7 mins Victoria resident wins BC Children’s Hospital lottery grand prize A Victoria resident is the winner of this year’s BC Children's Hospital Choices Lottery.
2 hours BC SPCA offering 50% off adoption fees for ‘Adopt a Shelter Pet’ day The BC SPCA is offering 50 per cent off its adoption fees for the next two weeks to celebrate “Adopt a Shelter Pet Day,” which falls on April 30. The 50 per cent off promotion[...]
3 hours BC Greens pitch more drug inhalation sites as decriminalization debate continues: Rob Shaw The B.C. Green Party is calling on the NDP government to allow inhalation of drugs at all supervised consumption sites as a way to help address concerns about drug use in public spaces and at hospitals in the wake of decriminalization.
3 hours Honda to get up to $5B in government assistance for EV battery, assembly plants The funding which includes up to $5 billion in public funds is expected to see the two main plants create 1,000 jobs on top of retaining the existing 4,200 jobs at the assembly plant.
3 hours B.C., Ottawa contribute to $8.7M fund for hundreds of EV charging ports in Greater Victoria Hundreds of EV charging ports will be installed in the Greater Victoria area after an investment of more than $8.7 million.
4 hours Evacuation order downgraded to alert for wildfire near Chetwynd, B.C. The Peace River Regional District has rescinded an evacuation order issued last night in response to an out-of-control wildfire in northeastern British Columbia.
4 hours Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction overturned by NY appeals court New York's highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, reversing a landmark ruling of the #MeToo era.
4 hours Legendary hockey broadcaster Bob Cole, a welcome voice for a half-century, dead at 90 Bob Cole, a welcome voice for Canadian hockey fans for a half-century, has died at the age of 90.