUVER - A judge has granted the City of Vancouver an injunction to dismantle a homeless camp, allowing police to arrest occupants who do not leave or who try to obstruct the removal of shelters.
Vancouver asks court to order homeless campers off city-owned land
November 14, 2016 - 5:02 PM

VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge is considering the fate of a homeless camp set up on a piece of land owned by the City of Vancouver on the east side of downtown.
Pot culture crash? Marijuana legalization in Canada may extinguish drug cachet
April 21, 2016 - 5:54 AM

VANCOUVER - Stoner subculture will likely take a hit with the incoming legalization of marijuana in Canada because as the cause vanishes, so will celebration of the drug, say experts.
Vancouver pot protest 'necessary' despite legalization promise, activist
April 19, 2016 - 8:06 PM

VANCOUVER - Optimism mixed with thick clouds of pot smoke in downtown Vancouver last year as tens of thousands of people gathered for the annual "4-20" marijuana legalization rally under a massive banner featuring Justin Trudeau's face on a rolling paper.
Victoria's courthouse campers on move to shelter after months outside
January 05, 2016 - 5:44 AM

VICTORIA - Wet, cold and windy nights adjusting tarps and pounding pegs into the soggy ground are about to come to an end for John Bertrim and dozens of others who have slept in tents on the Victoria Law Courts' lawn for months.
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New $1.2M renovation lets beverage makers experiment in Penticton
Drink makers are going to be able to head to the newly renovated lab at Okanagan College's Penticton campus to work on innovative beverages. Okanagan College has spent $1.2 million to renovate its Beverage Technology Access Centre with

Penticton 'potio' weed lounge going strong despite stifling regulations
A cozy, clean patio with picnic tables where Penticton’s potheads can gather outside a dispensary to get stoned is a surprisingly rare space. As of February 2024 cannabis shops in BC could have outdoor lounges for people to smoke, but

Rent slowly getting cheaper in Kelowna as condo stock increases
Rent prices are slowly but steadily trending downwards in Kelowna, and the huge volume of condos might help speed up that descent into affordability. Kelowna’s average asking price to rent a one-bedroom apartment is $1,953, down 1.3 p

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With portable toilets and barricades, Gaza protesters at UBC dig in for long haul

Tents and suitcases go into garbage compactors as Vancouver encampment is dismantled

B.C. targets homelessness with funds for youth in care, complex-care housing

Vancouver police investigate discovery of infant found dead in portable toilet

B.C. First Nations regulate pickers arriving for post-wildfire mushrooms

Judge says Vancouver can dismantle homeless camp where feces, garbage piling up

Vancouver asks court to order homeless campers off city-owned land

Pot culture crash? Marijuana legalization in Canada may extinguish drug cachet

Vancouver pot protest 'necessary' despite legalization promise, activist

Victoria's courthouse campers on move to shelter after months outside

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