Alanna Kelly

4 days ago | castanet.net | Colin Dacre |Alanna Kelly |Brenna Owen |Ashley Joannou

Alanna Kelly / Lodestar Media - Jun 2, 2025 / 6:20 pm | Story: 553967A small group of people living on Texada Island are trying to privately relocate a grizzly bear but conservation officers say the plan is not sanctioned by them or the province. The adult male grizzly has a yellow ear tag and was first spotted in Shehtekwahn Bay, across from Powell River, on May 25. The qathet Regional District said the bear swam to Texada on May 24 or 25 after spending about a week in the Powell River area.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kathy Michaels |Nicholas Johansen |Nono Shen |Alanna Kelly

Along her journey towards understanding Vancouver's crows, psychology professor Suzanne MacDonald says she made a friend. It's a crow that brings her gifts after she set up a bird feeder at her home in the neighbourhood of Kitsilano. Once, it was a barnacle-covered shell, which MacDonald treasures. Other times, it was "bits of garbage" that MacDonald doesn't fancy much, though she "appreciates the sentiment.""I think he definitely recognizes me.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kathy Michaels |Nicholas Johansen |Alanna Kelly |Wolfgang Depner

An American lawyer stripped of his security clearance by U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadians need to be "vigilant" about attacks on political freedom south of the border. Mark Zaid, a speaker at the Web Summit Vancouver tech conference, said he never expected to get "attacked" by a sitting president over the work he's done in his three decades practising law, representing clients from the worlds of intelligence and national security.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Kathy Michaels |Nicholas Johansen |Alanna Kelly |Wolfgang Depner

Alanna Kelly / Lodestar Media - | Story: 553293Conservation officers are heading to Texada Island after a grizzly bear has been spotted for a second time. Residents of Texada Island were warned about a large grizzly bear on the island on Wednesday. The bear, an adult male with a yellow ear tag, was first spotted in Shehtekwahn Bay, across from Powell River.

1 week ago | castanet.net | Nicholas Johansen |Kathy Michaels |Jami Makan |Alanna Kelly

Provincial Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says his government has no plans to change its short-term rental (STR) legislation after the BC Real Estate Association called for it to be tweaked for economic and tourism reasons. As the province ramps up STR enforcement, Kahlon said STRs and hotels remain available across the province, even as some stakeholders say tourist accommodation could burst at the seams this summer as many British Columbians avoid U.S. travel and vacation locally.