Colin Williamson, president of the Victoria Flying Club, said that what happened on Tuesday afternoon was a “one in a million situation.” “This has never happened before, so we are all a little bit surprised, would be a mild way of putting it,” he said. The Victoria Flying School has been operating for almost 80…
Giant shovels, driverless trucks and a dog-like robot have all helped Canada’s oilsands companies including Imperial Oil and Suncor become some of North America’s lowest-cost oil producers, driving down overheads even as the worst inflation in a generation pushed U.S. shale costs up. As the global oil industry enters a downturn due to economic uncertainty…
A significant change could soon be coming to the heart of Marda Loop after Calgary city council approved the zoning for a proposed tower development in the area. Truman Homes partnered with Calgary Co-op on the proposal, which seeks develop a two-acre site on the corner of 33 Avenue and 20 Street S.W. with a…
One year after a landmark report into the horrific death of an 11-year-old Indigenous boy in foster care called for a “complete overhaul” of B.C.’s child welfare system, the province’s child watchdog says the NDP government has a long way to go in improving conditions for the most vulnerable. “We can do so much better for…
A grocery store in Victoria, B.C., has avoided selling U.S. produce for 117 days. Garth Green, general manager of Urban Grocer, says when U.S. Donald Trump launched his trade war on Canada in March, they decided to pull all U.S.-grown produce from the shelves. And so far, it’s been a big success. “We’re, you know,…
The municipal building in the central P.E.I. town of Kensington was shut as a precaution on Monday night after someone brought a “potentially hazardous object” to the police force headquartered there. The episode meant the town’s planned council meeting had to be postponed for a day because of what a social media post called “unforeseen…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A cyclist has died and two others seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle during the popular Okanagan Granfondo cycling race this weekend. Just before noon Sunday, Penticton RCMP said they were responding to a serious motor vehicle incident on White Lake Road near St. Andrew’s…
Alberta is rolling out new regulations this fall banning transgender athletes from playing women’s sports, but the province will still welcome out-of-province transgender competitors. Tourism and Sport Minister Andrew Boitchenko said the discrepancy is out of his hands. “We don’t have authority to regulate athletes from different jurisdictions,” he said in an interview. In a…
Multiple businesses in Toronto’s east end say they are out thousands of dollars after so-called “point of sale”, or POS, scam thefts. The thefts have prompted the area’s BIA to warn business owners about the vulnerabilities of POS terminals. Lori Van Soelen, manager of the Beach BIA says she first learned of POS thefts in the area…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents of a Langley, B.C., seniors’ residence are happy and relieved the only elevator in the building is once again operational. Residents of The Fir at 54th Avenue and 204th Street have been complaining for more than six months about the elevator that was not working, forcing…
