by Kyra Hoggan on Thursday Mar 30 2023
Community Futures Greater Trail in partnership with the Trail & District Chamber of Commerce is thrilled to announce the Beyond the River campaign and Stick-It! Contest. The Stick-It! Contest officially kicks off on April 1.
“This initiative is our way of celebrating the Columbia River,” said Ron Perepolkin, Community Economic Development...
by Province of British Columbia on Wednesday Mar 29 2023
People in B.C. can be confident that money services businesses they use will have greater oversight by the BC Financial Services Authority (BCFSA) as a new provincial regulator.
Money services businesses that deal in foreign exchanges, wire transfers, money orders, traveller's cheques or similar services outside of traditional financial institutions have been vulnerable to money...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Mar 29 2023
Decisive climate action will bring a healthier, more prosperous future
There’s no shortage of...
by Lone Sheep Publishing on Friday Mar 17 2023
Pacific Coastal Airlines will end its regularly scheduled flight service between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) South Terminal and Canadian Rockies International Airport (YXC).
In a news release Thursday, Pacific Coastal Airlines said the last day of operations for flights between Vancouver and Cranbrook will be Friday, April 28, 2023.
Customers affected by this...
by Contributor on Tuesday Mar 14 2023
Is your password difficult to crack?
On March 15 is the Better Business Bureau’s Password Day, and they’re encouraging the public to protect themselves from fraud by changing their passwords to be more ugly, thereby making it harder for hackers to solve.
Twenty five percent of Canadians changed their passwords less often than once a year, ...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Mar 01 2023
As of early February, police have “made more than 90 arrests and dozens of detentions” to facilitate construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in northern B.C., “running up a taxpayer tab of more than $25 million,”...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Feb 22 2023
On February 3, a 150-car...
by Province of British Columbia on Tuesday Feb 21 2023
More than 350,000 families in B.C. will get their second BC Family Benefit boost to help with the cost of living, starting immediately.
“Global inflation continues to squeeze household budgets, and paying for essentials like groceries and gas is hard on many families right now,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Finance.
“Through the second enhanced BC Family Benefit payment,...
by Lone Sheep Publishing on Friday Feb 10 2023
An environmental group in the East Kootenay, Wildsight, strongly supports a recent fine of Teck Coal Limited for failure to construct a water treatment facility by the required permit data, along with fines for exceedances in selenium and nitrate.
Teck Coal Limited was fined $16.5 million by the BC Government.
Wildsight, based in Kimberley with satellite offices in Creston, Elk...
by David Suzuki on Wednesday Feb 08 2023
In many countries — most notably the U.S. —...
