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The House ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss if a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Trudeau arrives to speak at a breakfast with members of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, in Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

UPDATE: Trudeau defends Jamaica trip as ethics watchdog’s testimony sought

Trudeau’s office said prime minister’s family staying at location owned by family friends at no cost

The House ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss if a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Trudeau arrives to speak at a breakfast with members of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, in Montreal, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
North Saanich residents oppose installation of a pickleball court at Cy Hampson Park. (Black Press Media file photo)

North Saanich council rejects Cy Hampson pickleball court

Councillor proposes option of soft pickleballs to reduce noise

North Saanich residents oppose installation of a pickleball court at Cy Hampson Park. (Black Press Media file photo)
Faith Johnson-Jourdain, a Grade 12 student at Mount Boucherie with her art from the school’s Indigenous Art class. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Central Okanagan school a leader in education through an Indigenous lens

The Indigenous Art course at Mount Boucherie Secondary School empowers students to learn in a unique way

Faith Johnson-Jourdain, a Grade 12 student at Mount Boucherie with her art from the school’s Indigenous Art class. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron will be celebrating its 80th anniversary with a parade. (Black Press Media file photo)

443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron celebrates 80 years with Sidney parade

The parade will feature around 150 military members and a band

The 443 Maritime Helicopter Squadron will be celebrating its 80th anniversary with a parade. (Black Press Media file photo)
Premier David Eby, here seen speaking in Victoria in Novemeber, announced Tuesday (Jan. 16) that BC Hydro would spend $36 billion over the next decade to generate more power in B.C. (Screencap)

Eby announces $36 billion for BC Hydro infrastructure over next 10 years

Premier David Eby announced the spending Tuesday in Prince George

Premier David Eby, here seen speaking in Victoria in Novemeber, announced Tuesday (Jan. 16) that BC Hydro would spend $36 billion over the next decade to generate more power in B.C. (Screencap)
A female Anna’s hummingbird rests on a feeder in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, amid a cold snap in southern British Columbia. A wildlife rescue group says dozens of hummingbirds have been turned in suffering cold weather injuries in recent days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Young

Cold and injured hummingbirds piling up at B.C. shelters

33 hummingbirds were admitted last weekend alone

A female Anna’s hummingbird rests on a feeder in Vancouver on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, amid a cold snap in southern British Columbia. A wildlife rescue group says dozens of hummingbirds have been turned in suffering cold weather injuries in recent days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Young
Oklahoma linebacker David Ugwoegbu (2) tackles UTEP running back Ronald Awatt (22) during an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. F The B.C. Lions have signed Awatt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP

Lions sign 3 receivers and a back in bid to bolster offence

Quartet had varying levels of success in American college football and a taste of the NFL

Oklahoma linebacker David Ugwoegbu (2) tackles UTEP running back Ronald Awatt (22) during an NCAA college football game in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. F The B.C. Lions have signed Awatt. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP
British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Premier touts hydrogen project as a hub for northern B.C. investment

Teralta Hydrogen Solutions proposal would help fuel the nearby Canfor pulp mill

British Columbia Premier David Eby says a planned clean energy hydrogen project in Prince George is set to cut harmful carbon emissions and create jobs. Eby speaks during a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Chief Dolleen Logan of Lheidli T’enneh First Nation welcomes provincial funding of just over $675,000 to help plan a regional youth centre. Premier David Eby announced the support Tuesday in Prince George. (Screencap)

Support given to youth mental health and addictions centre for northern B.C.

Facility proposed by First Nation gets just over $675,000, opening date, location up in the air

Chief Dolleen Logan of Lheidli T’enneh First Nation welcomes provincial funding of just over $675,000 to help plan a regional youth centre. Premier David Eby announced the support Tuesday in Prince George. (Screencap)
William ‘Bill’ Frank Rotheisler, was the head coach for the Castlegar Rebels in 2018. (Chelsea Novak/Castlegar News)

Former Princeton hockey coach has voyeurism charged stayed

William ‘Bill’ Rotheisler maintains his innocence

William ‘Bill’ Frank Rotheisler, was the head coach for the Castlegar Rebels in 2018. (Chelsea Novak/Castlegar News)
BC Ferries’ fourth Island Class ferry was launched Dec. 2017, entering the water at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. BC Ferries has awarded the contract to build four new Island Class ferries for the Quadra and Gabriola islands routes to the same shipyard. BC Ferries photo

