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CEO of beleaguered Royal B.C. Museum resigns after 16 months

The CEO of the Royal B.C. Museum stepped down after nearly a year-and-a-half on the job.The Victoria-based provincial museum's board announced CEO Alicia Dubois's resignation...

Vancouver Island food banks run short as only highway could be shut for weeks due to wildfire

Food banks and soup kitchens are starting to see the impacts of a wildfire that has closed the only highway into Port Alberni, B.C., and...

Denizens of Vancouver's original 'Little Italy' mark city's Italian Day — in Strathcona

A short metal gate separates Angelo Tosi's cavernous vault of Italian cheeses, salamis, pastas and premium tinned tomatoes from the loud traffic of Vancouver's Main...

'High risk of province-wide drought' this summer, authorities warn

Much of B.C. could face a long, significant drought this summer, according to provincial forecasters.The warning is particularly worrying to those who depend on water...

'It's getting out of hand,' say B.C. bird rescuers reporting an unusual surge in escaped budgies

Bird rescue centres across B.C.'s Lower Mainland are taking in an unusually high number of escaped budgies.Although warm weather often causes more of the tiny...

Newcomers, non-profits praise major funding boost for migration settlement services

The British Columbia government is set to more than quadruple its funding for newcomer services in the province, the government announced Wednesday.Immigrant- and refugee-settlement organizations praised the...

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