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Vancouver
Non-Browning GM Apple Worries BC Fruit Growers
May 23, 2012, 11:35 pmA biotech company’s bid to market a genetically modified apple that doesn’t brown when sliced is prompting concern among conventional and organic fruit growers in B.C.’s [...]
BC to Get New Public Holiday in February
May 17, 2012, 1:18 am
As B.C. ruminates on which day would be best to set aside for Family Day, a recent survey reveals that Canada has the fewest public holidays of any developed nation in the world.
BC First Nation Fights to Save Ancient Village Site
May 9, 2012, 11:07 pm
A B.C. First Nation is trying to preserve an ancient village and burial site that were part of what was once one of the largest pre-contact middens on Canada’s Pacific coast.
Ban Military Exercises in Critical Whale Habitat, Navy Told
March 26, 2012, 11:53 pm
A group of eight B.C. conservation groups is urging the Royal Canadian Navy to stop conducting military training exercises in the critical habitat of the highly endangered [...]
BC Facing Construction Boom, Huge Labour Shortage
March 14, 2012, 10:09 pm
With British Columbia’s construction industry about to take off and some 35,000 employees retiring in the coming years, the province is facing a massive skilled labour shortage.
Rio Tinto Alcan Returns Native Traditional Land
February 1, 2012, 2:47 am
Six decades after the fact, Rio Tinto Alcan has returned 11,000 acres of land expropriated from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation in northern B.C. in the early 1950s.
Whistler Sledding Industry Rebounds after Dog Slaughter
January 25, 2012, 2:42 am
It was a year ago this month that news of the now-infamous sled dog slaughter in Whistler, B.C, made headlines around the world.
Living on Welfare Tests Politician’s Endurance
January 11, 2012, 8:59 pm
A B.C. MLA is finding that surviving on welfare is just that—surviving, with every waking minute devoted to scrounging enough money for his next meal.
Trial Lawyers Walk off Job in BC
January 5, 2012, 1:56 am
British Columbia’s congested courtrooms face crippling shortages after half the province’s courthouses lost trial lawyers serving as duty counsels in a fight over legal aid.
Downtown Vancouver Parkade to Get High-Tech Rooftop Greenhouse
December 19, 2011, 10:01 pm
Vancouver is about to get North America’s first VertiCrop rooftop veggie garden as part of the city’s goal to become the world’s greenest city by 2020.
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