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Brave Little Hunter is free: Orca calf swims out of lagoon where she had been trapped for a month
In April, the Ehattesaht First Nation said an orphaned killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month was finally free after swimming out on her own.
2024 REPLAY
Brave Little Hunter is free: Orca calf swims out of lagoon where she had been trapped for a month
In April, the Ehattesaht First Nation said an orphaned killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month was finally free after swimming out on her own.
Law change aims to give mobile home park residents more stability
Mobile home park owners in B.C. will have less power to change park rules following provincial changes to the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Regulation.
West Vancouver's Blue Bus workers vote 96% in favour of a strike
Blue Bus workers in West Vancouver, B.C., have voted in favour of a strike after ongoing contract negotiations with the district failed.
Vancouver School Board sends phone-restriction motion to committee
Vancouver School Board trustees voted to refer a motion on restricting cellphones in schools to its education plan committee on Monday. In January, the province announced it was taking steps to restrict cellphones in all B.C. schools.
Orca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month
The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after she swam out on her own early Friday morning.
More social housing for Little Mountain site after long delay
The City of Vancouver officially broke ground on a new affordable housing project in the Little Mountain neighbourhood — more than a decade and a half after hundreds of residents in social housing on the site were displaced.
2 bodies recovered in U.S. believed to be missing kayakers: RCMP
The two bodies recovered by U.S authorities in Washington state earlier this week are believed to be the two missing kayakers from B.C., said Sydney/North Saanich RCMP.
Surrey, B.C. council passes budget that includes 7% tax increase
Surrey city council passed its 2024 operating and capital budget Monday night, which includes a seven per cent tax hike for residents.
B.C. bans self-driving vehicles on its roads
Earlier this month, changes to B.C.’s Motor Vehicle Act quietly came into effect, prohibiting the use of fully automated self-driving vehicles.