Contract to build new hybrid-electric ferries awarded to Romanian shipyard

Vessels to serve BC Ferries’ Quadra and Gabriola islands routes by 2027

BC Ferries’ fourth Island Class ferry was launched Dec. 2017, entering the water at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. BC Ferries has awarded the contract to build four new Island Class ferries for the Quadra and Gabriola islands routes to the same shipyard. BC Ferries photo
Langley RCMP Cpl. Zynal Sharoom said there was no risk to public safety after an ATV went through the ice at Brydon Lagoon on Tuesday, Jan. 16. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times

VIDEO: ATV falls through ice at B.C. lagoon

Witnesses say rider was doing doughnuts before mishap

Langley RCMP Cpl. Zynal Sharoom said there was no risk to public safety after an ATV went through the ice at Brydon Lagoon on Tuesday, Jan. 16. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times
Cindy McLean (left) and Heather Thomas, her kidney donor. (Photo submitted by Heather Thomas)

B.C. woman on new diabetes drug trial after successful transplant

Campbell River’s Cindy McLean is one of 7 currently taking the medication for Type I Diabetes

Cindy McLean (left) and Heather Thomas, her kidney donor. (Photo submitted by Heather Thomas)
Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet addresses the media after his team lost 4-3 the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night. Vancouver Canucks photo

THE MOJ: Success of gruelling road trip more evidence Canucks are for real

You don’t have to wait to see them play the big boys, this is a legitimately good hockey team

Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet addresses the media after his team lost 4-3 the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night. Vancouver Canucks photo
FILE — A man pauses while digging out snow from under a car stuck on a street in the aftermath of a snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Snowfall warnings blanket B.C., with up to 20 cm expected

Additional risk of freezing rain along southern coast, says Environment Canada

FILE — A man pauses while digging out snow from under a car stuck on a street in the aftermath of a snowstorm, in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
(Black Press file photo)

Pet welfare now considered in family separations under new B.C. law

Ability and willingness to care for an animal, relationships between it and a child now relevant

(Black Press file photo)
Benjamin Munn, 12, watches the needle as medical assistant Megan Smith gives him a shot of HPV vaccine at the Providence Medical Group in Monroe, July 12. There are a number of benefits in giving boys the vaccine at an early age. Dan Bates / The Herald

Free HPV vaccines eligibility extended to B.C. men born in 2005

Free HPV vaccines had already been available to younger men and boys

Benjamin Munn, 12, watches the needle as medical assistant Megan Smith gives him a shot of HPV vaccine at the Providence Medical Group in Monroe, July 12. There are a number of benefits in giving boys the vaccine at an early age. Dan Bates / The Herald
Newlywed Alicia Greene poses for her wedding pictures in historic Quidi Vidi in St. John’s on Saturday, January 6, 2024 following the first significant snow fall of the winter. Quidi Vidi is a neighbourhood in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Snowstorm coming to B.C. coast as frigid conditions chill much of Canada

Snowstorm inbound for Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and beyond

Newlywed Alicia Greene poses for her wedding pictures in historic Quidi Vidi in St. John’s on Saturday, January 6, 2024 following the first significant snow fall of the winter. Quidi Vidi is a neighbourhood in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Keith Brown, the lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation, speaks to media following the opening day of the public coroner’s inquest, into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022, in Melfort, Sask., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards

‘Ready to die’: chilling texts open Saskatchewan stabbing rampage inquest

Myles Sanderson killed 11 people and injured 17 others on James Smith Cree Nation, Weldon

Keith Brown, the lawyer representing the James Smith Cree Nation, speaks to media following the opening day of the public coroner’s inquest, into the mass stabbings that happened on James Smith Cree Nation in 2022, in Melfort, Sask., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. wildfires still burning in more than 100 locations

Drought, warmth and volume combine to mean last year’s record season is not officially over

Helicopters fly past the Tremont Creek wildfire as it burns on the mountains above Ashcroft, B.C., on Friday, July 16, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck