Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks (www.cbc.ca)
I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I’ve kept using them because there’s rarely a line (and I’m a misanthrope). I’d probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought....
Alberta premier calls on Parliament to reconvene and end B.C. port strike | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Invasive crabs are hitting B.C. waters. Can we eat our way out of the problem? | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Victoria gears up for Pride parade amid escalating anti-LGBTQ tensions | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
To solve Dutch housing crisis, proposal aimed to ban the rich from buying some homes. Could it work here? (www.cbc.ca)
In an attempt to deal with an affordable housing crisis, the Dutch housing minister recently proposed a law that would have allowed municipalities to force some property owners to sell their homes only to low and middle-income earners. The problem the policy is trying to fix is one that's particularly acute in Canada.
B.C. Emergency Health Services needs to do more to address sexual harassment and morale: report | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
So your flight got cancelled — here's what you need to know about compensation (www.cbc.ca)
What responsibility do Canadian airlines have to passengers as the summer travel season gets in full swing? What are your rights as a traveller? Here's what you need to know.
This single dad makes $75K a year. He can't find affordable housing in Vancouver for him and his son | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
This Montrealer forged medieval axes used to rebuild Notre-Dame cathedral (www.cbc.ca)
Judge orders B.C. man pinched for illegal crabbing to pay $160K, criticizes 'weak' enforcement | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Public urged to avoid area of growing wildfire burning near Mission, B.C. | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Vancouver Island hospital closing ER overnight for 2 months due to lack of staff | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
U.S. decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine could put Canada, others on the spot (www.cbc.ca)
Canada is among many NATO allies of Ukraine who signed 2010 pact to ban cluster munition use
Civilian-led mental health crisis teams expand into Kamloops, Prince George and Comox Valley | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
B.C.'s largest indoor bike park opens in former Sears store at North Vancouver's Capilano Mall | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Former Niagara cop who ran massage business sexually abused 11 women. He'll serve 18 months of house arrest (www.cbc.ca)
David Kukoly, 54, who was a veteran officer at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual assault. He admitted to similar abuse against an additional six victims in an agreed statement of facts. He was sentenced on June 21 at the Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines, Ont.