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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…

 

On Nov. 3, outreach workers, bylaws, and RCMP officers were supervising the teardown of a homeless encampment, also known as street sweep, in the parking lot beside Connect Centre in downtown Courtenay. (Connor McDowell/Comox Valley Record)

OPINION: B.C. street sweeps perpetuate an endless cycle of misery

Dispossessing the homeless of their belongings does nothing to address the address

 

Langley RCMP officers. (Langley Advance Times files)

Camouflage-clad men flying drones in suburban area not a threat, say Langley RCMP

Odd sales tactics result in warning over bylaw infraction

 

Residents near a property on Richmond Road near Royal Jubilee Hospital say the building has been left to rot for nearly 20 years. (Mark Parsons photo)
Residents near a property on Richmond Road near Royal Jubilee Hospital say the building has been left to rot for nearly 20 years. (Mark Parsons photo)
The group makes its way down Pandora Avenue toward Victoria City Hall, April 21, to call for an end to bylaw sweeps on unhoused communities. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)

VIDEO: Victoria ‘stop the sweeps’ rally calls on city to stop seizing personal belongings

Members of the unhoused community and aid organizations gathered at city hall, calling for change

The group makes its way down Pandora Avenue toward Victoria City Hall, April 21, to call for an end to bylaw sweeps on unhoused communities. (Hollie Ferguson/News Staff)
One of several street preachers who speak loudly at the corner of Fort and Douglas in downtown Victoria. (Chris Campbell photo for Black Press Media)

Residents want Victoria to silence ‘very intimidating’ downtown street preachers

People using downtown bus stop say they just want to wait in peace

One of several street preachers who speak loudly at the corner of Fort and Douglas in downtown Victoria. (Chris Campbell photo for Black Press Media)
In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)

Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination

If passed Tuesday, the law will become a first in the U.S.

In this photo provided by Prem Pariyar, a Dalit Hindu from Nepal, he works on a banner at a People’s Summit for Democracy event in Los Angeles in June 2022. He moved to the U.S. in 2015, but says he couldn’t escape stereotyping and discrimination because of his caste-identifying last name, even as he tried to make a new life thousands of miles away from home. (Courtesy of Prem Pariyar)
Bylaw officers removing personal belongings including tents and blankets from an encampment at Stradacona Park on Feb. 4 at 7:30 a.m. (Courtesy of Trent Smith)

‘An invasion’: Victoria homeless decry city and cops confiscating tents, food

Trent Smith, who is living homeless in Victoria said bylaw officers will take belongings arbitrarily

Bylaw officers removing personal belongings including tents and blankets from an encampment at Stradacona Park on Feb. 4 at 7:30 a.m. (Courtesy of Trent Smith)
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Thief steals Kelowna bylaw vehicle, busted by off-duty Mountie

The constable witnessed a bylaw officer running after the vehicle in the downtown area

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Sooke bylaw change opens door to ‘economic diversity’

New law provides more uses for retail, office, health and personal services

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City staff is being instructed to bring forward a report to help council determine whether the NANDU site at 264 Nicol St. should be designated as a nuisance property. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Peer-run overdose prevention site in Nanaimo could be designated a nuisance property

City and neighbourhood associations put NANDU and province on notice about Nicol Street site

City staff is being instructed to bring forward a report to help council determine whether the NANDU site at 264 Nicol St. should be designated as a nuisance property. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Firefighters check the interior of a house during a fire at 52 Athletic St. where a body was found in August, sparking an RCMP homicide investigation. Nanaimo city council approved designating the site as a nuisance property Wednesday, Sept. 21. (News Bulletin file photo)

Nuisance designation slapped on Nanaimo property that was scene of fire and homicide

