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Wasp in fatal encounter with David Eby on B.C. campaign trail
September 27, 2024 - 1:31 PM

CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia NDP leader David Eby was upstaged by a wasp that flew down his shirt and stung him during a news conference.
In the news today: BoC set to announce interest rate cut today
September 04, 2024 - 1:15 AM

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Invasion of the stink bugs: Pest thrives in British Columbia's warm October
October 12, 2022 - 1:00 AM

VANCOUVER - An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia.
B.C. and Washington state focus on public outreach to wipe out invasive giant hornet
March 17, 2021 - 3:33 PM

VICTORIA - Public outreach will be key to tracking Asian giant hornets this year as many of the insects were found by members of the public in 2020, officials in British Columbia and Washington state say.
Plans readied by B.C. and Washington state to wipe out invasive giant hornet
March 16, 2021 - 5:10 PM

VANCOUVER - Officials in British Columbia and Washington state will release their battle plan today to try to wipe out Asian giant hornets.
Invasive hornet found on Vancouver Island for the first time: B.C. government
September 11, 2019 - 3:00 PM

VICTORIA - An insect that is listed as an invasive species in British Columbia has been found in the Nanaimo area, which the provincial government says is the first time Asian giant hornets have been found on Vancouver Island.
Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton
June 15, 2019 - 4:00 AM

VICTORIA - A 20-centimetre tarantula capable of killing a bird has been filmed at its most vulnerable state shedding its armour-like exoskelton at a Victoria-area tropical jungle insectarium.
About 135 students stung by wasps during Terry Fox run at B.C. school
September 27, 2018 - 4:14 PM

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - About 135 students at an elementary school in Kamloops, B.C., were stung by wasps during their Terry Fox run Thursday.
Summer tanager migrates the wrong way, delighting Vancouver bird watchers
December 12, 2017 - 5:51 AM

VANCOUVER - Bird watchers are flocking to British Columbia's Lower Mainland after a wayward summer tanager was spotted pecking at peanuts on a south Vancouver balcony over the weekend.
First case of Zombie fly parasite confirmed in honey bees in Nanaimo, B.C.
August 16, 2016 - 10:52 AM

VANCOUVER - A beekeeper in Nanaimo, B.C., is the first to document what could be a devastating parasite in Canadian honey bees.
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iN DISCUSSION: Hot takes on cold facts
This is where cold facts yield to the hottest of takes. Here you'll find reader responses to stories and newsletter editorials, or letters to the editor for the week of May 12. They may have been edited slightly for readability. Th

How a union at a Kamloops A&W beat the odds
After 18 months of effort, 20 workers at a Kamloops A&W have their first collective agreement. The workers are the first staff at a Canadian A&W restaurant to successfully unionize, acco

Thailand vows to tighten control on cannabis after smuggling cases involving tourists soar
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai officials on Wednesday said they planned to tighten regulations on cannabis sales after cases of tourists attempting to smuggle the drug out of the country soared in recent months. Thailand became the first country

Clearwater woman argues to get her dog back — but not her 10 cats
A North Thompson woman has managed to get her dog back after it was seized by the BC SPCA but not her 10 cats. According to an April 11 BC Farm Industry Review Board decision, Kristi Gerigk had two dogs and 10 cats seized in February when s

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Wasp in fatal encounter with David Eby on B.C. campaign trail

In the news today: BoC set to announce interest rate cut today

Invasion of the stink bugs: Pest thrives in British Columbia's warm October

B.C. and Washington state focus on public outreach to wipe out invasive giant hornet

Plans readied by B.C. and Washington state to wipe out invasive giant hornet

Invasive hornet found on Vancouver Island for the first time: B.C. government

Butterfly garden keeper manages to film large tarantula shedding exoskeleton

About 135 students stung by wasps during Terry Fox run at B.C. school

Summer tanager migrates the wrong way, delighting Vancouver bird watchers

First case of Zombie fly parasite confirmed in honey bees in Nanaimo, B.C.

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