This week’s fatal helicopter crash highlights the crucial role of helicopter pilots in remote areas of the B.C. coast, and the risks they face, say residents and industry representatives. The crash early Tuesday in the Loughborough Inlet...
The closing of Vancouver Island’s only non-profit centre dedicated to supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing people has left many in the community scrambling to preserve services they say changed lives for the better. About a hundred people...
The first public event staged by the David Foster Foundation was a celebrity softball game at Royal Athletic Park. It was Aug. 23, 1986, and the previous night, a private fundraising banquet was held at the Bay Street Armoury — a...
More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec,...
