The outdoors were a refuge for many during the pandemic as people hit their local trail networks to mountain bike, hike, run and walk, but advocates in British Columbia say the value of trails isn't reflected in the level of support they receive. Deanne Cote, executive director of the North Shore Mountain Bike Association, said no one could have anticipated the surge in people using the local trails.
The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses for Pierre Poilievre's election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne says costs for travel have "risen considerably," as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events.
With a federal election call expected any day now, the Liberal party is trailing well behind its rivals on nominating candidates.
The Conservatives have nominated 275 candidates out of 343 ridings, the NDP has 217 candidates and the Green Party has 208 — but the Liberal party has so far nominated just 185 candidates.
The Office of the Auditor General of B.C. says in the report that defined methodologies to calculate forest carbon projections were not used for decisions such as the determining annual allowable timber cutting.
A Vancouver Police officer will not be charged over a fatal shooting in a city rooming house in May 2022. The British Columbia Prosecution Service says in a statement the shooting happened at the Patricia Hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside shortly after staff called 911 to report a resident assaulting others with a stick.
RCMP have arrested a man who allegedly bear-sprayed two officers in Nanaimo. Police say they were called out Saturday afternoon to a report of a man throwing an axe into the back of a passing truck.
