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Longtime education assistant Caroline Thompson serves as crossing guard twice a day at the intersection of Cook and Quadra streets in Saanich. Her goal is to get students, and the general public, across the road safely in a sometimes hostile environment. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
VIDEO: Parents petition to avoid ‘preventable’ tragedy at Island intersection
A two-vehicle collision on Nov. 15 sent two men to the hospital in Maple Ridge with serious injuries. (Curtis Kreklau/Special to The News)
PHOTOS: Driver catches fire after serious vehicle collision in Maple Ridge
Salmon Arm’s 4AG Robotics (formerly TechBrew Robotics) has secured $17.5 million in financing to accelerate the development and deployment robotic solutions for mushroom harvesting. (TechBrew Robotics/Youtube image)
B.C. robotics firm secures $17.5M to revolutionize mushroom industry
The lawyer for Nathan Chasing Horse asked the Nevada Supreme Court to drop all charges against the former actor and self-described medicine man who is facing charges of sexual assault. Chasing Horse sits in court in Las Vegas, Monday, April 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ty O’Neil
‘Dances With Wolves’ actor asks US court to drop charges in ‘cult-like’ sex case
Spiritbox has been nominated for a Grammy. (Spiritbox/Facebook)
B.C.-based metal band Spiritbox nominated for a Grammy
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen leaving a restaurant in Chinatown Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2023) as nearly 100 Vancouver Police officers were deployed to the area to disperse and control pro-Palestine protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. (palsolidaritycad/Instagram)
Protesters demand Gaza ceasefire as Trudeau dines in Vancouver
A new database of emerging “designer drugs” is allowing B.C. labs to make more educated decisions about what clinical tests to invest in and how to confirm which drugs are currently circulating. (Mireille Raad/Unsplash)
Emerging ‘designer drugs’ can be ID’d faster in B.C. with new urinalysis method
A senior on a fixed income who walks with canes came out to find her vehicle not only have its ignition and window punched out but offensive words written on her vehicle that point to the vandalism was part of a TikTok challenge. (Submitted)
Mobility-challenged B.C. senior’s car trashed in apparent TikTok challenge
Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon talks during a press conference in the rotunda at the legislature Victoria, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. British Columbia’s minister of housing is warning people not to fall for short-term rental scams as the province moves to limit the hotel alternatives to increase housing stock. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
B.C. housing minister warns not to help ‘desperate scammers’ with Airbnb fraud
Tofino nurse Andrea McGowan was given a one-year suspension on Nov. 6, 2023, for sexual misconduct relating to her co-workers. (Pixabay)
B.C. nurse suspended for making sexual comments, gestures to co-workers
Seen through a police vehicle window, Peter Nygard arrives to a Courthouse in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, to attend his trial, accused of five counts of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement in alleged incidents ranging from the 1980s to mid-2000s. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Peter Nygard found guilty of 4 sexual assault charges, acquitted on 2 others
FILE - The province reinstated mask mandates in health-care settings on Oct. 3, 2023. (Ashley Wadhwani/Black Press Media)
Early COVID peak levelling off in B.C.; 847K boosters administered: Henry
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Okanagan company suing after BC Tree Fruits allegedly stiffed the bill
Dominika and Gavin McDonald and their three-year-old Alexander, by some of the damage that, they claim, was caused by their tenants. (Colleen Flanagan/The News)
Trashed house has B.C. landlords rethinking renting, looking for protection
Some 50 people rallied outside the provincial legislature against the provincial vaccine mandate and Bill 36.(Wolf Depner/News Staff)
Group rallies outside B.C. Legislature against health care vaccine mandate
Sanjiv Gandhi, a former children’s surgeon, joined B.C. Greens party leader Sonia Furstenau and house leader Adam Olsen in Vancouver in January when party announced him as their second deputy leader. Furstenau fired him Thursday after he liked a tweet comparing provincial health officer Bonnie Henry to Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi doctor. (Screencap)
Green deputy leader Gandhi fired after liking tweet referencing Nazi doctor
In this May 9, 2017, file photo, a package from Amazon Prime is loaded for delivery in New York. Burnaby RCMP arrested an Amazon driver in September 2023 who allegedly stole 32 packages instead of delivering them. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
B.C. Amazon driver accused of stealing 32 packages, selling them online
New legislation tabled Wednesday upzones areas around Skytrain stations and bus exchanges in promising to create 100,000 new units. (Anna Burns/Surrey Leader Now)
B.C. aims to increase housing density around rapid transit, bus exchanges
FILE - The Airbnb app icon is displayed on an iPad screen in Washington, D.C., on May 8, 2021. Airbnb reports earnings on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Airbnb set to play favourites with listings in bid to improve reliability
A Victoria restaurant and bar has been fined for serving beer to a minor. (pxfuel.com)
Underage pint costs popular B.C. restaurant humiliation and $7K