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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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2025. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones

Why butchers are making a comeback in B.C.
Being a butcher is much more than standing in a freezer and hacking meat with a knife, and a butchery instructor in Kamloops says the craft is rising in popularity. Corey Davison is an assistant teaching professor in the retail meat process

UBCO, TRU study finds cannabis use helps in recovery from hard drugs
A new study from UBC Okanagan and Thompson Rivers University has found that cannabis use can offer benefits to people undergoing treatment for substance use. People living in a residential recovery facility were given supervised amounts of

Vernon homeowners to see whopping 10% tax increase
Homeowners in Vernon are set for the highest property tax increase in years with an almost 10% jump when compared to last year. With little debate, Vernon council approved the 9.91% increase – a rate four times that of inflation.

Artificial intelligence, wearable tech can improve safety in stroke rehab: study
Artificial intelligence combined with wearable technology has the potential to improve safety among people recoverin
April 19, 2025 1:00 PM
BC teacher's 'unprofessional language' gets her suspended, reprimanded
A BC teacher who used unprofessional language in an email to a parent about another student received a one-day suspe
April 19, 2025 12:00 PM
First Nations Health Authority backs harm reduction on B.C. overdose anniversary
WEST VANCOUVER - Deaths from toxic drugs may have dipped, but now is not the time to pull back on life-saving measures,
April 19, 2025 10:16 AM
The Black Crowes and Jimmy Page revisit a unique 25-year-old live set
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more puzzling live albums of all time came out in 2000. It featured songs from a tw
April 19, 2025 10:00 AM
600 kinds of dogs? Pet illustrator Lili Chin aims to capture them all in whimsical drawings
Illustrator Lili Chin became fascinated with dog behaviour in 2008 after her Boston terrier, Boogie, bit their landl
April 19, 2025 8:00 AM

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