News Items tag as: Local Journalism Initiative

Time running out for Penticton immigrant family
June 05, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Time is quickly running out for a young Penticton family who last month were ordered out of Canada by the federal government.
For teens who drink and do drugs, here's how to reduce the harm
June 04, 2023 - 10:30 AM
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A day in the life of a BC paramedic
June 01, 2023 - 3:41 PM
Mining companies snapping up claims on Indigenous land in B.C. ignore consultation at own peril
June 01, 2023 - 9:00 AM

Reconciliation isn’t the only thing threatened when mining exploration companies fail to get consent from Indigenous nations, says one ethical investor.
Hackers targeted Canada’s gas infrastructure. How do renewables fit into cybersecurity?
May 30, 2023 - 4:30 PM

News of pro-Russia hackers allegedly gaining access to Canada’s gas infrastructure brought cybersecurity concerns to the fore recently. To protect our power grid, industry insiders say Canada needs to step up regulations safeguarding energy systems that are vulnerable to attack.
Moe the Moose saved from wildfire in B.C. Peace
May 30, 2023 - 10:30 AM

A baby moose named Moe that got stuck in the Stoddart Creek wildfire last week was rescued by a fire crew and was brought to the Rimrock Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre near Dawson Creek.
‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets
May 27, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Birders and biologists are banding together to urge the B.C. government to protect ancient forests on southwestern Vancouver Island in a bid to save threatened marbled murrelet nesting sites.
What was B.C.'s Coast Salish woolly dog, and can we bring it back?
May 26, 2023 - 11:00 AM

If you had been wandering the Coast Salish territories of British Columbia some 4,000 years ago, rambling dense woodland and visiting village longhouses, you would likely have spotted a number of small, white, flocculent pooches.
PUNCHED ON THE JOB: When B.C. gig workers are denied basic safety support
May 25, 2023 - 4:40 PM
Will BC towns’ bylaws undermine drug decriminalization pilot?
May 25, 2023 - 1:10 PM
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THOMPSON: Women bravely served their countries in the Second World War
OPINION More than 1,300 movies tell stories of the Second World War. Some are factual accounts, most blend fact and fiction or are “based on a true story”. Some plots, frankly, never happened. Not ma

Britannia Brewing coming to Kelowna’s industrial north end
A Lower Mainland craft beer company is expanding to Kelowna. Britannia Brewing Co. has locations in the Steveston neighbourhood of Richmond and in Ladner. It wants a pub/restaurant at 8999 Jim Bailey Rd. in the industrial north end of Kelow

Slow start to New York's legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag
ARGYLE, N.Y. (AP) — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it. The 700 pounds (318 kilogr

Future uncertain for Kamloops mother after mobile home fire
A Kamloops woman is living in a motel trying to put the pieces of her life back together after her mobile home burned down less than a week ago, but so far she says it seems impossible. Jackie was tarring the roof of the home with her boyfr

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