<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Alexandria, British Columbia - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rss/1000/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Alexandria, British Columbia with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-ca</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:25:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. to impose travel restrictions until May long weekend over COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia has extended pandemic restrictions on indoor dining at restaurants and bars until the end of the long weekend in May.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-to-impose-travel-restrictions-until-may-long-weekend-over-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-to-impose-travel-restrictions-until-may-long-weekend-over-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. extends COVID-19 measures involving indoor dining for 5 more weeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia has extended pandemic restrictions on indoor dining at restaurants and bars until the end of the long weekend in May.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-extends-covid-19-measures-involving-indoor-dining-for-5-more-weeks/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-extends-covid-19-measures-involving-indoor-dining-for-5-more-weeks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's When Prince Harry And Meghan Markle Knew They Had To Leave Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle and Prince Harry&rsquo;s two-hour sit-down with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday included multiple reveals about their mental health, the reported racial discrimination they faced from members within and surrounding the Royal Family and the British press, and much more, including the main driver behind their decision to leave Canada for California.First spotted in Victoria and Vancouver Island&nbsp;in November 2019, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrived in British Columbia on their extende]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-when-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-knew-they-had-to-leave-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2021 16:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-when-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-knew-they-had-to-leave-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do Canadian And U.S. Cities Stack Up On Length Of Lockdowns?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first day of spring is just a few weeks away, and for Canadians, that means the snow will be melting in just a few months...&nbsp;So of course, our thoughts turn naturally to the many exciting events that come with the arrival of springtime.Except maybe not so much this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic still raging and the country hunkered down, waiting for a vaccine. Some people are likelier than others to enjoy a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; spring this year, and it largely depends on where you ar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-do-canadian-and-us-cities-stack-up-on-length-of-lockdowns/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-do-canadian-and-us-cities-stack-up-on-length-of-lockdowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pamela Anderson Sells Malibu Mansion, Will Live On Vancouver Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pamela Anderson is planning to sell her multi-million Malibu mansion and settle down in the Vancouver Island town she was born and raised in, the New York Post reports.The former &ldquo;Baywatch&rdquo; actor told the outlet that she decided to move back to Canada following her surprise wedding to her bodyguard,&nbsp;Dan Hayhurst, last Christmas Eve.&nbsp;&ldquo;I feel more settled on my sustainable ranch on Vancouver Island with space to rescue more animals. It&rsquo;s still beachfront. One foot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pamela-anderson-sells-malibu-mansion-will-live-on-vancouver-island/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pamela-anderson-sells-malibu-mansion-will-live-on-vancouver-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Times Nanaimo Bar Recipe Dragged By Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[A custard-fuelled controversy is brewing on Canada&rsquo;s West Coast and one of the largest newspapers in the United States is to blame.The New York Times Cooking Instagram account shared a recipe and accompanying image for classic Canadian Nanaimo bars this week. But as many Canadians were quick to point out, something wasn&rsquo;t quite right with the bars pictured.&nbsp; View this post on InstagramA post shared by NYT Cooking (@nytcooking)&ldquo;What da f**k have u done to it,&rdquo; one use]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-york-times-nanaimo-bar-recipe-dragged-by-canadians/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-york-times-nanaimo-bar-recipe-dragged-by-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s Endangered Killer Whales Need Winter Chinook Salmon To Survive: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Endangered southern resident killer whales would have a much better chance of survival if chinook were in their hunting grounds during winter off the coast of British Columbia, a new study says.The whales expand their menu and the distance they travel as they forage for food from October to March in the waters off California up to Alaska, which leaves them with little energy, says the study published Wednesday in the scientific journal Plos One.Brad Hanson, a wildlife biologist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-endangered-killer-whales-need-winter-chinook-salmon-to-survive-study/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-endangered-killer-whales-need-winter-chinook-salmon-to-survive-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s Housing Market &lsquo;Far From Risk-Free,' RBC Says As Vancouver Sales Soar 73%]]></title><description><![CDATA[February looks to have been another red-hot month in Canada&rsquo;s housing markets, and as the bidding wars and price hikes pile up, some market observers are trying to cool the temperature a little.The market &ldquo;is far from risk-free,&rdquo; RBC Economics warned in a report issued Tuesday.Last year&rsquo;s predictions of a housing downturn may have proved wrong, but now&nbsp;&ldquo;the main near-term risk is overheating, not price collapse,&rdquo; economist Robert Hogue wrote. &ldquo;Super]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadarsquos-housing-market-lsquofar-from-risk-free-rbc-says-as-vancouver-sales-soar-73/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadarsquos-housing-market-lsquofar-from-risk-free-rbc-says-as-vancouver-sales-soar-73/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Residents Will Get 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Dose By July, As 2nd Doses Delayed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every British Columbian who wants it should have their first COVID-19 vaccine shot by the end of July.B.C. chief medical officer of health Dr. Bonnie Henry announced Monday that the province will delay second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by up to four months in order to get as many people their first jab as possible.Barring any complications with shipments or procurement, the province&rsquo;s entire adult population should be able to get their shots by the end of July, significantly moving up t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-residents-will-get-1st-covid-19-vaccine-dose-by-july-as-2nd-doses-delayed/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-residents-will-get-1st-covid-19-vaccine-dose-by-july-as-2nd-doses-delayed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigation Underway After Vancouver Cops Allegedly Pose With Dead Body]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The conduct of two Vancouver police officers is under investigation after video footage emerged of the pair allegedly posing with a dead body at a popular beach.Police spokeswoman Const. Tania Visintin said the officers responded to calls about a deceased person at Stanley Park&rsquo;s Third Beach on Wednesday, and waited for the coroner to arrive.Visintin would not comment on the officers&rsquo; actions but said the police department does not condone, and strictly prohibits, o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/investigation-underway-after-vancouver-cops-allegedly-pose-with-dead-body/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/investigation-underway-after-vancouver-cops-allegedly-pose-with-dead-body/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chelsea Handler Skis Topless In Whistler To Celebrate 46th Birthday]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s turning 46 and then there&rsquo;s turning 46 like Chelsea Handler.