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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.
Top stories of 2018 - Jan.-June
December 31, 2018 - 7:19 AM

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Emergence of an East Coast boomtown: 'The timing is now for Halifax'
July 03, 2017 - 5:30 AM

Halifax is booming, its skyline awash with construction cranes, and Ontario native Jesse Rodgers can tell you why.
New Nova Scotia gold rush: Miners seek riches in tiny flecks of precious metal
June 18, 2017 - 6:00 AM

MOOSE RIVER GOLD MINES, NOVA SCOTIA, Canada - Amid the dull claystone of a tube-shaped sample of rock, the gleaming, pulse-quickening swirl of gold is unmistakable.
Diamond the size of a tennis ball found in Canadian-owned mine could fetch C$90M
May 04, 2016 - 1:42 PM

A three-billion-year-old diamond the size of a tennis ball could fetch more than C$90 million when the Canadian mining company that unearthed it puts the rock up for auction this summer.
'He's the mayor of heaven now:' Rob Ford eulogized as man of the people
March 31, 2016 - 6:00 AM

TORONTO - Rob Ford, Canada's best-known former mayor, was eulogized Wednesday as a consummate politician and loving father whose serious personal failings garnered international notoriety but only passing mention on a day devoted to saying a final goodbye to him.
As Nova Scotia's aging bridges crumble, engineers prioritize which to replace
December 15, 2015 - 1:00 AM

BEAR RIVER, N.S. - Jon Welch stands beneath the crumbling concrete arch on a bridge spanning a river behind his coffee-roasting business and wonders aloud how much longer the structure can last.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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

Top stories of 2018 - Jan.-June

Emergence of an East Coast boomtown: 'The timing is now for Halifax'

New Nova Scotia gold rush: Miners seek riches in tiny flecks of precious metal

Diamond the size of a tennis ball found in Canadian-owned mine could fetch C$90M

'He's the mayor of heaven now:' Rob Ford eulogized as man of the people

As Nova Scotia's aging bridges crumble, engineers prioritize which to replace

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