Short-term rental owners and tourism operators are amplifying calls for urgent changes to provincially-legislated restrictions implemented in May 2024 in an effort to create more long-term housing. Stakeholders gathered at the Basil and Mint restaurant in Kelowna, B.C., Wednesday night for a meeting organized by Airbnb. “We need to come to a conclusion and overcome…
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A Squamish, B.C., man was rescued Tuesday after crashing into the side of a mountain while BASE jumping off Slhanay Mountain. BASE jumping is parachuting or wingsuit flying from a fixed structure…
Unemployment is on the rise in Kelowna as businesses are forced to make difficult decisions amid current economic conditions. The Salt and Brick restaurant, once a thriving dining spot in downtown Kelowna, closed for good last month after the owner cited a tough business climate. “It just didn’t make business sense to be open any…
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Nearly 60 years after she went missing in the Nevada desert, a Calgary woman’s remains have been identified, but the circumstances surrounding her death remain murky. Anna Sylvia Just was initially reported…
On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan. “We have a special place in our heart for him today,” he said Tuesday morning from Montreal’s Place du Canada. “For all the people that lost their lives — or who sometimes came back,…
The Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) in southern Ontario was a toxic workplace where officials failed to adequately address harassment and management aggressively fought officers seeking mental health support, according to newly released records. The findings by investigators are included in the Ontario Civilian Police Commission’s (OCPC) report into the workplace culture, policies and procedures…
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says his goal is to help make Canada the NATO partner of choice when it comes to supplying critical minerals as defence becomes a focus for many countries. Refining is the “name of the game” and Canada can do better than just shipping those high-demand materials south in their raw form,…
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccine. Source link
Recent solar activity has Calgary photographer Matt Melnyk excited to capture shots of the night sky. “The sun is extremely active right now. There are massively big sunspots that are coming into view,” explained Melnyk. “Just this morning one of those sunspots caused an ex-flare (solar flare), which produced a full halo CME (coronal mass…
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Alberta has marked the province’s first influenza death of this year’s flu season, after last year’s season proved the deadliest in more than a decade. The province’s respiratory virus dashboard shows a…
