Thursday, May 2, 2019

Build a refinery, ban tankers or phase out fossil fuels? B.C. reacts to Alberta threats

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As B.C. and Alberta prepare for a legal battle over oil, the future is uncertain.

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Smoke but no fire: North Shore practises wildfire response and evacuations ahead of summer

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The North Shore Emergency Management is simulating a wildfire and conducting a mock evacuation to improve its response in an exercise called Operation Dry Lighting.  

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B.C’s MRI strategy ‘dramatically’ exceeding target, minister says

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The B.C. Health Ministry is touting the success of its Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging Strategy. Health Minister Adrian Dix says there have been more than 233,000 MRI exams completed in the first year or an additional 44,000 since the B.C. NDP brought in the strategy a year ago.

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‘Free speech’ or ‘hate speech?’ B.C. district advised not to pull anti-SOGI talk despite protests

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A controversial anti-SOGI talk in Oak Bay is raising questions about freedom of speech, after council looked into blocking it but found there's no legal basis to do so.

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Car fire leads to delays at Peace Arch border crossing

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DriveBC told drivers travelling to the States to "expect delays" on both sides of the border.

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Independent investigation of B.C. Legislature officials wraps up

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Former Supreme Court of Canada chief justice Beverley McLachlin has filed her final report in her investigation into allegations of misconduct by two suspended officials of the B.C. Legislature.

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Garbage sent to Philippines 6 years ago is on its way back to Vancouver

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Canada has made a formal offer to have more than six dozen containers of Canadian household trash returned to the Port of Vancouver nearly six years after it was sent to Manila labelled incorrectly as plastics for recycling.

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