&nbsp;The comedian and TV star took to the slopes of Whistler, B.C. this week to mark another year around the earth. And she did it in cross-border style. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler)Wearing a helmet with both Canada and U.S. flags, Canadian flag pasties and not much else, Handler shared a message of body positivity with people of every age and size with the post.&ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chelsea-handler-skis-topless-in-whistler-to-celebrate-46th-birthday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chelsea-handler-skis-topless-in-whistler-to-celebrate-46th-birthday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Province Is The ‘Florida’ Of Canada? Twitter Users Need To Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is B.C. the Florida of Canada? It&rsquo;s a question many Canadians are asking on social media following a biting comparison from an American doctor.&nbsp;It all started when Harvard University epidemiologist Dr. Eric Fiegl-Ding tweeted about Quebec&rsquo;s school mask mandate compared to B.C.18 hours after my Quebec shaming tweet &#129525;... mask mandate now imposed in all elementary schools!!!<br />
Meantime, I&rsquo;m watching the Florida of Canada.... errrr British Columbia &#127464;&#127462; #CO]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/which-province-is-the-florida-of-canada-twitter-users-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 20:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/which-province-is-the-florida-of-canada-twitter-users-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Government Slammed For ‘Utterly Ignorant’ COVID-19 Self-Care Bingo Card]]></title><description><![CDATA[The B.C. government is getting heat for a &ldquo;tone deaf&rdquo; self-care bingo card that recommends people build a blanket fort, drink tea or dance to manage pandemic stress.&nbsp;The province tweeted out the game on Friday, encouraging people to complete a row, column or diagonal to make sure they&rsquo;re taking care of their mental health.Self-care can help manage some stress &amp; anxiety during #CovidBC. Identify how you've taken care of yourself so far this week with the goal to complet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-government-slammed-for-utterly-ignorant-covid-19-self-care-bingo-card/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2021 18:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-government-slammed-for-utterly-ignorant-covid-19-self-care-bingo-card/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Are Up 717% In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGFORD, B.C. &mdash; Data released by Vancouver police showing a surge in anti-Asian hate crimes last year reinforces the need to treat violence against people of colour as a hate crime, British Columbia&rsquo;s premier says.Vancouver police data shows anti-Asian hate crimes rose from a dozen in 2019 to 142 incidents in 2020, a 717 per cent increase, while general hate incidents doubled.Vancouver police said last year that the spike in anti-Asian hate crimes coincided with the increases in COV]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/anti-asian-hate-crimes-are-up-717-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/anti-asian-hate-crimes-are-up-717-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Canadians Aren't Just Watching The Indian Farmers' Protest. We're Living It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[An old Massey Ferguson farm tractor sits on our driveway. Decades have weathered its bright red paint into a muted, rusty hue. Mechanically, it is in great shape and starts on the first turn of the key. It is very similar to the tractors my father remembers seeing around our small, rural village in central Punjab, India &mdash; the kind, at the time, my family could never afford. Here in Canada, it is ridiculously impractical for all the reasons we tell ourselves we need it &mdash; mostly cuttin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/young-canadians-arent-just-watching-the-indian-farmers-protest-were-living-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/young-canadians-arent-just-watching-the-indian-farmers-protest-were-living-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Canadians Aren&amp;#039;t Just Watching The Indian Farmers&amp;#039; Protest. We&amp;#039;re Living It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[An old Massey Ferguson farm tractor sits on our driveway. Decades have weathered its bright red paint into a muted, rusty hue. Mechanically, it is in great shape and starts on the first turn of the key. It is very similar to the tractors my father remembers seeing around our small, rural village in central Punjab, India &mdash; the kind, at the time, my family could never afford. Here in Canada, it is ridiculously impractical for all the reasons we tell ourselves we need it &mdash; mostly cuttin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/young-canadians-arenamp039t-just-watching-the-indian-farmersamp039-protest-weamp039re-living-it/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/young-canadians-arenamp039t-just-watching-the-indian-farmersamp039-protest-weamp039re-living-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Home-Sales Boom Doesn't Even Notice COVID-19's Second Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[The unstoppable juggernaut that is Canada&rsquo;s residential real estate market showed no signs of letting up in January, even as renewed pandemic lockdowns kept buyers searching from home and many sellers on the sidelines.Numbers for Greater Toronto aren&rsquo;t in yet, but most other major metro areas in Canada reported a record-breaking month, with Greater Vancouver clocking a 52.1-per-cent spike in the number of home sales, compared to last January. The benchmark price for all property type]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-home-sales-boom-doesnt-even-notice-covid-19s-second-wave/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2021 16:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-home-sales-boom-doesnt-even-notice-covid-19s-second-wave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gary Bath, B.C. Man Who Drove American Family To Border, Gifted New Car]]></title><description><![CDATA[A B.C. man who gained widespread attention for helping drive a stranded American family to the Alaska-Canada border will soon be able to do that trip in a new car.Gary Bath, a Canadian ranger and military veteran in Fort St. John, helped Lynn Marchessault and her family after they were stranded in a November snowstorm on their way to join her husband.That good deed has been recognized by Planters, the American nut company, which is giving both Bath and Marchessault a new car and a lifetime suppl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/gary-bath-bc-man-who-drove-american-family-to-border-gifted-new-car/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/gary-bath-bc-man-who-drove-american-family-to-border-gifted-new-car/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Death Threat Letters With White Powder Are A Scam: RCMP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cut brake lines. Poisoned packages. Drive-by shootings. Death to you and all your family members.