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What happens when you give 50 homeless people $7,500 each? A B.C. study found out
VANCOUVER — There's a stark contrast between public perception and the reality of how homeless people spend money, says a researcher who gave 50 homeless people in British Columbia $7,500 each to do with as they wished.
Sep 1, 2023 4:00 AM
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Man in mass stabbing at B.C. library gets life sentence with no parole for 15 years
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A Crown attorney says the motives behind a deadly mass stabbing at a library in North Vancouver, B.C.
Aug 31, 2023 9:39 PM
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'Persistent' bears force 160 firefighters to pull out of B.C. Interior camp
GOLD BRIDGE, B.C. — About 160 firefighters battling a blaze in British Columbia's Interior have pulled out of their camp after they were subjected to what the BC Wildfire Service calls "persistent bear activity.
Aug 31, 2023 9:39 PM
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Fire activity expected to kick up in N.W.T., Mounties warn against re-entering
YELLOWKNIFE — Fire activity along a key Northwest Territories highway is expected to kick up in the coming days, while Mounties say they'll stop a potentially large group from trying to re-enter when an evacuation order is still in effect.
Aug 31, 2023 8:37 PM
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Canada broadens pushback on 'unfair, unjust' U.S. softwood lumber duties
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government is broadening its pushback against the latest U.S. decision to keep imposing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
Aug 31, 2023 8:03 PM
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Ongoing cost-of-living crisis should trigger another housing benefit payment: Singh
OTTAWA — The federal government needs to issue another $500 benefit payment for low-income families struggling to keep a roof over their heads, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday. Singh was in Sooke, B.C.
Aug 31, 2023 7:40 PM
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Alberta prosecutors drop public health violation charges against rodeo host, pastor
Pandemic-era public health charges have been dropped against an Edmonton-area pastor and church, as well as a central Alberta man who hosted a rodeo in protest of COVID-19 restrictions.
Aug 31, 2023 6:55 PM
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Delegation to Syrian prison camps calls on Ottawa to swiftly help Canadian detainees
OTTAWA — A civil society delegation that visited Syrian prison camps is calling on Ottawa to give immediate consular assistance to Canadian detainees and to swiftly repatriate all citizens wishing to return to Canada.
Aug 31, 2023 6:46 PM
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B.C. Premier Eby writes to Bank of Canada governor, urging him to halt rate hikes
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby has called on the Bank of Canada to halt further interest rate hikes, saying people are "hurting," and another rate increase next month might worsen, and not reduce, inflation.
Aug 31, 2023 6:38 PM
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B.C. extends fire state of emergency, says drought could continue into next year
VANCOUVER — British Columbia is extending its provincial state of emergency over devastating wildfires that are burning across the province while warning that drought conditions could last into 2024.
Aug 31, 2023 6:31 PM
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