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First Nation dealing with wildfires shocked outgoing B.C. government granted mining permits during crisis

Published: 23/07/2017

While Tsilhqot'in elders and leaders were held up in a Abbotsford hotel because of smoke and fire back home, they learned that the B.C. government granted drilling permits to Taseko's controversial Ne ... Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Vancouver police now using machine learning to prevent property crime

Published: 23/07/2017

The Vancouver Police Department is implementing a city-wide "predictive policing" system that uses machine learning to prevent break-ins by predicting where they will occur before they happen — the fi ... Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
How Vancouver's Georgia Straight became a 'hippie newspaper'

Published: 22/07/2017

A lot has changed since 1967's Summer of Love in Vancouver, but fifty years on the Georgia Straight is still printing papers. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca

British Columbia teen becomes youngest Canadian to swim English Channel

Published: 22/07/2017

B.C. teen Emily Epp has become the youngest Canadian to swim across the English Channel. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
The Lost Art of Play: Crossing cultures to build connections

Published: 22/07/2017

For kids from immigrant families who are settling in Canada, play can be a way to fit in and adapt to a new home. But some parents worry that these new ways of playing mean their children are losing t ... Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Federal government to match financial aid contributions for wildfire-stricken B.C.

Published: 22/07/2017

As thousands of evacuees got the OK to return home Saturday, federal public safety Min. Ralph Goodale said Ottawa will match financial aid contributions to the Canadian Red Cross. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca

Learning on the fly: Island high school students take up art of fishing

Published: 22/07/2017

A Campbell river high school teacher is gearing up to hit the river, rod and reel in hand, with 30 students. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Victoria shelter offers pet boarding for women leaving violence

Published: 22/07/2017

Leaving violence behind can be scary, challenging and logistically overwhelming, especially for women who have pets to consider. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Got rats? Call Jack, Vancouver's only working canine exterminator

Published: 22/07/2017

At a mere 10 kilograms, Jack the rat terrier doesn't look lethal. But the Vancouver dog is an expert in sniffing out and killing rodents. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca

Experts say don't be a 'garden hose hero' in the face of an evacuation order

Published: 22/07/2017

Some in B.C. have defied evacuation orders to defend properties, but emergency management experts urge people to follow orders. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
'There was just lots of neon spandex': A look back at the aerobics craze of the late '80s

Published: 22/07/2017

There was the music. There was the hair. And then there were the outfits. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
This cannibalistic invasive species could be coming to your dinner table

Published: 22/07/2017

Food scientists are exploring ways to turn the European green crab into a lucrative commercial industry. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca

Canadians set record with U.S. real estate shopping spree

Published: 22/07/2017

The big spending comes despite the loonie's relative weakness compared to the greenback. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
'Please save my pets': B.C. fire evacuee family pleads for help

Published: 22/07/2017

Some fire evacuated families in B.C.'s Interior are urging emergency crews and animal rescue workers to save the pets in their locked homes after not having the time to get them following swift evacua ... Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
'Happiness, it's all fine:' B.C. residents rejoice after wildfire close call

Published: 22/07/2017

Residents like Joy and Terry Klein, who live north of Cache Creek B.C., returned home to their property after being away for two weeks to find everything intact but with scorched earth metres from the ... Read more

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Pair charged in Downtown Eastside shooting death

Published: 22/07/2017

A man and a woman have both been charged in a fatal shooting at Vancouver’s Savoy Hotel this winter. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Oh, baby: B.C. wildfire evacuee families welcome newborns

Published: 22/07/2017

Ten tiny newborns have made the days a little brighter for families forced out of their homes this month by B.C.’s wildfire emergency. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Russian punk rock lover hosts festival in Vancouver

Published: 22/07/2017

Tim Bogdachev first heard punk rock on a boombox in Siberia in the mid-1990s and, from that moment, was hooked. He's now bringing his own twist on the scene to Vancouver. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca

Port Hardy cop cleared of wrongdoing after shooting, killing man in 2015

Published: 22/07/2017

The Independent Investigations Office will not recommend charges against a Port Hardy RCMP officer who shot a knife-wielding man five times. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
The lost art of play: No resilience without risk, says researcher

Published: 22/07/2017

Parents might want to shield their children from unpleasant experiences but experts say that playing it too safe is actually harmful. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca
Most evacuation orders from Princeton wildfire to be lifted

Published: 21/07/2017

Hundreds of people will soon be allowed to return to their homes in the Princeton area, two weeks after they were ordered out because of a wildfire. Read more

Source: www.cbc.ca

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