&nbsp;Those are some of the terrifying threats enclosed in a series of letters sent to Metro Vancouver residents in recent weeks. Police are alerting the public after several people in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam received letters threatening death if they didn&rsquo;t pay an amount of Bitcoin to an anonymous QR code address.&nbsp;But police say the letters, while alarming, are just a scam.The letter]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-death-threat-letters-with-white-powder-are-a-scam-rcmp/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 22:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-death-threat-letters-with-white-powder-are-a-scam-rcmp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love Led Me To End My Wanted Pregnancy. Fear Stops Me From Discussing It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I discovered I was pregnant on Mother&rsquo;s Day, at the beginning of a roaring global pandemic. Alone at home in rural British Columbia, I was overjoyed, terrified and instantly in love with this tiny, very-wanted embryo.Five months later, I would be sobbing in a hospital bed at BC Women&rsquo;s Hospital, staring at my silent baby daughter. She lay motionless in a clear, plastic bassinet on a mound of ice, snugly bundled in the gingham blanket we had chosen for her 10 hours earlier. A white kn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/love-led-me-to-end-my-wanted-pregnancy-fear-stops-me-from-discussing-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/love-led-me-to-end-my-wanted-pregnancy-fear-stops-me-from-discussing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver ‘Hobbit House’ For Rent At A Cool $6,200 A Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever dreamed of moving to New Zealand, digging a hole in a hill and living that Hobbit lifestyle?The pandemic certainly has a lot of us feeling that, and part of that dream is more achievable for Vancouver renters now that the city&rsquo;s famous &ldquo;hobbit house&rdquo; is back on the market.&nbsp;The 80-year-old iconic property at 587 West King Edward Ave. entered the rental market this week at a cool $6,200 per month. That gets you the unique 80-year-old outdoor visage, and a fully renovate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-hobbit-house-for-rent-at-a-cool-6200-a-month/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-hobbit-house-for-rent-at-a-cool-6200-a-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Host, Guests Receive $17,000 In Fines At Makeshift Home 'Nightclub']]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Police have arrested a man who allegedly operated a makeshift nightclub at his Vancouver penthouse and issued fines against him and his suspected guests totaling more than $17,000.Sgt. Steve Addison says the case should be a lesson to anyone caught hosting a party in violation of provincial measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.He says police launched an investigation a week ago after a witness called police to report a large party inside the downtown apartment.Addison]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-host-guests-receive-17000-in-fines-at-makeshift-home-nightclub/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-host-guests-receive-17000-in-fines-at-makeshift-home-nightclub/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Woman Turned Away From B.C. Hospital Has Stillbirth: Uncle]]></title><description><![CDATA[KITIMAT, B.C. &mdash; The uncle of an Indigenous woman who gave birth to a stillborn baby after allegedly being turned away from a hospital in British Columbia says she is traumatized by the experience of racism.Dustin Gaucher said his 21-year-old niece, who does not wish to be identified, was two weeks overdue when she started having contractions and went to a hospital in Kitimat.He said staff checked the baby&rsquo;s heart rate and determined she did not need to be in hospital despite her conc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-woman-turned-away-from-bc-hospital-has-stillbirth-uncle/</link><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 21:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-woman-turned-away-from-bc-hospital-has-stillbirth-uncle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver, Feds Take Next Step Towards Decriminalizing Illicit Drug Possession]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The City of Vancouver has received a signal from the federal government to start formal discussions around its plan to decriminalize simple possession of illicit drugs.&nbsp;In a statement Wednesday, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart called the step &ldquo;another hopeful and critical milestone on the path towards fully embracing a health-focussed approach to substance use&rdquo; in the city.&ldquo;This news comes at a time when the overdose crisis in our city has never been worse,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-feds-take-next-step-towards-decriminalizing-illicit-drug-possession/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2021 23:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-feds-take-next-step-towards-decriminalizing-illicit-drug-possession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Bonnie Henry Says Couple Who Travelled To Yukon For Vaccine ‘Should Be Ashamed’]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia&rsquo;s chief medical officer had some strong words Monday for a couple that travelled from her province to the Yukon in order to jump the vaccine line.Dr. Bonnie Henry says the vaccine line-hoppers are shameful.&nbsp;&ldquo;They should be ashamed of themselves, they put a community at risk for their own benefit and that to me is appalling,&rdquo; she said.Media reports have identified former Great Canadian Gaming Corp. president Rodney Baker and his wife Ekaterina Baker as the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-bonnie-henry-says-couple-who-travelled-to-yukon-for-vaccine-should-be-ashamed/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-bonnie-henry-says-couple-who-travelled-to-yukon-for-vaccine-should-be-ashamed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Provinces Haven’t Spent All Of Their Federal Pandemic Money: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused.The report published Tuesday also suggests that federal efforts to stretch the financial impact of those dollars is falling short as many provinces have bucked cost-matching requests.The analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says six out of 10 provinces haven&rsquo;t spent all the money the federal governm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/most-provinces-havent-spent-all-of-their-federal-pandemic-money-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2021 16:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/most-provinces-havent-spent-all-of-their-federal-pandemic-money-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lynn Beyak Announces Retirement, Defends ‘Freedom Of Expression’ In Letter]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Independent Sen. Lynn Beyak announced her immediate retirement Monday, eight years to the day she was first appointed to the Senate by former prime minister Stephen Harper.&nbsp;The Ontario senator said in a statement the timing reflects a promise she made, which she said was contingent on her appointment, to respect Harper&rsquo;s ideation of eight-year term limits for all senators.