Closed B.C. beaches serve up worst of paralytic shellfish poisonings
Credit to Author: Randy Shore| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:35:56 +0000
Tests on contaminated seafood found toxin levels up to 250 times the regulatory limit
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'Why are we being charged so much?' Comparing gas prices across B.C. causes confusion
Credit to Author: Glenda Luymes| Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 01:12:17 +0000
Residents in Powell River, Squamish and Chilliwack question why pump prices are lower in neighbouring communities
Read more'Toxic drug supply' to blame for Island man's overdose death, says family
Credit to Author: Lora Grindlay| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:45:11 +0000
‘It’s a poisoning from a toxic drug supply provided by organized crime, the sole provider of toxic drugs to millions of Canadians. It’s not an overdose crisis. It’s a toxic-drug-supply crisis’
Read moreVancouver Island teacher suspended for inappropriate comments
Credit to Author: Scott Brown| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:23:46 +0000
Joshua Laurin said he wanted to use one of his students to beat two other students to death and injure a third
Read moreBarge runs aground off Quadra Island but no injuries or sign of pollution
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:07:26 +0000
Six people aboard are safe and did not suffer any injuries
Read moreMan struck Victoria store employee with hatchet during robbery attempt
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2019 17:01:22 +0000
Police say an employee who attempted to stop the man from leaving without paying for various items was struck with the hatchet and ended up with non-life-threatening injuries.
Read moreSupport workers on strike in Saanich School District
Credit to Author: Cayley Dobie| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:18:16 +0000
The Saanich School District and CUPE Local 441 failed to reach an agreement on the weekend.
Read moreSupport workers set to strike Monday, closing 18 schools in Saanich
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 22:16:36 +0000
District superintendent says support workers paid hourly wages ranging from 30 cents to $4 lower than other area districts because the workers opted for better benefits decades ago
Read moreDoe, a deer — 60 of them in Oak Bay — are being treated with contraceptive vaccine
Credit to Author: Lora Grindlay| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:08:04 +0000
Complaints about deer damaging gardens, disrupting traffic, attacking people and pets, and discomfort about killing deer, led to the contraception effort.
Read moreB.C. school districts target vaping, call for increased regulation
Credit to Author: Cayley Dobie| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 21:21:39 +0000
The Central Okanagan School District is the latest district to voice concerns about vaping in schools.
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