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Surrey to use new provincial fund to shave 5% from proposed 17.5% property tax hike

Surrey to use new provincial fund to shave 5% from proposed 17.5% property tax hike

SURREY, B.C. — Councillors in Surrey, B.C., plan to use newly allotted provincial funding to reduce the city's proposed 17.5 per cent property tax increase slated for the 2023 civic budget.
Coastal First Nation’s cutting-edge ocean wave energy project just got a million-dollar boost

Coastal First Nation’s cutting-edge ocean wave energy project just got a million-dollar boost

A cutting-edge clean energy project to use ocean waves to power a coastal First Nation’s return to its traditional territory on Vancouver Island’s wild west coast just got a surge in funding.
New trial for man unaware his guilty pleas would stop Charter argument: B.C. court

New trial for man unaware his guilty pleas would stop Charter argument: B.C. court

VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Court of Appeal has overturned guilty pleas and ordered a new trial for a man who it says was unaware the pleas would prevent him from claiming his Charter rights were violated over the time it took to get him to trial.
Vancouver-based Wealth One Bank fined for anti-money laundering violations

Vancouver-based Wealth One Bank fined for anti-money laundering violations

Wealth One Bank failed to submit suspicious transaction reports “where there were reasonable grounds to suspect that transactions were related to a money laundering offence.”
Maple Ridge homicide victim identified as 55-year-old resident

Maple Ridge homicide victim identified as 55-year-old resident

Homicide Investigators believe the death is suspicious and are asking for public's assistance.
'I'm in desperate need': Vancouver woman searches for live kidney donor

'I'm in desperate need': Vancouver woman searches for live kidney donor

She says that it will give her 'a second chance at life'
Dam workforce swings up to 4,778

Dam workforce swings up to 4,778

The jobs count at Site C climbed up to just under 4,800 workers at the start of 2023, according to the latest employment figures from BC Hydro.
Man fined for caging bear cub

Man fined for caging bear cub

Cub seized from Hudson's Hope area has since been released back into the wild
Opinion: A white riot in Vancouver: Tracing the steps of the 1907 anti-Asian mob

Opinion: A white riot in Vancouver: Tracing the steps of the 1907 anti-Asian mob

A virtual walking tour traces the route of a white mob that attacked Asian communities of Vancouver in 1907. Learning about past contexts may shed light on the recent surge in anti-Asian violence.
Royal Roads site likely to be returned to Indigenous people

Royal Roads site likely to be returned to Indigenous people

The federal government is expected to announce in the next few weeks that it intends to return the land where Royal Roads University stands to Indigenous peoples