News Items tag as: Zak Vescera

‘Cash cows’ and cheap labour: The plight of international students in BC
January 18, 2024 - 7:30 AM
POISONED WATERS: The war between BC Ferries and its union
January 14, 2024 - 7:00 PM
Okanagan migrant farmworker’s sexual assault allegations shine light on wider issue
January 11, 2024 - 7:00 PM
BC migrant farmworkers go to court to fight for rights — and $500M
January 06, 2024 - 8:00 AM
The not-so-sweet BC sugar wars, then and now
December 25, 2023 - 8:00 AM
How 2023 became the year of unions in BC
December 24, 2023 - 3:30 PM
Dan Alder died on the job in BC. His family wants answers
December 16, 2023 - 6:00 PM
The BC experiment that could transform child-care work
December 12, 2023 - 9:25 AM
Labour battle at Rogers Sugar refinery in BC gets stickier
December 07, 2023 - 2:47 PM
She organized a BC Starbucks. Then they fired her
November 23, 2023 - 7:40 AM
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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

The Latest | Israeli strikes in Rafah kill at least 5 as ship comes under attack in the Gulf of Aden
Palestinian hospital officials said Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip killed at least
April 25, 2024 9:11 PM
B.C. civil lawsuit against Sex Pistols guitarist alleges 1980 sexual assault
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jon
April 25, 2024 9:00 PM
TRIBUTE TO MOM: Vernon man running marathon a day to raise funds to fight cancer
A Vernon man, with help from his partner, will be running one marathon a day during the month of May to pay tribute
April 25, 2024 7:00 PM
Province admits Westside Road trespasses on OKIB member lands
It appears a lawsuit claiming Westside Road trespasses on Okanagan Indian Band land is essentially over with the onl
April 25, 2024 6:00 PM
Two dead in head-on collision on Highway 5 in Clearwater
Two people are dead after a head-on collision on Highway 5 in Clearwater. A semi truck and a CN truck crashed
April 25, 2024 4:58 PM

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