&ldquo;The opportunity to serve Canadians, and Her Majesty the Queen, in this country that has give]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lynn-beyak-announces-retirement-defends-freedom-of-expression-in-letter/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2021 19:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lynn-beyak-announces-retirement-defends-freedom-of-expression-in-letter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 Years After Leaving NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson Is Still Questioning Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Edmondson didn&rsquo;t get much sleep the night before I talked to her. &ldquo;My kids got up so fucking early this morning,&rdquo; she tells me over the phone from her home in Vancouver, between sips of coffee. &ldquo;4:55.&rdquo;You&rsquo;d never know she was tired, though. Edmondson is a fast talker, one of those people with a lot of chipper energy, clever, quick to punctuate a story with sharp, funny observations. Anyone who&rsquo;s seen &ldquo;The Vow,&rdquo; the HBO documentary serie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/4-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/4-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Years After Leaving NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson Is Still Questioning Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Edmondson didn&rsquo;t get much sleep the night before I talked to her. &ldquo;My kids got up so fucking early this morning,&rdquo; she tells me over the phone from her home in Vancouver, between sips of coffee. &ldquo;4:55.&rdquo;You&rsquo;d never know she was tired, though. Edmondson is a fast talker, one of those people with a lot of chipper energy, clever, quick to punctuate a story with sharp, funny observations. Anyone who&rsquo;s seen &ldquo;The Vow,&rdquo; the HBO documentary serie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/3-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/3-years-after-leaving-nxivm-sarah-edmondson-is-still-questioning-everything/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Shares Plans For Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s oldest residents will be able to pre-register for COVID-19 vaccinations starting in March after the most vulnerable groups have been immunized under a plan announced Friday as the premier joined health officials in urging residents to remain committed to reducing transmission of the virus.Premier John Horgan said &ldquo;unprecedented hardship&rdquo; and grief have continued a year after the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Canada, though the rollo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-shares-plans-for-mass-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-shares-plans-for-mass-covid-19-vaccination-campaign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rio Theatre In Vancouver Pivots To Sports Bar To Skirt COVID-19 Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Any sports fan knows that when the going gets tough, sometimes you have to get creative.&nbsp;While movie theatres in British Columbia remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until at least early February, one Vancouver institution has found a way to reopen &mdash; and all it took was a little teamwork, hustle and sportsmanship.&nbsp;The Rio Theatre in East Vancouver has rebranded as a sports bar and plans to reopen for business Saturday. The theatre announced the move Tuesday with a blunt ch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rio-theatre-in-vancouver-pivots-to-sports-bar-to-skirt-covid-19-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 23:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rio-theatre-in-vancouver-pivots-to-sports-bar-to-skirt-covid-19-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Woman Leaves Glowing 4.5-Star Review Of Victoria-Area Jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jail may not be an AirBnB, but a B.C. woman who recently spent time in a Victoria-area facility felt the need to rate her stay &mdash; and the facility as well as the RCMP officers involved got a surprisingly high mark.This week, West Shore RCMP in Victoria, B.C. received a handwritten letter from a recent inmate thanking them for their service and rating her stay 4.5/5 stars &mdash; not too shabby.&nbsp;Police did not publicly identify the review-minded prisoner or what she was in jail for, but]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-leaves-glowing-45-star-review-of-victoria-area-jail/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 22:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-leaves-glowing-45-star-review-of-victoria-area-jail/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Traveller Dies After Getting Lost On Vancouver-Area Mountain]]></title><description><![CDATA[SQUAMISH, B.C. &mdash; A snowshoer who set out alone on a rugged mountain trail on Vancouver&rsquo;s north shore Thursday has died.Squamish RCMP say the 21-year-old woman from Ontario was removed from a steep gully Friday morning after an overnight search.She was found on the east side of the Howe Sound Crest Trail about five kilometres from the Cypress Mountain ski area.The Mounties say the woman was transported back to the base of North Shore Rescue and medical staff pronounced her dead.Offici]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-traveller-dies-after-getting-lost-on-vancouver-area-mountain/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 23:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-traveller-dies-after-getting-lost-on-vancouver-area-mountain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Detects First Case Of South African Strain As U.K. Variant Cases Grow]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s provincial health officer expressed concern as she reported the first South African strain of COVID-19 uncovered in the province.&nbsp;Dr. Bonnie Henry said Thursday the person who contracted the South African variant had neither travelled nor had contact with anyone who did, and officials are investigating where the person might have picked up the virus.&nbsp;Another person has also tested positive for the British variant of the virus, bringing that tot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-detects-first-case-of-south-african-strain-as-uk-variant-cases-grow/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-detects-first-case-of-south-african-strain-as-uk-variant-cases-grow/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Examining Whether It Can Legally Limit Non-Essential Travel To Province]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The B.C. government is seeking legal advice on whether it can limit non-essential travel to the province during the pandemic, the premier says.Premier John Horgan told a news conference Thursday there is concern about people coming from other provinces or territories and spreading COVID-19.&nbsp;Horgan said he and other premiers have made the case for Canadians to stay home during the pandemic, but people continue to travel. The issue has been discussed for months and it&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-examining-whether-it-can-legally-limit-non-essential-travel-to-province/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 03:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-examining-whether-it-can-legally-limit-non-essential-travel-to-province/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Minister Ravi Kahlon Shares Heartwarming Note His Son Received After Making A Friend]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ravi Kahlon is well-regarded for his Olympic achievements&nbsp;in field hockey and role in provincial politics, but the Canadian&rsquo;s latest accomplishment isn&rsquo;t in the professional sector. Rather, the B.C. cabinet minister is making waves for a heartwarming tweet about his 10-year-old son.