City has dealt with complaints at Athletic Street home since 2019

Firefighters check the interior of a house during a fire at 52 Athletic St. where a body was found in August, sparking an RCMP homicide investigation. Nanaimo city council approved designating the site as a nuisance property Wednesday, Sept. 21. (News Bulletin file photo)
Community safety officer Ron Litzenberger, left, watches as Wally Taylor, Nanaimo bylaws officer, talks with people who have camped along a sidewalk on Victoria Road early Monday, Aug. 15, and asks them to take down the campsite. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Community safety officers set out to build relationships, respect in Nanaimo’s downtown

CSOs now training with program to be fully implemented next month

Community safety officer Ron Litzenberger, left, watches as Wally Taylor, Nanaimo bylaws officer, talks with people who have camped along a sidewalk on Victoria Road early Monday, Aug. 15, and asks them to take down the campsite. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)

Nanaimo repeals 130-year-old bylaw banning drunken singing

City of Nanaimo retains bylaw banning nuclear weapons, but takes several other bylaws off the books

Nanaimo city council, at a meeting this week, voted to repeal a bylaw relating to public morals which prevented people from making use of any “profane, obscene, blasphemous or grossly insulting language.” (City of Nanaimo image)
Vacation rentals are on the rise in Ucluelet, displacing long-term residents. (Ucluelet council May 31 agenda)

Ucluelet proposes bylaw change to tackle Airbnb surge

The zoning bylaw change would shift future short-term rentals to long-term housing

Vacation rentals are on the rise in Ucluelet, displacing long-term residents. (Ucluelet council May 31 agenda)
Nicolas Picq, with his dog Jazz, holds the ticket he was issued on April 25 for using his van as accommodation in Tofino. (Nora O’Malley photo)

Tofino restaurant worker fighting ticket for sleeping in van

The man says the medication he takes for bipolar disorder makes him drowsy

Nicolas Picq, with his dog Jazz, holds the ticket he was issued on April 25 for using his van as accommodation in Tofino. (Nora O’Malley photo)
People are pictured walking their leashed dogs along Willows Beach, where dogs are restricted from May to September, on May 18, 2022. Dog and wildlife advocates continue to disagree over how much beach access dog owners should get in Greater Victoria’s migratory bird sanctuaries. (Evert Lindquist/News Staff)

Unleashing the hounds: Conflict over dogs on Greater Victoria beaches persists

Federal report targets dispute about bird sanctuary in Oak Bay, Saanich

People are pictured walking their leashed dogs along Willows Beach, where dogs are restricted from May to September, on May 18, 2022. Dog and wildlife advocates continue to disagree over how much beach access dog owners should get in Greater Victoria’s migratory bird sanctuaries. (Evert Lindquist/News Staff)
Sooke council is delaying a plan for a tree-protection bylaw until after the municipal election. (Kevin Laird - Sooke News Mirror)

Sooke tree bylaw likely delayed until after fall election

‘The community needs time to look at all the options,’ says councillor

Sooke council is delaying a plan for a tree-protection bylaw until after the municipal election. (Kevin Laird - Sooke News Mirror)
Rory MacIver, who lives near the pedestrian overpass that crosses the old Island Highway at Norwell Drive and Jingle Pot Road, says demonstrators are gathering on the bridge more frequently and inciting passing motorists to honk their horns. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Vancouver Islander fed up with ongoing horn-honking in support of overpass flag-wavers

City’s noise bylaw does not restrict roadside demonstrators from inciting others to make noise

Rory MacIver, who lives near the pedestrian overpass that crosses the old Island Highway at Norwell Drive and Jingle Pot Road, says demonstrators are gathering on the bridge more frequently and inciting passing motorists to honk their horns. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
Joanne Turner’s sign near St. David Street and Brighton Avenue after pulling more than 100 dog poop bags from the blackberry bushes. (Photos by Joanne Turner)

Neighbour steamed at dog excrement left to hang in Oak Bay

Bylaw prescribes $50 fine for leaving dog poop behind

Joanne Turner’s sign near St. David Street and Brighton Avenue after pulling more than 100 dog poop bags from the blackberry bushes. (Photos by Joanne Turner)