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Water, AI, and the rights of nature: big ideas at Nelson symposium
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (918+ words) Published 9:11 am Tuesday, March 24, 2026 Ramona Faust was the main organizer of the Making Waves conference for the West Kootenay Watershed Collective. (Bill Metcalfe/Nelson Star) Many organizations had booths and displays at the Making Waves conference. "Sometimes we all need…...
Threatfuli: Meet Revelstoke’s internationally acclaimed butterfly guy
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1209+ words) Published 10:00 am Monday, March 23, 2026 Dave Threatful, 80, at the Revelstoke Review office Sept. 11, 2025, with a copy of Butterflies of British Columbia, which was published in 2001 and references his namesake species, Polygonia oreas threatfuli. (Evert Lindquist/Revelstoke Review) Walking around downtown Revelstoke…...
Visitor unleashes power of ‘unconditional positive regard’ on B.C. residents
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (682+ words) Published 5:30 am Monday, March 23, 2026 Paul Jenkinson meets people at Bastion Square in Victoria. (You are not alone, I will listen - A Cross Canada Journey/Facebook) Building bridges with strangers might be Paul Jenkinson's super power. He starts with a physical…...
University of Victoria students rope in climbers for rising business venture
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (673+ words) Published 5:30 am Friday, March 20, 2026 Dylan Gyr, background, and Nicholas Courval go over the measurements of a custom-order dog collar in the StokedWorks warehouse in Vic West. (Christine van Reeuwyk/Victoria News) Dylan Gyr, left, Kathryn Meers and Nicholas Courval with…...
OPINION: When dental care disappears, emergency rooms fill up
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (631+ words) Published 1:40 pm Friday, March 20, 2026 Dr. Jillian Belbin, BCDA President (left) and Quinn Mathiesen-Newcomb, BCDA CEO (right). Across B.C., emergency rooms are already under enormous pressure. But one preventable problem continues to send patients through hospital doors: untreated dental pain and infection....
QUIZ: A celebration of spring
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (149+ words) Published 5:20 am Friday, March 20, 2026 Bart and Homer Simpson in "The Simpsons." In which community do the Simpsons live? (FOX/TNS) Ashley Popovich from Domtar cleans trash from the side of River Road during a company-wide clean-up for Earth Day in…...
Okanagan-based petition supports interprovincial wine trade bill
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (349+ words) Published 5:11 pm Wednesday, March 18, 2026 A national petition supporting legislation to remove interprovincial barriers to wine sales is now open for signatures. The petition is in support of Bill C-262, introduced by Dan Albas, Member of Parliament for Okanagan Lake West'South Kelowna....
B.C. Conservative leader candidate touring province
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (277+ words) Published 1:32 pm Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Another provincial Conservative leader hopeful is making the rounds. Caroline Elliott says our province is headed in the wrong direction, and that's why she is running. Our province is headed in the wrong direction. "The cost…...
2,400 apply for 200-250 firefighter jobs as B.C. gears up for wildfire season
1+ week, 20+ hour ago (519+ words) Published 4:24 pm Monday, March 16, 2026 The time has come for the B.C. Wildfire Service to begin ramping up for another wildfire season, and like last year, the agency received a record number of applications for seasonal firefighters. Approximately 2,400 applications were received for…...
Abbotsford MLA Bruce Banman withdraws from B.C. Tory leadership bid
1+ week, 1+ day ago (608+ words) Published 10:10 am Monday, March 16, 2026 Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman (left) has withdrawn from the B.C. Conservative leadership race to endorse candidate Yuri Fulmer. Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman has withdrawn from the B.C. Conservative leadership race and is now endorsing candidate Yuri…...