Daniel Wagner

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Rob Gibson |Matt Simmons |Darron Kloster |Daniel Wagner

Rumours spread like wildfire — and rumours about wildfire are no exception. In Canada’s westernmost province, the BC Wildfire Service is taking to its social media channels to tackle misinformation with an unlikely tool: kindness. Take the term “human caused.” Wildfire agencies use it to describe all wildfires that aren’t started by lightning, but many people have incorrectly conflated that with arson and the idea has taken hold.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Rob Gibson |Darron Kloster |Daniel Wagner |Brent Richter

New Democrats in British Columbia under Premier David Eby and the provincial Greens say an agreement between the two parties has yielded challenges, but the two sides are committed to keep working with each other.

2 weeks ago | castanet.net | Rob Gibson |Darron Kloster |Daniel Wagner |Brent Richter

A sewer-line construction project near Courtenay has unearthed some well-preserved wooden tools and small lengths of rope believed to be 3,800 years old. The wooden wedges traditionally used to split logs into planks for house construction and small lengths of cordage used in many facets of daily life were found last month off Farmview Road between Courtenay and Comox.