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3 days ago |
castanet.net | Sarah Crookall |Glen Korstrom |Wolfgang Depner |Jeremy Hainsworth
B.C. drivers are continuing to travel far less frequently to Washington State through border crossings near Vancouver than they did one year ago. Data from the Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse show a 46.7-per-cent plunge in the number of southbound crossings at the Peace Arch, Pacific Highway, Lynden and Sumas points of entry in May: to 113,997 such crossings from 213,714 in the same month in 2024.
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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.
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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.
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1 week ago |
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Laura Brougham
Controversial legislation to fast-track infrastructure projects in British Columbia goes to a final vote in the legislature on Wednesday night, after attracting condemnation from First Nations leaders and environment and business groups. Speaker Raj Chouhan is expected to cast the deciding vote in favour of the government’s Bill 15.
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1 week ago |
cheknews.ca | Wolfgang Depner |Laura Brougham
British Columbia’s chief electoral officer has issued a report he says pushes back against “false narratives” about the 2024 provincial election, as the Opposition BC Conservatives continue to call for an independent review. Anton Boegman says the falsehoods include claims about many non-citizens voting, widespread multiple voting and extensive fraudulent use of mail-in voting.
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