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Lobby group pushes B.C. party leaders to repeal rent restrictions

Sparked by frustrations over new short-term rental restrictions, a lobby group of short-term rental owners is attempting to influence B.C. Conservative and B.C. United partyleaders' housing policies.

Tseshaht First Nation mourns loss of oldest elder

A pillar of his First Nation and the local Port Alberni community, Richard Gus, 93, known as Cody, is remembered for the smiles he brought to those who encountered him on his long daily walks into town, his legacy as a boxer and his resilient advocacy work as a residential school survivor.

Over 100,000 short-term rentals could be homes: StatsCan report

A new report shows the number of short-term rental listings in Canada increased more than 60 per cent between 2017 and 2023, with the highest growth in B.C. and Ontario. The report identified more than 100,000 short-term rentals that could be homes.
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Thousands of short-term rentals in B.C. still operating illegally, new data shows

New data shared by short-term rental platforms,in accordance with provincial regulations,shows nearly half of the 22,405 listings reviewed by the province have been operating illegally.

Saanich votes to allow secondary suites in rural areas

Saanich council has voted to legalizesecondary suites in homes in rural areas of the municipality, in what the mayor called a "somewhat begrudging" decision after the province forced its hand.

B.C. Ferries reports sailings cancelled due to crew shortages have doubled in the last year

Forty per cent of all the sailings that B.C. Ferries cancelled in its 2023 fiscal year were due to crew shortages, according to a report released at B.C. Ferries' annual general meeting.

B.C. Transit launches electronic fare payment in Victoria, provincewide rollout to follow

B.C. Transit has launched its hotly anticipated electronic payment system, Umo, allowing riders to tap and go with an app or cardthat they can load online or through a call centre.

Why protest group 'Savage Patch' continues to protest old growth logging in the Fairy Creek injunction area

On Tuesday, RCMP arrested three protesters from the group, called Savage Patch, for breaching a court-ordered injunction after the group blockaded a bridge to prevent Teal Cedar Products from logging in the area.

Vancouver cafe ordered to pay visually impaired woman $12K for discrimination

Georgia Pike, a 28-year-old Victoria, B.C. woman who uses a guide dog to navigate, says she and her father were refused service by Ooh La La Cafe because they were accompanied at the time by her guide dog, Grainger.

Victoria-based artist designs new commemorative loonie honouring trail-blazing female engineer

They called her the Queen of Hurricanes. Now, pioneering aeronautical engineer and woman's rights activist Elsie MacGill is featured on the newest commemorative loonie, designed by Victoria-based artist Claire Watson.