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B.C. eases requirements for foreign tech worker recruitment, extends pilot

B.C. eases requirements for foreign tech worker recruitment, extends pilot

Workers at Bardel Entertainment, Inc. | submitted The provincial government is extending a pilot program aimed at attracting foreign tech workers and easing one requirement for highly sought-after talent.
B.C. First Nation taking some heat – from the air

B.C. First Nation taking some heat – from the air

The Heiltsuk used the heat pump installation project to train members in their installation and maintenance. | Submitted Like many remote First Nations communities in B.C., Bella Bella’s Heiltsuk has housing issues.
Land-based fish farming lures new investment interest

Land-based fish farming lures new investment interest

In operation for five years now, Kuterra produces 300 tonnes of salmon per yearin a closed-containment system. | Submitted Can land-based salmon farming ever be profitable in B.C. while competing with open-net fish farms? Ross Beaty, one of B.C.
Douglas Coupland's portrait of Canada is bright, optimistic and in 3D

Douglas Coupland's portrait of Canada is bright, optimistic and in 3D

Artist Douglas Coupland smiles while organizing his latest work “The National Portrait,” a series of 3D portraits printed from hundreds of scans of Canadians’ heads, at a studio in Vancouver on Thursday November 9, 2017.
Large-scale money-laundering at B.C. casinos; collective system failure: report

Large-scale money-laundering at B.C. casinos; collective system failure: report

Casino/Shutterstock British Columbia's attorney general has released an independent report saying the province's casinos unknowingly served as money-laundering outlets for organized crime.
OPINION: Richmond is growing McMansions instead of crops on "protected" farmland

OPINION: Richmond is growing McMansions instead of crops on "protected" farmland

In a puzzling scene at Richmond City Hall in May, City Council opened the barn door for rampant speculation on agricultural farmland.
A 10-year-old girl found a bag of crack on a Nanaimo school playground

A 10-year-old girl found a bag of crack on a Nanaimo school playground

0626-nanaimo001578.jpg A Nanaimo mother says her daugher found a baggie containing crack cocaine on the playground of Cilaire Elementary School.
CONTAGION Part 3 of 6: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat

CONTAGION Part 3 of 6: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat

- Part 1: How Canada ‘dropped the ball’ on drug resistance - Part 2: Drug resistance takes devastating human toll
Eight CN Rail freight cars derail in Metro Vancouver, closing busy rail bridge

Eight CN Rail freight cars derail in Metro Vancouver, closing busy rail bridge

Rail bridge alongside the Pattullo in New West. Google Maps Eight cars from a Canadian National Railway freight train have jumped the tracks in Metro Vancouver.
First Nations receive $620 million in gas pipeline contracts

First Nations receive $620 million in gas pipeline contracts

West Moberly Chief Roland Wilson is now in support of the LNG Canada project, despite having had reservations in the past | File photo, credit William Stodalka First Nations along the corridor for the natural gas pipeline that would feed the LNG Cana