Colin Dacre
Content Director at Castanet News
Content director @CastanetNews — [email protected]
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4 days ago |
castanet.net | Colin Dacre |Brieanna Charlebois |Abby Luciano |Roxanne Egan-Elliott
The stretch of the Alaska Highway near Fort Nelson, B.C., that closed Monday due to a nearby wildfire has reopened to single lane traffic. Drive BC announced the update in a post around 9:30 p.m., saying the status could change quickly depending on wildfire activity. The BC Wildfire Service says the blaze is about 26 square kilometres in size and is burning out of control about 10 kilometres northeast of Summit Lake.
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5 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.
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5 days ago |
castanet.net | Colin Dacre |Ashley Joannou |Maria Rantanen |Chuck Chiang
The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port Coquitlam share home. A statement from the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction says the review will assess safety in home-sharing arrangements, standards that promote quality of life, as well as accountability and oversight measures.
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5 days ago |
castanet.net | Colin Dacre |Kirk Penton |Maria Rantanen |Chuck Chiang
Maria Rantanen / Richmond News - | Story: 553937Richmond RCMP is asking the public to help identify a man suspected of stealing luggage at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) in mid-January. RCMP received a report of stolen luggage on Jan. 14. The complaint described the luggage as a carry-on size bag with purple and white dots.
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1 week ago |
castanet.net | Colin Dacre
Kelowna residents battling prostate cancer will have new treatment options and improved diagnostics as the province expands “cutting-edge” medical imaging and a new precision cancer treatment that delivers radiation directly to cancer cells. “This year, an estimated 4,165 people in British Columbia will be diagnosed with prostate cancer," said Josie Osborne, Minister of Health, in a news release.
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Penticton firm intends to buy last assets, including trademarks, of BC Tree Fruits https://t.co/QNGZ1LjjQl
It's a real problem that needs a solution. We are shipping bodies to the U.S. to be cremated right now because cities don't want new crematoriums built https://t.co/eeRN92mZlH
British Columbians: Can we please have healthcare? BC Greens: How about we turn you into mulch when you die? @TaraArmstrongBC kept her composure better than I ever could. Why would anyone sponsor this petition? https://t.co/9B7EdrpTY9
A teacher sending sexually explicit messages to a teen may be creepy, but without the intention to follow through it’s not criminal, a Kelowna judge ruled Monday. https://t.co/KwXXAN43RO
