I went to school with kids whose parents couldn’t afford to give them lunches. Those kids deserve food. It’s not their fault their parents couldn’t afford it.
The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed “a justifiable homicide” under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday....
The Liberals and NDP need to up their housing game before the next election. They’re more worried about protecting paper gains for existing homeowners than than getting prices back to affordable levels....
I’m just curious, but how exactly do Canada’s non-progressive parties ‘have’ the plot? I feel like you could just say ‘Canada’s parties’ because I think we can agree the Cons sure as hell don’t either.
Speaking at a news conference, Forestry Minister Bruce Ralston urged the public to monitor wildfire updates closely over the coming days, as recent record-breaking temperatures have worsened the already tinder-dry conditions across much of the province....
Late Wednesday, Central Okanagan Emergency Operations issued an evacuation alert for 4,800 properties in West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and a portion of the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area.
If the Cons win the next vote (as they’re currently polling to) it’ll be interesting to see how they approach issues like this, given that they voted against confirming climate change is real.
I’d asked how his six-hectare Okanagan farm was faring amidst what’s shaping up to be the worst drought in B.C.’s history, expecting an answer that had something to do with water shortage. But Tumbach told me the drought wasn’t hitting his crop so directly; like most farms in the Okanagan, his irrigation water comes from...
“I started to walk forward and then she’s like, ‘Hold on. You need to put something over that if you’re going to come onto my bus,’” she recalled, adding the driver accused her of not wearing a shirt. “I’m wearing a shirt, it’s called a crop top. I bought it in the shirt section of the store. I know it’s a...
I don’t think that matters, she shows the clothes she was wearing and it’s just standard summer fare. Why are we even talking about what she was wearing though, who cares. Shirt? Check. Shoes? Check. Service? Lacking.
Lorimer Shenher, a retired VPD detective, said he was skeptical that police were continuing to actively investigate the circumstances around Poorman’s disappearance.
Citing an ongoing investigation is “a convenient catch-all tool they use to hide lack of action on a file,” Shenher said, “citing either investigative necessity or the potential of jeopardizing something they have going on.”
Shenher said if the Poorman family has not heard any updates from VPD recently, “you’re safe to assume this is a tactic to avoid scrutiny of the file and their failings.” [Tyee]
Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia’s Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid-30s this weekend....
BC Green Party calls for universal free school lunch program (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Historically bad B.C. wildfire season could be followed by floods, landslides in affected communities, expert says (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Clague says wildfires can make it extremely tough for affected landscapes to handle severe atmospheric rivers....
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Fatal shooting of University of South Carolina student who tried to enter wrong home 'justifiable,' police say (www.nbcnews.com)
The homeowner who fatally shot a 20-year-old University of South Carolina student who tried to enter the wrong home on the street he lived on Saturday morning will not face charges because the incident was deemed “a justifiable homicide” under state law, Columbia police announced Wednesday....
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Donald Trump to surrender at Fulton county jail on Thursday night (www.theguardian.com)
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Canada’s progressive parties have lost the plot on the housing crisis (www.theglobeandmail.com)
The Liberals and NDP need to up their housing game before the next election. They’re more worried about protecting paper gains for existing homeowners than than getting prices back to affordable levels....
B.C. could be facing worst 48 hours of the 2023 wildfire season, officials warn (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Speaking at a news conference, Forestry Minister Bruce Ralston urged the public to monitor wildfire updates closely over the coming days, as recent record-breaking temperatures have worsened the already tinder-dry conditions across much of the province....
4,800 properties on evac alert in B.C.'s Okanagan as lightning, high winds threaten rapid wildfire growth (www.cbc.ca)
Late Wednesday, Central Okanagan Emergency Operations issued an evacuation alert for 4,800 properties in West Kelowna, Westbank First Nation and a portion of the Central Okanagan West Electoral Area.
Trudeau to convene urgent ministers’ meeting as wildfire forces Yellowknife evacuation (www.theglobeandmail.com)
3 Mounties plead not guilty to attempted obstruction of justice in Indigenous man's death | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Another 18 temperature records broken as heat wave grips B.C. (bc.ctvnews.ca)
A number of places broke the 40 C mark Tuesday, including Cache Creek, Lillooet, Lytton and Trail....
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Canada’s wettest province faces historic drought — and a precarious new future (thenarwhal.ca)
I’d asked how his six-hectare Okanagan farm was faring amidst what’s shaping up to be the worst drought in B.C.’s history, expecting an answer that had something to do with water shortage. But Tumbach told me the drought wasn’t hitting his crop so directly; like most farms in the Okanagan, his irrigation water comes from...
B.C. woman says bus driver threatened to refuse service unless she put on a jacket (bc.ctvnews.ca)
“I started to walk forward and then she’s like, ‘Hold on. You need to put something over that if you’re going to come onto my bus,’” she recalled, adding the driver accused her of not wearing a shirt. “I’m wearing a shirt, it’s called a crop top. I bought it in the shirt section of the store. I know it’s a...
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The VPD Won’t Release a Review of Its Chelsea Poorman Investigation | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)
B.C. Interior regions brace for scorching heat this weekend (www.cbc.ca)
Environment Canada says unseasonably hot weather in British Columbia’s Okanagan, Thompson and Boundary regions will push temperatures into the mid-30s this weekend....