British Columbia’s South Coast is weathering its first atmospheric river of the fall and the province’s Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness says residents should prepare for increased rainfall and the chance of flooding....
Editor in chief Brodie Fenlon responds to complaints to CBC News regarding the use of the words "terrorist" and "terrorism" in coverage following the attacks by Hamas in southern Israel.
It’s been one year since Paddy Munro held her son as he shivered, emaciated, in a hospital waiting room. A full year since he slipped out of the observation room and back to a dilapidated hotel on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. One year since the worst day of her life — when she got a phone call saying her son was dead....
*** this is a 15 minute audio interview.
For two days, Shaymaa Ziara has been seeing messages in WhatsApp group chats from family and friends in Gaza about how to keep themselves safe from white phosphorous bombs that are allegedly part of Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza....
Brink's security is suing Canada's biggest airline for more than $20 million for allegedly letting a thief walk into an Air Canada facility at Pearson airport and walk out with gold bars and cash.
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/533670...
The owners of the store at Tipton Gas Bar in Lake Cowichan, B.C., were baffled when a black bear walked in and stole a bag of gummy bears.
*** link is to a 3.5 minute video...
Canada’s oil production is set to jump by about 10 per cent over the next year and become one of the largest sources of increased supply around the world.
Remember how canceling the gas plant was such a big deal? I bet the apologists will be out in force explaining how the fact that we are on the hook for this abjectly corrupt effort to transfer billions of dollars of unearned benefit to Ford’s wealthy developer friends/donors is, “ToTaLlY dIfFeReNt.”...
Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia’s Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid-30s this weekend....
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/7083978...
Four Lethbridge, Alta., high school football players have been charged with sexual assault, accused of confining and attacking a teammate in the school’s locker room....
Maureen McBratney has to stay in Saskatoon, six hours away from home, because she needs dialysis treatment every other day and she's not allowed to be a regular patient at the dialysis unit 20 minutes from her home.