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School District No. 74 includes Desert Sands Community School in Ashcroft. (Photo credit: DSCS)
$200,000 private donation helps B.C. district fill teacher shortage
The Bush Creek East wildfire in the Shuswap has burned an estimated 43,084 hectares as of Aug. 31, 2023. Because of severe drought conditions, if regions get too much rain too quickly this fall it could lead to flooding, but if there’s not enough rain the drought season could continue into 2024. (BC Wildfire Service)
Drought conditions in B.C. a ‘sleeping giant of a natural disaster’
B.C.’s ombudsperson Jay Chalke has released his latest report, “Misinformed,” which details the experience of a former youth in care who was removed from her home by the Children and Family Development Ministry before being transferred into her aunt’s custody at the age of 17. She was ultimately given incorrect information that she would be entitled to financial help for post-secondary school. (Office of the Ombudsperson/Special to Langley Advance Times)
B.C. failed youth in care with bad info, may have failed others: report
This bright light on the bottom of this picture was a series of three lights Campbell River resident Dean Berg captured on video May 29. Photo from Dean Berg
VIDEO: B.C. man believes he shot video of UFO off Vancouver Island
The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision this morning as forecasters widely anticipate the central bank will hold its key interest rate steady. The Bank of Canada building is pictured in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Bank of Canada holds key rate steady, makes no promises for next time
FILE - An Air Canada Airbus A330 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Air Canada says it has apologized to two women who were booted off a flight by security after protesting that their seats were smeared in vomit. The airline said Tuesday, Sept. 5, that the passengers “clearly did not receive the standard of care to which they were entitled.” (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)
Air Canada sorry after vomit smear complaint has 2 escorted off plane
Vehicles line up for fuel at Fort Providence, N.W.T., on the only road south from Yellowknife, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Thousands of vehicles are expected to travel to Yellowknife in the coming days as a three-week evacuation order is set to lift at noon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Yellowknife post-wildfire migration home gets underway today
Tamara Lich makes her way back to the courthouse following a brief break on the first day of the trial for "Freedom Convoy" organizers Lich and Chris Barber, Tuesday, September 5, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Freedom Convoy leaders didn’t hold line, they crossed it: prosecution
FILE - Joe Jonas, left, and Sophie Turner appear at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 12, 2023, at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jonas has filed for divorce from Turner after four years of marriage and two children. The 34-year-old Jonas Brothers singer filed to end his marriage with the 27-year-old star of “Game of Thrones” and “X-Men” actor on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in a Florida court. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Joe Jonas files for divorce from Sophie Turner
The Cowichan Valley School District is the third district to sever ties with Camp Qwanoes, following their views on a lack on inclusivity. (Citizen File)
Cowichan Valley School District cuts ties with Camp Qwanoes
Education Minister Rachna Singh, here seen in June, says B.C. won’t follow Quebec’s example of a province-wide ban of cellphones in classrooms as school returns. (Photo courtesy of Langley School District).
Sweeping cellphone ban not incoming for B.C. classrooms
The Town of Princeton is no longer able to post links from its website to social media. (File photo)
Town of Princeton no longer able to post notices to community Facebook groups
In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger a vehicle drives through mud at the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. An unusual late-summer storm stranded thousands at the week-long event. (Rebecca Barger/@rebeccabargerphoto via AP)
Burning Man party-goers shaking off the mud and heading home
Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich and follow convoy organizer Chris Barber are scheduled to stand trial in Ottawa Tuesday for their role in the Freedom Convoy protest that overtook the streets of Ottawa for weeks and sparked a national emergency. Lich, centre, chats with Drew Barnes MLA Cypress Medicine Hat, left, and others before the 2023 budget, in Edmonton, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Freedom Convoy trial gets underway in Ottawa
The BC Wildfire Services says long weekend weather conditions caused “very aggressive fire activity” on several active blazes in the province’s central fire zone. A hot spot from the Lower East Adams Lake wildfire burns in Scotch Creek, B.C., on Sunday, August 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Wildfires fuelled by weekend wind and heat in central B.C.
Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology will impact learning and academic integrity. Grade 3 teacher Catherine Rioux-Tache leads her students into class at Sainte-Cecile elementary school on their first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
School boards grappling with AI use in classroom, but formal policies still elusive
The META logo is seen at the Vivatech show in Paris in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Thibault Camus
$234 million price tag hung on Facebook, Google under Online News Act
An orphaned black bear cub is recovering after being injured in wildfires in the Shuswap area. BC Conservation Officer Service said the bear was first spotted in the Skwlāx te Secwepemcúl̓ecw First Nation community near Chase. (BCCOS)
Orphaned black bear rescued in Shuswap area now recovering in Smithers
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Homeless spent free cash on staples, not temptations, UBC study finds
The poll by Leger shows that 47 per cent of respondents say they’re living paycheque to paycheque, including 53 per cent of those aged 18 to 35 and 57 per cent of people between the ages of 35 and 54. (File photo)
Cost of living crisis squeezing Canadians, Tory support grows: poll