8 mins Victoria passes Arts & Innovation district rezoning to next step with 4 pages of alterations The plans to rezone a section of downtown Victoria to form an Arts and Innovation district were presented to committee of the whole with two choices: send back to staff to continue working with the[...]
32 mins B.C. launches secondary suite incentive program in hopes of creating more affordable housing The B.C. government is launching a three-year pilot program called the "Secondary Suite Incentive Program" with the goal of creating more affordable rental homes in the province.
1 hour London Drugs says ‘no evidence’ of customer data breach amid 5th day of closures London Drugs locations across Western Canada remain closed on Thursday, marking the fifth consecutive day of closures for the company following a cybersecurity incident on April 28.
1 hour Dividend hike, CEO pay questioned at BCE annual meeting following job cuts Frustration over BCE Inc.'s 4,800 job cuts earlier this year spilled over at the company's annual general meeting as investors and employees questioned executives on their compensation during a period of belt-tightening for staff.
2 hours Quesnel, B.C., censures mayor, saying his actions jeopardize Indigenous relations Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada's residential school system jeopardize the city's relationship with Indigenous communities.
3 hours Police order B.C. woman who praised Hamas not to protest for 5 months, says her group A pro-Palestinian activist group says its international co-ordinator, who was arrested in a Vancouver hate-crime investigation, was released with an order not to attend any protests for the next five months.
3 hours Ehattesaht First Nation ‘very concerned’ about orphaned orca contacting boats Ehattesaht First Nation members are now concerned after finding out about reports of some interactions with vessels in the area.
4 hours Teens suspected of 3 ‘disturbing’ attacks in Nanaimo within 24 hours Mounties are investigating three separate assaults that occurred in Nanaimo over a 24-hour period, and youths are the suspects in each case.