Biden, Trudeau pledge action on Columbia River Treaty, water quality concerns

View of the Columbia River shoreline in Trail. Photo: Jesse Regnier
Indigenous leaders continue to advocate for an investigation into Kootenay watereshed pollution
RCMP arrive at the 44.5 kilometre point of the Morice West Forest Service Road on March 29 to execute a warrant obtained following an incident in which a Coastal GasLink worker was allegedly swarmed by a group of masked individuals on March 26. (Yintah Access video screen capture)

5 people arrested as police investigate alleged swarming of Coastal GasLink worker
From left: λugʷaləs, Janine and Raven Shaw share a happy moment. Their parents Crystal Smith and Raymond Shaw were successful in getting B.C.’s Vital Statistics Agency to put λugʷaləs’ proper name on his birth certificate. Shaw family photograph

Vancouver Island couple wins battle to get son’s Indigenous name on birth certificate
Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training
Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth said government is looking into the issue of banning bear-spray. While legal, criminals have been using it in urban areas. (Contributed)

B.C. government looking into whether to ban bear-spray across province
A woman pauses at a makeshift memorial for Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, who died after being stabbed on Sunday outside a Starbucks in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Vancouver police say Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder and investigators do not believe the suspect and victim knew each other. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set
Mariam Ghaly lost her life in October 2017 after a motorcyclist driving erratically caused her to swerve her vehicle and land in a water-filled ditch. Her family sued the motorcyclist and has been awarded almost $2.5 million in damages. (file photo)

Family awarded nearly $2.5 million for fatal B.C. crash caused by motorcyclist
Minister of Children and Family Development Mitzi Dean makes an announcement in Mission on Feb. 2. Dillon White Photo

B.C. announces increased rates for foster parents and kinship care providers
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Dr. Mehul Sharma (L) and Dr. Stuart Turvey (R) helped discover the variant in the STAT6 gene which causes severe allergies, including food and drug allergies, ezcema and more.

B.C. researchers lead global discovery of gene variant behind severe, life-altering allergies

Discarded cups in a garbage container seen Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Vancouver city council votes to repeal 25-cent single-use cup fee, effective May 1

Copies of the Federal budget are seen on a table Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

BUDGET 2023: Key highlights from the federal Liberals’ spending plan

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People make their way through Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. The federal budget has air travel on the radar, laying out plans to speed up airport security screening and reduce flight delays.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Frustration, anticipation mark industry response to budget’s flight delay fixes

Budget promises $1.8 billion over five years to improve passenger screening

A sold sign sits in front of a house in Toronto on Tuesday July 12, 2022. Real estate observers say a new mortgage code of conduct promised in the federal budget will be handy for Canadians having financial difficulties, but they still feel the economic plan was lacking affordability measures.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Mortgage moves ‘good news’ for borrowers, but budget lacks housing support: experts

Code aimed at people with variable rate mortgages facing financial burdens tied to current rates

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Minnesota State’s Akito Hirose (2) and St. Cloud State’s Kevin Fitzgerald (28) watch the puck during the third period of an NCAA men’s Frozen Four hockey semifinal in Pittsburgh, Thursday, April 8, 2021. The Vancouver Canucks have signed free-agent defenceman Hirose to a two-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Keith Srakocic

Canucks sign college standout Akito Hirose to entry-level contract

College free agent defenceman inks a one-year deal

Kimberley’s Kalle Ericsson and his guide Sierra Smith at the Canadian Para-Alpine Slalom Championship Race. Steve Hilts photo.

Kimberley skier wins five golds at Para Alpine National Championships

The FIS Para Alpine Skiing Canadian and USA National Championships were held…

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Dr. Nicholas Sparrow, Nelson’s 2022 Citizen of the Year. Photo: Tyler Harper

HUGS AND SLUGS: More praise for Dr. Sparrow

Our new Citizen of the Year gets a hug

Nelson, B.C. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

LETTER: Burning fuel and going nowhere

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    Rick Mercer, comedian, satirist and TV commentator will be headlining a series of events hosted by the Columbia Basin Trust in May in three Kootenay communities.

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    Percussionist Rod Thomas Squance and pianists Elizabeth and Marcel Bergmann perform at the Capitol Theatre on March 30. Photo: Submitted

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    FILE - Adam Lambert, left, and Brian May of Queen + Adam Lambert perform in Chicago on Aug. 9, 2019. The band is hitting the road this fall for a North American expansion of their Rhapsody Tour. The tour will make 14 stops throughout the U.S. and Canada, including shows in New York, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Nashville and Dallas, before closing out at Los Angeles in November. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP, File)

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    January 17, 2023 -Cory Landels and Laura Berlanda stand outside their Common Foundry stationary and pen shop on Wallace Street in Nanaimo . Don Denton photo

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