Skip to content

Highlights

Burnaby school to turn dead vines into majestic warhorse artwork

Burnaby school to turn dead vines into majestic warhorse artwork

Eco-arts company The Wizards of Makery will work with students at Cariboo Hill Secondary to create an eight-foot-tall warhorse or charger out of vines and twigs.
Opinion: Listening to youth voices was missing in the COVID-19 pandemic response

Opinion: Listening to youth voices was missing in the COVID-19 pandemic response

Insights from youth about COVID-19 school closures and youth exclusion from pandemic-related decisions suggest we have an opportunity to improve how we support youths' rights.
Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Les Leyne: Government ends contract with group allegedly buying drugs on dark web

Vancouver Coastal Health had contracted the “Drug Users Liberation Front” to provide street-level support for drug users, such as drug-checking and overdose-prevention training
B.C. tribunal dismisses strata's $30K claim against owner

B.C. tribunal dismisses strata's $30K claim against owner

Collecting legal fees for an unproven or unadmitted bylaw breach unreasonable and unfair, tribunal member says.
Report calling for action on foreign intimidation gets backing from diaspora communities

Report calling for action on foreign intimidation gets backing from diaspora communities

Diaspora community leaders call on government to take concrete action to stop foreign governments from meddling with Canadian lives.
B.C. researchers working to improve wildfire prediction

B.C. researchers working to improve wildfire prediction

Today's wildfire modelling technology could have helped reduce the impact of Canada's most costly natural disaster.
Burnaby high school pushes to drop former Indian agent’s name

Burnaby high school pushes to drop former Indian agent’s name

Byrne Creek Community School was named after a creek, but that creek was named after a former Indian agent, so students and staff are calling for change in the name of Truth and Reconciliation.
Purple Line problems: Burnaby councillors clash over North Shore bus rapid transit routes

Purple Line problems: Burnaby councillors clash over North Shore bus rapid transit routes

TransLink wants to prioritize bus rapid transit from Park Royal to Metrotown, but the routes were up for debate at city council in Burnaby
British Columbians lead Canada in weekly seafood consumption

British Columbians lead Canada in weekly seafood consumption

A new poll shows a majority of British Columbians prefer wild-caught or harvested fish and seafood.
New maps show how climate change might reshape our planet's biomes

New maps show how climate change might reshape our planet's biomes

A new study sheds light on how climate change might redraw Earth's biological landscape.