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Some air quality warnings ended for B.C.'s Southern Interior
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (134+ words) Air quality appears to be improving across much of B.C.'s Interior, with a number of Environment Canada warnings coming to an end. Environment Canada air quality warnings remain in effect Sunday morning for the Similkameen, Arrow Lakes/Slocan Lake, Boundary…...
Province seeks public feedback on two major natural resource tribunal changes
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (1875+ words) A public engagement has been launched on potential legislative and procedural changes affecting appeals heard by the Environmental Appeal board and the Forest Appeals commission, two major natural resource tribunals in B.C. If approved, changes are expected to help deliver timelier…...
B.C. bringing in wildfire reinforcements
16+ hour, 20+ min ago (247+ words) Additional support from outside B.C. is heading to the province to help with an increasingly severe wildfire season. The BC Wildfire Service says 25 Yukon firefighters will arrive on July 27 with 66 members of Alberta Wildfire showing up the following day. On Aug....
Alberta premier says she won't retaliate Trump's latest threats with alcohol ban
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (158+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she does not plan to retaliate against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian goods with an alcohol ban. She told her call-in radio show a ban is an extraordinary measure,…...
BC Forestry Panel upholds $75,00 fine levied against Tolko Industries for Rosemond Lake landslide
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (406+ words) A Vernon-based logging company has been ordered to pay $75,000 after a BC Forest Appeals Commission panel upheld fines levied against the company after a logging road they built was found to be responsible for a landslide in the Shuswap. Tolko…...
Murder charge laid after man found dead in Creston, B.C.
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (154+ words) A Creston, B.C. man is dead and another is facing a murder charge after a homicide this week. RCMP say they found a deceased man in the area of Canyon Street and 12th Avenue in Creston shortly after 2 a.m. on Thursday, July 23. The…...
Petition urging Alberta separation vote successful with 223K verified signatures
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (246+ words) Elections Alberta announced Friday that a citizen-led petition looking to force a vote on Alberta quitting Canada is successful. The agency said it verified nearly 223,000 signatures out of almost 280,000 valid names counted. It needed almost 178,000 signatures to be successful. Despite…...
Air quality warnings improve in some areas of B.C. Interior
2+ day, 50+ min ago (544+ words) Wildfire smoke continues to blanket much of southern B.C., but the latest air quality forecast suggests conditions are beginning to improve in some regions. The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks and Environment Canada have downgraded the Central Okanagan, South Okanagan, North…...
Alberta referendum costs climbing with another $365K in promotion, says Nenshi
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (157+ words) Alberta’s Opposition says the cost of just getting the word out on the province’s looming separation referendum is setting taxpayers back at least a third of a million dollars. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi says the new numbers come from a…...
Alberta minister skirts questions about separation vote, says it's an important topic
5+ day, 43+ min ago (128+ words) A senior member of Premier Danielle Smith's government is again skirting questions about how he'll vote in Alberta's upcoming referendum on whether the province should remain in Canada. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen was asked repeatedly Tuesday whether he'd vote for…...