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The Government of Canada is requiring that federally regulated employers provide free menstrual products for their employees by Dec. 15, 2023. (Pixabay)
‘As necessary as toilet paper and soap’: Federal workplaces required to provide menstrual products
Don’t leave dogs in the car, even with the air conditioner running, begs the BC SPCA. (BC SPCA photo)
Don’t break a window: BC SPCA outlines how best to handle a dog left in a hot car
Hinterland farm. (Caleb Beyers Photography)
Pender Island alpaca, llama sanctuary turns wool into yarn
The Barriere RCMP detachment is located on on Barriere Town Road. (Angie Mindus photo - Star Journal)
Five-year-old girl hospitalized after bear spray assault; B.C. senior facing charges
Chinese President Xi Jinping gives a joint press conference with France’s President Emmanuel Macron at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, April 6, 2023. The head of a Vancouver-based group that says it is a “non-political” organization helping Chinese integrate into Canadian society travelled to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping at a government conference this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Thibault Camus
Head of ‘non-political’ B.C. group meets China’s Xi Jinping at gathering of ‘fresh troops’
Smoke from an out-of-control fire near Lodgepole, Alta., is shown in this May 4, 2023 handout photo. An out-of-control wildfire has caused thousands of people to flee their homes in Drayton Valley, Alta., and the surrounding rural area. (Photo by Alberta Wildfire /The Canadian Press
Fire danger continues to be ‘extreme’ in most parts of province: Alberta government
Gaagwiis Jason Alsop president of the Haida Nation addresses the Legislative Assembly on May 9 to witness the passing of the Haida Nation Recognition Act and explaining it’s significance to the people. (Photo: Wolfgang Depner/Black Press Media)
Province recognizes Haida Nation self-governance with legislation
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin gestures during a regular press conference in Beijing, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. China announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave the country over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmaker and his family. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China expels Canadian diplomat in tit-for-tat response
Two out-of-control wildfires in northeastern British Columbia have nearly doubled in size in one day. A pyrocumulus cloud, also known as a fire cloud, rises in the mountains above Lytton, B.C., on Sunday, Aug.15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
High temperatures in B.C. pose ‘threat of new wildfires,’ wildfire service warns
Carson Crimeni (file)
Carson Crimeni’s killer pleads guilty to manslaughter
Katy Perry performs during the concert at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Sunday, May 7, 2023, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. It is one of several events over a three-day weekend of celebrations. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
Lionel Richie, Katy Perry sing for royal coronation concert
Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 performs during a concert in Quebec City on Friday, July 15, 2022. Canadian pop-punk band Sum 41 will split up following the release of their final album and a farewell world tour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP
Pop-punk band Sum 41 to split up after finishing tour and final album, band says
An iPhone displays the Facebook app in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. Facebook says it is not dead. It’s not even just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. The social media platform born before the iPhone is approaching two decades in existence. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old.
A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. A representative for Meta says it has a team that is working toward blocking news for its Canadian users on Facebook and Instagram. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Chiu
Meta has team working to block news on Facebook, Instagram from Canadian users
B.C. Premier David Eby said government is taking serious the recommendations following the release of a forensic audit into BC Housing. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Ex-CEO of BC Housing called out for conflict of interest involving wife: report
A man sunbathes on a hot spring day in Madrid, Spain, on April 18, 2023. Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, said Monday May 8, 2023 the average daily temperature in April was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 Fahrenheit), that is 3 degrees Celsius above the average. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)
Spain records hottest and driest April on record
(File photo by BLACK PRESS)
Paramedic shortages still plague B.C. rural areas, but remedies may be in the works
Canada’s electronic waste has more than tripled in the last two decades and is expected to continue rising, researchers have found, prompting calls for better e-waste management to reap its economic benefits and reduce environmental harm. Wires and electronic e-waste is pictured at the North Vancouver, recycle depot, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
Canada’s electronic waste more than tripled in 20 years, study indicates
King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave from the Royal Box ahead of the concert at Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Sunday, May 7, 2023, celebrating the coronation of King Charles III. It is one of several events over a three-day weekend of celebrations. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
King Charles III makes virtual appearance on ‘American Idol’
Helicopters with water buckets battle the Flood Falls Trail wildfire, in Hope, B.C., on Sept. 12, 2022. Three separate out-of-control wildfires burning near the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta, including two in the Peace River region, have prompted evacuation orders and an alert. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
3 uncontrolled wildfires near B.C.-Alberta boundary force evacuations