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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
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Middle East war fuelling hate crimes, protests, Vancouver police costs

More incidents of anti-Muslim or anti-semitism, more protests needing monitoring

A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer’s uniform in Vancouver, on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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)
BC Highway Patrol were called to investigate after a truck carrying a shrink-wrapped helicopter fuselage reportedly struck an overpass in Burnaby on Monday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Credit: Curtis Kreklau)

Firm suspended after truck carrying helicopter strikes B.C. overpass sign

International Machine Transport ordered to park 20 trucks while transportation ministry investigates

BC Highway Patrol were called to investigate after a truck carrying a shrink-wrapped helicopter fuselage reportedly struck an overpass in Burnaby on Monday, Jan. 15, 2023. (Credit: Curtis Kreklau)
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)
Updated plans presented to council on Oct. 26 show the new orientation of towers in the Roundhouse at Bayview Place proposal. (Courtesy of Focus Equities)

Fate of 1,900-unit Vic West redevelopment now rests with council

Public opinion split between new world-class neighbourhood, versus monstrosity of towers

Updated plans presented to council on Oct. 26 show the new orientation of towers in the Roundhouse at Bayview Place proposal. (Courtesy of Focus Equities)
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
3:59 a.m. - Usually bustling with life, Courtenay’s Connect Centre stands lifeless, hosting more than double its capacity as the region experiences its coldest night of the year. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

Out cold: Spending the coldest night of the year with Courtenay’s homeless

On the night of Jan.11, the temperature in the Comox Valley plummeted…

3:59 a.m. - Usually bustling with life, Courtenay’s Connect Centre stands lifeless, hosting more than double its capacity as the region experiences its coldest night of the year. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
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)
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
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
A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 29, 2023. Whistler has been experiencing warm weather and little snow this season, contributing to poor snow sports conditions during peak season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Canada’s December warmth made twice as likely by climate change

‘I can go out on these warmer winter days and be both really happy and really creeped out’

A skier walks down a patchy ski slope at Whistler, B.C., on Friday, December 29, 2023. Whistler has been experiencing warm weather and little snow this season, contributing to poor snow sports conditions during peak season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
B.C. Premier David Eby, here seen in April, will speak at the BC Natural Resources Forum Tuesday in Prince George. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)

B.C. resource industries ‘modernizing,’ ‘changing,’ says industry leader

Premier David Eby to speak at BC Natural Resources Forum in Prince George

B.C. Premier David Eby, here seen in April, will speak at the BC Natural Resources Forum Tuesday in Prince George. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
VicPD are using this image of an imitation firearm and one used by police to show how real the imitation guns can look. (Courtesy of VicPD)

Imitation firearms, ammunition seized in multiple Victoria incidents

VicPD say seized firearms look similar to ones used by officers

VicPD are using this image of an imitation firearm and one used by police to show how real the imitation guns can look. (Courtesy of VicPD)
Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and a member of the Tsartlip First Nation, welcomes changes to the Ministry of Children and Family Development with Grace Lore replacing Mitzi Dean as minister. (Screencap)

B.C. opposition welcomes reset at children and family development ministry

Grace Lore is replacing Mitzi Dean, who has faced multiple calls for her resignation

Adam Olsen, MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and a member of the Tsartlip First Nation, welcomes changes to the Ministry of Children and Family Development with Grace Lore replacing Mitzi Dean as minister. (Screencap)
Cold temperatures across the province set in as the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Warmer weather, snow looms over B.C. as frigid temperatures head east

Snow or freezing rain are on the way to B.C.’s south coast by Tuesday

Cold temperatures across the province set in as the fountain out front of the legislature freezes over during a cold spell in Victoria, B.C., on Friday, January 12, 2024. A warming trend is in the forecast for much of British Columbia after several days of record-breaking temperatures, but the cold weather on the Prairies will continue. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito