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A bird's run-in with BC Ferries, accidental rescues and a one-eyed raccoon kept Wild ARC busy last year
B.C. bumps up benefits in 2025, but cost-of-living question remain
Dec 31, 2024 · The provincial government promises British Columbians more money in their pockets when the calendar turns to 2025, but the new year also comes with some questions. B.C.'s Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said in a statement issued Monday (Dec. 30) that 65 per cent of families and individuals will ...
Land returned to 3 Fraser Valley First Nations after almost 15 years …
2 days ago · The return of land in the City of Mission to three local First Nations was finalized last week. The land transfer is the implementation of the Í:xel Sq'eq'ó Agreement (“Together We Paddle”) that was signed in 2021 by the Leq'á:mel Máthxwi Semá:th Society (LMS), the City of Mission and the ...
New supportive and affordable housing in Victoria to open in 2025
Dec 4, 2024 · Some of Victoria's most vulnerable will have a new place to call home in the new year. The Cool Aid Society held an open house for its new supportive and affordable housing facility in Victoria, which is aimed to be open for service in the coming months. On Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3, the society invited residents to tour the new facility, called Crosstown, which will offer supportive housing, and ...
LIVE RESULTS: B.C.'s 2024 election winners - vicnews.com
Oct 20, 2024 · Across the province, hundreds of thousands of British Columbians took to the polls Saturday to cast their vote to determine who will lead the province for the next four years. Oct. 19's voting day marks the first provincial election with new riding boundaries, which increased the number of seats in the legislature to 93 from 87. This is …
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Concerns over inflation, policing costs, and asset management prompt officials to consider alternatives to a record rate hike
‘People are going to die’: Victoria group protests encampment …
Dec 2, 2024 · “We are about to start a tent city… to protest the current condition of things [because] homeless people have nowhere else to go,” said Martin Girard, a legal advocate for the Victoria Liberation Front, a human rights non-profit which supports Greater Victoria’s homeless community. In front of a small but growing crowd in downtown’s Centennial Square on Sunday (Dec. 1), Girard and ...
Full Cirque-cle: Colourful new show in Hawaii for Canadian circus …
Dec 23, 2024 · Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil has come full-circle with a show of dazzling Hawaiian colours and culture in a rebuilt Honolulu theatre. Auana is new at Outrigger’s posh Beachcomber hotel in Waikiki, famous for shopping, restaurants and photo-op sunsets. Now add world-class circus to the list of must-see attractions in the bustling beach district, where wrestler-turned actor Dwayne “The ...
90,000 without power, ferries cancelled as storm batters …
Nov 20, 2024 · About 90,000 Vancouver Island Hydro customers woke without power and ferries to the Lower Mainland cancelled across the board Wednesday morning. More than 175,000 customers have been restored – or nearly two-thirds of the more than 272,000 originally impacted across the province, BC Hydro said in a 6:30 a.m. update for Nov. 20. With strong winds expected to continue Wednesday in some areas ...