News Items tag as: BC Community Safety Unit

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal
January 20, 2025 - 7:00 PM
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A BC couple who ran an unlicensed cannabis store have lost a legal challenge almost five years after their store was raided.
Unlicenced BC pot shop hit with $1-million fine
June 25, 2024 - 6:00 AM
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A BC weed store has lost an appeal leaving it on the hook to pay a $1-million fine issued by the province's pot police.
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$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

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

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

Could this be the way to improve life for migrant farmworkers in Canada?
Could voluntary certification programs and consumer pressure improve
March 30, 2025 4:00 PM
How one chef in Vietnam uses fish sauce as the foundation for flavour
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The taste of banh te — a steamed rice cake with an...
March 30, 2025 3:00 PM
A Venus flytrap wasp? Scientists uncover an ancient insect preserved in amber that snatched its prey
NEW YORK (AP) — An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs, with...
March 30, 2025 1:00 PM
BC sexual assault victim awarded $266,000 after suing attacker
CONTENT ADVISORY - This article contains details about sexual assault...
March 30, 2025 12:00 PM
Role models. Peer pressure. Rewards. What really gets people to act more sustainably?
NEW YORK (AP) — Lauren Click founded a nonprofit a few years ago offering...
March 30, 2025 10:00 AM

Unlicensed BC cannabis store loses another appeal