&nbsp;On Wednesday, Kahlon shared on the social media platform how his son&rsquo;s day at school had gone: During lunch, he and a friend saw a new classmate was sitting alone,&nbsp;so they decided to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-minister-ravi-kahlon-shares-heartwarming-note-his-son-received-after-making-a-friend/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 00:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-minister-ravi-kahlon-shares-heartwarming-note-his-son-received-after-making-a-friend/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Strip Club The Penthouse Can’t Resist A Dig At U.S. Capitol Security]]></title><description><![CDATA[The insurrection at the United States Capitol is the latest news story to inspire commentary from an unlikely source &mdash; a Vancouver strip club&rsquo;s marquee sign.A violent mob of Trump-supporters overwhelmed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday in an attempted insurrection of the U.S. government. The armed mob managed to get all the way into the senate chamber and the Capitol was locked down for several hours as security and police attempted to clear rioters out.Much has been said about how easy it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-strip-club-the-penthouse-cant-resist-a-dig-at-us-capitol-security/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-strip-club-the-penthouse-cant-resist-a-dig-at-us-capitol-security/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Woman Saw Cash Raining From The Sky And Returned It To Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[NANAIMO, B.C. &mdash; The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her.&nbsp;Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street in north Nanaimo on Monday when a car &ldquo;went flying past her.&rdquo;Seconds later, money started floating down around her.READ MORE2020 Ended With A Literal Dumpster Fire, Because Of CourseHow Canadians Started Community Fridges In Their CitiesHere's The Last Day You Can Pay Using Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-saw-cash-raining-from-the-sky-and-returned-it-to-police/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-saw-cash-raining-from-the-sky-and-returned-it-to-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Home Sales Hit All-Time Records In Many Canadian Cities Amid Holiday Shutdowns]]></title><description><![CDATA[With malls closed over the holidays in many places due to the pandemic, it seems Canadians went shopping for houses instead.Home sales in December &#8213; typically a dead zone for real estate transactions &#8213; hit all-time highs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, the cities&rsquo; real estate boards reported this week.&ldquo;A strong economic rebound in many sectors of the economy, ultra-low borrowing costs and the enhanced use of technology for virtual open houses and showings fuelled and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/home-sales-hit-all-time-records-in-many-canadian-cities-amid-holiday-shutdowns/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 19:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/home-sales-hit-all-time-records-in-many-canadian-cities-amid-holiday-shutdowns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Will Canada Start Vaccinating The General Population Against COVID-19?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 vaccine is here and every day thousands of doses are administered across Canada.While we know the key groups getting the shot now &mdash; long-term care residents and health-care workers &mdash; what about the rest of us? While details vary across the country, provincial health authorities are starting to give us an idea as to when vaccinations will be more widely available.B.C.&rsquo;s chief medical officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the rollout will constantly evolve in the coming mont]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/when-will-canada-start-vaccinating-the-general-population-against-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/when-will-canada-start-vaccinating-the-general-population-against-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Shares His Cameo In One Of Alex Trebek's Last 'Jeopardy!' Episodes]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week will be the last time you can watch new &ldquo;Jeopardy!&rdquo; episodes of the late TV legend&nbsp;Alex Trebek, as the show airs his final episodes as their long-running host.It&rsquo;s bound to be an emotional watch for fans, including Ryan Reynolds: The &ldquo;Deadpool&rdquo; actor shared a clip on Twitter of one of the upcoming episodes, in which the two Canadians present a clue related to Reynolds&rsquo; upcoming film, &ldquo;Free Guy.&rdquo;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an honour (and a litt]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-shares-his-cameo-in-one-of-alex-trebeks-last-jeopardy-episodes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-shares-his-cameo-in-one-of-alex-trebeks-last-jeopardy-episodes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Was A Literal Dumpster Fire On New Year’s Eve In Kelowna]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was there any other way for 2020 to go out?First responders in Kelowna, B.C. responded to a literal dumpster fire on New Year&rsquo;s Eve, because apparently the wretched year has a sense of humour.&nbsp;I can't think of a more appropriate way to send off 2020 than a dumpster fire on New year's Eve. #Kelowna@IAFF953 fire crews responded to and knocked down a fire in a dumpster outside Source Adult shop, shortly after 10 p.m. tonight. For @KelownaCapNewspic.twitter.com/1lVov1TZRk&mdash; Phil McLa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/there-was-a-literal-dumpster-fire-on-new-years-eve-in-kelowna/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/there-was-a-literal-dumpster-fire-on-new-years-eve-in-kelowna/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Cutting Off Alcohol Sales At 8 P.M. On NYE To Prevent 'Risky Behaviour']]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Health officials in British Columbia are cutting off alcohol sales on New Year&rsquo;s Eve in an effort to prevent gatherings where COVID-19 can spread.&nbsp;Last call for alcohol will be at 8 p.m. on New Year&rsquo;s Eve and the ban continues until 9 a.m. the next day, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Wednesday.&nbsp;&ldquo;The purpose is to decrease the late-night consumption of alcohol that leads to what we know can be risky behaviour,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-cutting-off-alcohol-sales-at-8-pm-on-nye-to-prevent-risky-behaviour/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2020 03:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-cutting-off-alcohol-sales-at-8-pm-on-nye-to-prevent-risky-behaviour/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pandemic Closed My Small Business. Now I Make A Living Streaming Video Games.]]></title><description><![CDATA[One minute I had full-time work at the zero-waste, plant-based street food and catering business my partner founded in late 2018. The next, all of our business was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;Dozens of people I know also lost their jobs or had to shutter their companies.I counted my blessings (and savings, which could last me and my partner three to four months at best). I qualified for CERB&rsquo;s monthly $2,000 payment, and anxiously tried without success to find a new job or]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-pandemic-closed-my-small-business-now-i-make-a-living-streaming-video-games/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-pandemic-closed-my-small-business-now-i-make-a-living-streaming-video-games/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2nd B.C. Mink Farm Reports COVID-19 Outbreak Among Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Minks on a second farm in British Columbia&rsquo;s Fraser Valley have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.Three minks that died on the farm tested positive for the virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a news release Thursday, noting the animals were tested after some on the farm had diarrhea.It said 23 animals died between Dec. 19 and 23.&nbsp;B.C.