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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Stefan Labbe
As kids across the province prepare for the start of the summer holidays, the BC Highway Patrol is taking the unusual step of debunking online rumours about school zones. BC Highway Patrol issued a news release on Thursday with the headline “No, school zones are not changing to 24/7”. “Some disreputable websites are claiming that all Canadian school zones will be in effect 24/7 starting July 1, 2025.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Stefan Labbe
An accident at a dry dock on Vancouver Island that caused significant damage to Canada’s most-advanced military submarine five years ago was caused by a series of avoidable failures, newly uncovered records show. The full details of those failures, which have previously gone unreported, include a lack of key equipment, a breakdown in communication and pressure to complete a critical test more quickly because of a local noise bylaw that may not have even applied.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Stefan Labbe
A B.C. judge has turned down a proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of people allegedly subjected to unlawful police conduct while protesting old-growth logging on Vancouver Island. The case stems from 2020, when the B.C. government granted Teal Cedar Products Ltd. permits to log timber in the Fairy Creek watershed, part of Tree Farm Licence 46.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Wolfgang Depner
British Columbia's Conservative caucus members are meeting in Surrey today in what a political scientist says could be the start of a "messy" summer for party Leader John Rustad. It comes as Rustad's leadership is under review and questions arise about his handling of allegations he made in a letter accusing some former Conservative members of the legislature of blackmail.
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castanet.net | Cindy White |Rob Gibson |Colin Dacre |Adam Campbell
Higher oil and gas exports are helping to drive growth projected for B.C.’s GDP even amid global trade uncertainty. That’s according to a Deloitte LLP economic outlook released Wednesday that says the province’s economy is expected to grow by one per cent in 2025 — the sixth-highest growth rate among Canadian provinces.
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