who would support a nuclear power plant near their town/city
I’m not sure if we’re allowed to ask questions on this sub. It seems mostly news articles but I figured I’d give it a go....
Hiker rescued off B.C. cliffside after taking non-existent Google Maps trail (www.nelsonstar.com)
Got an emergency alert on my phone earlier, here's some more details. (www.cbc.ca)
If course I quickly acknowledged it, so my phone would stop wailing, so missed the details.
B.C. announces details of single-use plastics ban | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
[Discussion] Should BC create a grocery crown corporation?
BC should should compete with the other grocery chains to lower their prices. The first stores should be set up in First Nations communities as they often have the most expensive food....
Vancouver Island landfill ordered to remove and destroy 'triggering' Halloween sign (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Similar signs have graced landfills and residential front yards ahead of Halloween for decades....
‘No foundation in any law’: ‘Sovereign citizen’ questions B.C. traffic stop (globalnews.ca)
In the video, he calls himself a sovereign citizen, which is a group of people who believe they are immune to the government’s law and order....
Whites Only play group advertised in lower mainland.
There were posters for whites only parents and tots play group in the lower mainland. bc.ctvnews.ca/poster-advertising-whites-only-chil…
She Organized a Starbucks. Then They Fired Her | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)
B.C. residents urged to take shorter showers, conserve water as drought conditions worsen (bc.ctvnews.ca)
B.C. looks to standardize multiplex designs as latest fix to housing crisis (www.nelsonstar.com)
Non-Paywall Article
B.C. woman says bus driver threatened to refuse service unless she put on a jacket (bc.ctvnews.ca)
“I started to walk forward and then she’s like, ‘Hold on. You need to put something over that if you’re going to come onto my bus,’” she recalled, adding the driver accused her of not wearing a shirt. “I’m wearing a shirt, it’s called a crop top. I bought it in the shirt section of the store. I know it’s a...
Fundraiser for triple-fatal crash on Sea-to-Sky Highway raises $79K - BC | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Housing advocates call for moratorium on winter decampments in Vancouver - BC | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Eby says governments must step up on housing, can't rely on private sector (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Eby says there are proposals at the federal level to sell public land and buildings to help solve the crisis, but B.C. is doing the opposite by taking inventory of provincially and municipally owned land in order to build more homes....
B.C. woman who deliberately damaged neighbour's trees ordered to pay $150K in compensation (bc.ctvnews.ca)
‘Train Wreck’ Feared as BC Water Use Rules Begin to Bite | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)
B.C. Interior regions brace for scorching heat this weekend (www.cbc.ca)
Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia’s Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid-30s this weekend....
TIL the Arbutus tree is the only native broadleaf evergreen tree in Canada and is only grown in the south of BC (lemmy.ca)
Here are more nerdy details on the plant: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/…/arbutus
B.C. doctor fired for refusing COVID-19 shot loses bid to get hospital privileges back (www.cbc.ca)
Prince George homeless encampment demolished amid heavy police presence (www.cbc.ca)
‘Are you kidding me?’: B.C. sanctions shooting, logging in endangered spotted owl habitat (thenarwhal.ca)
Only one spotted owl remains in Canada’s wild. The B.C. government says it is committed to recovering the species, even as it approves new clearcuts and recreational shooting in a Fraser Valley wildlife area set aside for the owl.
Police warn of 3D-printed guns looking like 'toys' | Winnipeg Free Press (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Article Paywall
Rise of B.C. Conservatives puts B.C. United on shaky ground — to the NDP's advantage, experts say (www.cbc.ca)
The Conservative Party of B.C. has made a “splash” in its return to the Legislature, said political scientist Gerald Baier — but whether that will be followed by strong numbers come election time remains to be seen....