&rsquo;s chief veterinarian has placed the farm under a quarantine prohibiting the movement of animals]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2nd-bc-mink-farm-reports-covid-19-outbreak-among-animals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2nd-bc-mink-farm-reports-covid-19-outbreak-among-animals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Provincial Forecasts See Alberta Struggling For Years, High Unemployment In Ontario]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two of Canada&rsquo;s most important economic engines &#8213; Ontario and Alberta &#8213; struggled more than others through the 2020 crisis year, but will make up for much of it in 2021, new economic forecasts predict.All the same, Ontario will see an elevated unemployment rate of around 7.5 per cent through 2021, near or higher than the national average, economists at Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank predicted in recent reports.But that will pale in comparison to Alberta&rsquo;s projected unem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/provincial-forecasts-see-alberta-struggling-for-years-high-unemployment-in-ontario/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2020 13:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/provincial-forecasts-see-alberta-struggling-for-years-high-unemployment-in-ontario/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Quietly Releases Race-Based Data Showing Number Of Black Employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) quietly released employment statistics showing 1.5 per cent of regular members in officer roles identify themselves as Black.It&rsquo;s an early glimpse of the disaggregated race-based data the national police force is beginning to collect. This data is currently not published in its employee diversity statistics, updated annually, which organizes staff under four broad categories: persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, members of v]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-quietly-releases-race-based-data-showing-number-of-black-employees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-quietly-releases-race-based-data-showing-number-of-black-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Population Growth Hits Lowest On Record As Ontario, B.C. Shrink]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s population all but stopped growing this summer, and six provinces saw a historic decline in residents, as border shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic kept new landed immigrants from arriving.Canada&rsquo;s population increase of 2,767 people in the third quarter of this year is the smallest increase in records going back to 1946, Statistics Canada said in a report released Thursday. It&rsquo;s so small the statistical agency reported it as 0.0 per cent growth.In a truly unusual re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-population-growth-hits-lowest-on-record-as-ontario-bc-shrink/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2020 20:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-population-growth-hits-lowest-on-record-as-ontario-bc-shrink/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Go Home To Family For Christmas? What To Know About Provincial COVID-19 Restrictions]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas &mdash; a very small, small Christmas.Many provinces, including B.C., Alberta and parts of Ontario have strict COVID-19 social gathering limits that will impact the holiday season. In many of those areas, indoor and outdoor social gatherings are banned except for with members of the household you live in, or one or two exceptions for people living alone.In recent weeks, health officials have clarified or confirmed how those restrictions impact ho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/can-you-go-home-to-family-for-christmas-what-to-know-about-provincial-covid-19-restrictions/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/can-you-go-home-to-family-for-christmas-what-to-know-about-provincial-covid-19-restrictions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Doctors Are Now Prescribing Nature To Boost Patient Health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Running down the concrete blocks of city streets, Peter Singh found little relief from his sadness and anger.In 2014, he cut short his university semester to return home to Surrey, B.C. to help care for his father who was dying from the unstoppable nervous system disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gerhig&rsquo;s disease).&nbsp;&ldquo;I felt a lot of sadness just to watch a human who I loved very much, and had worked so hard to create a business and get it off the gro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-doctors-are-now-prescribing-nature-to-boost-patient-health/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-doctors-are-now-prescribing-nature-to-boost-patient-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minks On B.C. Farm With Outbreak Test Positive For COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABBOTSFORD, B.C. &mdash; Test results from five mink samples taken from a farm in British Columbia&rsquo;s Fraser Valley have come back positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.&nbsp;The provincial Ministry of Agriculture said Wednesday the animal samples were gathered after several workers at the mink farm tested positive for COVID-19.B.C.&rsquo;s chief veterinarian has placed the farm under quarantine, prohibiting the movement of animals and materials from the property, the minist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/minks-on-bc-farm-with-outbreak-test-positive-for-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2020 01:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/minks-on-bc-farm-with-outbreak-test-positive-for-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds’ Mom Lays Into Chris Hemsworth In Expletive-Laden Trash Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to the Reynolds family, the funny apple doesn&rsquo;t fall far from the tree.That was evident this week, when Ryan Reynolds&rsquo; mom Tammy stepped in to help him with a little social media trash talk of a fellow Marvel star.In a video shared by Reynolds, Tammy lays into &ldquo;Thor&rdquo; star Chris Hemsworth at her son&rsquo;s request.&ldquo;Normally I would not talk to my friends like this, but he insisted,&rdquo; she says.&nbsp;To my fellow @agboleague superhero fantasy footba]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-mom-lays-into-chris-hemsworth-in-expletive-laden-trash-talk/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 20:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-mom-lays-into-chris-hemsworth-in-expletive-laden-trash-talk/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Took A Pandemic (And Cancer) To Mend My Relationship With My Mother]]></title><description><![CDATA[For most of my life, I didn&rsquo;t believe that my mother was my real parent. I told myself that perhaps my father had an affair with a younger woman who had died from childbirth, and that my mother, out of moral obligation or familial duty, must have agreed to raise me as her own.To a child with an active imagination, it was the simplest way to explain the level of detachment that I felt in our relationship.When I came along as her last child, my mother was 38. Not entirely maternal, she worke]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/it-took-a-pandemic-and-cancer-to-mend-my-relationship-with-my-mother/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2020 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/it-took-a-pandemic-and-cancer-to-mend-my-relationship-with-my-mother/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How And Where To Apply For The B.C. COVID-19 Recovery Benefit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you live in British Columbia and want money from the provincial government?&nbsp;Premier John Horgan&rsquo;s government tabled a bill Tuesday to fund the B.C. Recovery Benefit, fulfilling a campaign promise to send $500 or $1,000 to a large chunk of the province&rsquo;s residents.According to a news release from Horgan&rsquo;s NDP, the one-time payment is meant to help &ldquo;ease the financial impact of COVID-19 for people in British Columbia who have been hit the hardest.