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WATCH: Surrey RCMP visit action group founder over a 'hate-speech' complaint
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (281+ words) Western Standard PENTICTON â Tanya Gaw posted an eight-and-a-half-minute doorstep recording Thursday of two Surrey RCMP officers telling her they are investigating her website and her X account under section 319(2) of the Criminal Code, the offence of "wilfully promoting hatred....
Carney exempts new interprovincial pipelines from Impact Assessment Act reviews
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (597+ words) Western Standard Prime Minister Mark Carneyâs government has eliminated a requirement for new interprovincial pipelines to undergo reviews under the federal Impact Assessment Act, a move welcomed by industry but opposed by First Nations and environmental groups.The new…...
MEJIA / HILL: Eby government must repeal DRIPA to end BC's property rights crisis
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (662+ words) Western Standard...
Calgary security guard charged with on-duty sexual assault
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (200+ words) Western Standard A uniformed security guard in Calgary has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one count of forcible confinement after he assaulted a woman while on duty this past June.Muhammad Hussain, 34, from Calgary, was arrested…...
Forestry groups tell Eby the sector is at a 'breaking point"
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (521+ words) Forestry groups tell Eby the sector is at a 'breaking point' Western Standard...
Findlay calls nine walkouts 'growing pains,' names a 28-MLA shadow cabinet
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (658+ words) Western Standard...
Constitution group threatens legal action after B.C. regulator censures realtor over indigenous land claim posts
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (367+ words) Western Standard A constitutional rights group is threatening legal action against British Columbiaâs financial services regulator after a Langley realtor was cautioned over social media posts criticizing indigenous land claims and restrictions on public access to a provincial park....
WATCH: Eby opens tariff-day presser with a rapper and new border signs
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (353+ words) Western Standard PENTICTON â BC Premier David Eby opened a Victoria news conference Tuesday with a music and dance set from Alberta parody rapper OGR-Scintilla before, again, calling on British Columbians to buy local in response to new US tariffs…...
Two charged after BC illegal gaming probe seizes $240,000 and 145 kg of tobacco
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (283+ words) Western Standard Two people have been charged following a sprawling B.C investigation into illegal gaming houses that resulted in the seizure of approximately $240,000 in cash and 145 kilograms of illegal tobacco.The Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia (CFSEU-BC)…...