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Long-term tenants provide a greater economic resource and use far more local services, such as medical, libraries, recreational facilities and schools. …Read the full story

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On Thursday a large stack of donated supplies, ranging from brand-new medical supplies to infant clothing, diapers, hygiene items and more were piled up in the store, rivalling in size the carefully organized product displays. …Read the full story

We just want to bring all of this to our dances,” said Harwood after their fifth successful community dance on March 4 at Chesterman Beach. “One of the woman said to me that she hadn’t experienced joy in over seven months and not only that, she had tears of joy during that dance. Channel 1 […]

After the interview heads, I’m heading toward Chemainus and it hits me I should have had a picture taken of myself with Sophia. …Read the full story

There is another roundabout a block to the north on 207th Street, and another just to the west down 82nd Avenue. …Read the full story

Zeltzer and her fully-vaccinated family, which includes her husband, 10-year-old son and six-year-old daughter, take off for their Broadway-filled five-day trip to Manhattan the second week of March. Gerlsbeck said many of her clients are booking vacations for the first time since before the pandemic, including some who’ve postponed the same trips since March 2020. […]

The CWR photo-ID expert, Dave Ellifrit, found the whales near Kelp Reef and confirmed the new addition to J-Pod. CWR field staff last saw J37 during Encounter 12 on Feb. J59 is the first calf born into J Pod since September 2020, when J41 gave birth to J58 . …Read the full story

Photos taken from near the scene show at least a dozen fully-armoured officers in the 300-block of Vincent Avenue and a man being taken into custody. The resident added that police were using a loudspeaker to tell someone to follow officer directions, and that two loud booms were heard shortly after. …Read the full story

Devon Sereda Goldie, president of the cultural center and Victoria’s branch of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, said what surprised her the most since Russia’s invasion on Feb. “Right now, Canada should be doing everything they can to promote peace in that region. …Read the full story

A mother miniature pot-bellied pig and her female piglet are seen at the Chilliwack SPCA on Thursday, Dec. …Read the full story

The Royal Canadian Legion received $6,000 in total, half for the Remembrance Day luncheon, and the other half to go towards a Christmas Dinner 2022. …Read the full story

Both groups collectively were able to raise, through community donations, $200,000. Quinn Griesdale, director of French Creek House Ltd, said they are pleased to work with BC Parks Foundation and local partners to make a legacy gift to the eagles and community. “When I started working on this project it became obvious very quickly that […]

The shoreline flushing training held on the beach between the Anacortes ferry terminal and the boat launch ramp in Tulista Park saw crews deploy shoreline booms in the shape of rectangles with the beach forming one of the sides. The hose then dispensed the water onto the beach through holes on its top. “If you […]

Interior Health says it’s starting to resume services that were temporarily paused last month, including the resumption of scheduled surgeries starting next week. …Read the full story

Sadly, this COVID affair has messed with almost everybody’s life. With nearly 3.2 million cases recorded in Canada, there can be no doubt many thousands of Canadians are also dealing with the long-term symptoms of COVID-19. Because of them and because 83 per cent of the eligible Canadian population is fully vaccinated, we are just […]

Over the past months, the Gallant family has been flown to Vancouver to film commercials and other features for Variety’s upcoming telethon, which is set to take place Feb. …Read the full story

Sturgeon tagger Colin Bond of Surrey made the discovery. “It swam off and then down, and out of sight. “We know fish do this when there is a low food supply, and there is definitely low food for sturgeon in the Fraser given the issues with salmon and eulachon,” Shreier said. Bond motored around looking […]