&rdquo;Assuming the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-and-where-to-apply-for-the-bc-covid-19-recovery-benefit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 23:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-and-where-to-apply-for-the-bc-covid-19-recovery-benefit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are Canadians Rallying Behind Farmers Protesting In India?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As tens of thousands of farmers stake out India&rsquo;s capital as part of a monumental protest rejecting agricultural reforms, Canadians are rallying in support.From the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia to Winnipeg and Charlottetown, thousands of people have participated in demonstrations this month, driving their vehicles down major roadways with signs declaring &ldquo;No Farmers, No Food, No Future&rdquo; and &ldquo;We Stand With Farmers.&rdquo;&nbsp;This largely spontaneous show of streng]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-are-canadians-rallying-behind-farmers-protesting-in-india/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-are-canadians-rallying-behind-farmers-protesting-in-india/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Canucks Fire Anthem Singer For Attending Anti-Mask Rally]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Canucks have fired longtime anthem singer Mark Donnelly for performing at an anti-mask protest on Saturday.Donnelly told the mostly unmasked crowd at the Christmas Freedom Rally he questioned the &ldquo;draconian lockdown protocols&rdquo; due to the coronavirus pandemic. By singing O Canada, he said he was standing against &ldquo;tyranny, plain and simple.&rdquo;&nbsp;This weekend, Canada passed the grim milestone of more than 400,000 COVID-19 infections and 12,000 deaths, with ove]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-canucks-fire-anthem-singer-for-attending-anti-mask-rally/</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 19:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-canucks-fire-anthem-singer-for-attending-anti-mask-rally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Choir Turns ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Into Pandemic Anthem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christmas 2020 is set to be a holiday like no other, so it makes sense that we need Christmas music suited for this unique year.Thankfully, a Vancouver choir has delivered just that.The Virtual Pop Choir in Vancouver has produced a very 2020 version of Mariah Carey&rsquo;s beloved Christmas classic &ldquo;All I Want For Christmas Is You&rdquo; and it perfectly captures the year&rsquo;s mood.&nbsp;From replacing the song&rsquo;s titular lyrics with &ldquo;I will social distance from you&rdquo; to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-choir-turns-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-into-pandemic-anthem/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-choir-turns-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-into-pandemic-anthem/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Big-City Housing Markets Shatter Records In November, Defying COVID-19’s Second Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[A spike in COVID-19 cases, new restrictions on activities in many parts of the country, and even the collapse of oil prices all combined doesn&rsquo;t seem seem to be enough to stop the juggernaut that is Canada&rsquo;s housing market.Real estate boards in the country&rsquo;s largest metro areas reported sharp sales increases in November even as sellers pulled back in many markets, reducing listings. The result was a rapid spike in selling prices.Sales in Greater Toronto jumped more than 24 per]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-big-city-housing-markets-shatter-records-in-november-defying-covid-19s-second-wave/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-big-city-housing-markets-shatter-records-in-november-defying-covid-19s-second-wave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The First Nations Water Crisis Won't End When Drinking Water Advisories Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[In October, more than 250 members of the Neskantaga First Nation were evacuated to Thunder Bay after an oily sheen was found on their reservoir. The discovery left the community, located in northern Ontario, without access to running water.The evacuation drew attention to the federal government&rsquo;s 2015 commitment to end all on reserve long-term drinking water advisories (in place for more than one year) by March 31, 2021. Neskantaga has been living under a boil-water advisory for 26 years.A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-first-nations-water-crisis-wont-end-when-drinking-water-advisories-do/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-first-nations-water-crisis-wont-end-when-drinking-water-advisories-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Contractor's 'Hope Stoves' Help Homeless People Cook, Stay Warm]]></title><description><![CDATA[As winter creeps closer and temperatures drop, many people without homes will be looking for ways to stay warm and one man is hoping to help.Mike Hay, a contractor and business owner from Nanaimo, B.C., has been making &ldquo;hope stoves&rdquo; to give to those in need.Hay loves to camp out in Vancouver Island&rsquo;s backcountry, and is familiar with how frigid the weather can be sleeping in a tent.He and his wife take donated wax, wicks and paint cans and turn them into portable heaters that r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-contractors-hope-stoves-help-homeless-people-cook-stay-warm/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2020 02:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-contractors-hope-stoves-help-homeless-people-cook-stay-warm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Parents Slam Grade 6 Essay Focused On Residential School ‘Positives’]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABBOTSFORD, B.C. &mdash; A school superintendent in British Columbia is apologizing to an Indigenous mother who pointed out a homework assignment that asked students to find &ldquo;positive experiences with residential schools.&rdquo;Krista MacInnis says she was reduced to tears when her daughter asked for help on the Grade 6 assignment from William A. Fraser Middle School in Abbotsford.MacInnis says she asked her daughter to erase the work she had done, which included the web address for a blog]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-parents-slam-grade-6-essay-focused-on-residential-school-positives/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 03:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-parents-slam-grade-6-essay-focused-on-residential-school-positives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Hotel Worker Has Heart Attack After Anti-Masker Spits On Her]]></title><description><![CDATA[NELSON, B.C. &mdash; A hotel worker in Nelson, B.C., suffered a heart attack shortly after a confrontation with a patron who refused to wear a mask and wouldn&rsquo;t leave the hotel&rsquo;s coffee shop.Rob Little, manager of The Adventure Hotel, says it happened last Friday when their accountant was called to help deal with a man who was shouting and ignoring new provincial rules to wear a mask to slow the spread of COVID-19.&nbsp;Little says when the woman intervened, the man spat on her and w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-hotel-worker-has-heart-attack-after-anti-masker-spits-on-her/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2020 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-hotel-worker-has-heart-attack-after-anti-masker-spits-on-her/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['West Wing''s Richard Schiff Praises Canadian Health Care After COVID-19 Hospitalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[American actor Richard Schiff is singing the praises of Canada&rsquo;s &ldquo;socialized&rdquo; health-care system after being hospitalized with COVID-19 in Vancouver this month.