Chris Wirth

A newly-coined word, “renoviction,” has come into use in certain circles in Vancouver. It describes a trend in which landlords are evicting tenants for renovations and then raising the rent — often by as much as 50 per cent.

In what many are calling a disappointing decision, the international body responsible for managing the Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin Tuna fishery set the total allowable catch much higher than critics believe the already precarious fishery can bear.

A recent rally in Victoria, the biggest since the heady days of the Clayoquot Sound protests of 1993, brought attention to the problems in British Columbia’s struggling forestry sector, not the least of which is the loss of jobs—18,000 in the past year alone.

It has been six years since Amanda Zhao’s body was found stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a remote area of British Columbia.