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Opinion: As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters

Opinion: As we fight the Alberta and B.C. wildfires, we must also plan for future disasters

High-risk, high-uncertainty events like earthquakes tend to fall out of view when we are occupied with more predictable seasonal events like wildfires, which have very visible effects on our lives.
Study highlights need for more rental supply in Metro Vancouver

Study highlights need for more rental supply in Metro Vancouver

B.C. renters are more likely to face a no-fault eviction than the national average.
Damage to luxury handbag costs B.C. woman $1,468

Damage to luxury handbag costs B.C. woman $1,468

A woman borrowed her friend's luxury chain wallet handbag to go to Dubai.
Bowen Island artist honoured with provincial Community Award

Bowen Island artist honoured with provincial Community Award

Simon Daniel James is a 2023 Community Award recipient for his positive impact on local artwork and guidance work with young students
Nearly 40% of land burned in B.C., U.S. wildfires linked to carbon pollution

Nearly 40% of land burned in B.C., U.S. wildfires linked to carbon pollution

The first of its kind study, which stretched from B.C. and Alberta to the U.S.-Mexico border, found major fossil fuel emitters were responsible for nearly half the increase in fire prone conditions since 1901.
Biophilia: An Art Exhibit Exploring Interconnectedness

Biophilia: An Art Exhibit Exploring Interconnectedness

New Hearth art show highlights humanity's relationship with the natural world
Free summer concert series returns to iconic Metro Vancouver waterfront

Free summer concert series returns to iconic Metro Vancouver waterfront

Have a look at the summer concert series schedule.
Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

Parks Canada plans major rewrite of more than 200 historic site plaques

EDMONTON — They're affixed to old buildings where someone important used to live. Or they're mounted on a rock overlooking somewhere where something once happened.
WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

WestJet continues ramping back up after cancelled flights upend long weekend plans

WestJet continued to ramp up operations on Friday in an effort to restore the long weekend travel plans of thousands of passengers upended by flight cancellations before the airline reached a last-minute deal with its pilots.
'Desperate': B.C. breast milk bank down to three-week supply

'Desperate': B.C. breast milk bank down to three-week supply

B.C. hospitals are facing a critical shortage of breast milk as supply dwindles to three weeks. The BC Women's Provincial Milk Bank is urging new mothers to donate milk.