&nbsp;The star contracted the virus while filming &ldquo;The Good Doctor&rdquo; in Vancouver earlier this month. Schiff is likely best-known for his starring role as Toby Ziegler on the long-running TV series &ldquo;The West Wing,&rdquo; for which he won an Emmy Award in 2000.&nbsp;Schiff and his wife Sheila Kelley teste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/west-wings-richard-schiff-praises-canadian-health-care-after-covid-19-hospitalization/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/west-wings-richard-schiff-praises-canadian-health-care-after-covid-19-hospitalization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Man Files Human Rights Complaint Over Arrest At B.C. Bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; An Indigenous man from British Columbia has filed complaints with the BC Human Rights Tribunal and the Canadian Human Rights Commission after he and his granddaughter were handcuffed when they tried to open a bank account.&nbsp;Maxwell Johnson&rsquo;s complaint says both he and his 12-year-old granddaughter were detained last December by Vancouver police officers when they tried to open an account at the Bank of Montreal using their Indigenous status cards.His complaint alleges]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-man-files-human-rights-complaint-over-arrest-at-bc-bank/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-man-files-human-rights-complaint-over-arrest-at-bc-bank/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Makes Masks Mandatory In Public Spaces As COVID-19 Cases Surge]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia is making it mandatory to wear masks in public spaces, while social interactions will be under new restrictions until Dec. 7 because of a surge in COVID-19 cases.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry earlier imposed restrictions on social gatherings in areas covered by the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities, but says COVID-19 is spreading to other places and the order will now be provincewide.&nbsp;Henry said Thursday the previous measures have]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-makes-masks-mandatory-in-public-spaces-as-covid-19-cases-surge/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2020 02:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-makes-masks-mandatory-in-public-spaces-as-covid-19-cases-surge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As An American, I Last Felt Welcome In Canada 4 Years Ago. This Election Changes That.]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;You people really ruined things for the rest of us.&rdquo;The father of my daughter&rsquo;s schoolmate had just overheard my kid proudly declare we were from New York City, and probably didn&rsquo;t notice my cheeks burn as he went on to make me feel even smaller.&nbsp;&ldquo;You must feel relieved knowing you no longer live in a country full of people stupid enough to elect a fascist!&rdquo;It was December 2016, a month after the election that secured Donald Trump&rsquo;s presidency &mda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/as-an-american-i-last-felt-welcome-in-canada-4-years-ago-this-election-changes-that/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 22:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/as-an-american-i-last-felt-welcome-in-canada-4-years-ago-this-election-changes-that/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Mother Battling COVID-19 In Induced Coma After Emergency C-Section]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dave McIntosh is in &ldquo;uncharted territory.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s able to hold his newborn son close, but his wife, unconscious in a hospital bed due to complications from COVID-19, cannot.Gill McIntosh, 37, remains in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Abbotsford, B.C., in an induced coma and on a ventilator after her emergency C-section.&nbsp;After starting to feel sick in the first week of November (chalking her symptoms up to pregnancy-related pressure and pain late in her third trimes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mother-battling-covid-19-in-induced-coma-after-emergency-c-section/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mother-battling-covid-19-in-induced-coma-after-emergency-c-section/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Condo Markets Face Perfect Storm As Rental Rates Tank, Costs Jump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Add yet another to the many imbalances in Canada&rsquo;s pandemic economy: Renters are catching big breaks as rental rates drop, while condo owners &#8213; particularly investors &#8213; are looking at potentially rough times ahead.In fact, for condo owners, just about everything that could go wrong &#8213; from bad construction and rising insurance costs, to rental rates that can&rsquo;t cover mortgage payments &#8213; is going wrong.Rents are falling in most Canadian major cities, pulling down]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-condo-markets-face-perfect-storm-as-rental-rates-tank-costs-jump/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-condo-markets-face-perfect-storm-as-rental-rates-tank-costs-jump/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New COVID-19 Restrictions Are Coming Down Across Canada. Here’s What You Need To Know.]]></title><description><![CDATA[No doubt about it, the second wave of COVID-19 is here.&nbsp;After a summer when many Canadians welcomed looser restrictions and the chance to see some family and friends, winter is here and the cold weather comes as cases surge again.&nbsp;Nearly every province has recorded a new daily record for confirmed cases in recent weeks, and lagging indicators like hospitalizations and deaths from the virus are once again on the rise. On Friday, Canada&rsquo;s chief medical officer Dr. Theresa Tam warne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-covid-19-restrictions-are-coming-down-across-canada-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-covid-19-restrictions-are-coming-down-across-canada-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Bonnie Henry Says Santa Will Be ‘Washing His Hands A Lot’ This Christmas]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the winter holiday season approaches, B.C.&rsquo;s chief medical officer acknowledged celebrations will be a lot different this year &mdash; even for one particular jolly man in a red suit.&ldquo;We will have Christmas. We will have Christmas. It&rsquo;ll look different,&rdquo; Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a news conference Thursday.&nbsp;The comments came after Henry was asked if B.C. residents can hope for anything resembling a &ldquo;normal&rdquo; Christmas this year. The province is curre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-bonnie-henry-says-santa-will-be-washing-his-hands-a-lot-this-christmas/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-bonnie-henry-says-santa-will-be-washing-his-hands-a-lot-this-christmas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maverick Party Will Model Itself On Bloc Québécois, Interim Leader Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash;&nbsp; The western separatist Maverick Party will model itself on the Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois as it prepares to field candidates for a possible federal election, its interim leader told HuffPost Canada&rsquo;s political podcast, &ldquo;Follow-Up.&rdquo;&ldquo;The Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois has been very effective in representing the interests of their constituents,&rdquo; Maverick Party interim leader Jay Hill said in the podcast&rsquo;s latest episode.&ldquo;The central thi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/maverick-party-will-model-itself-on-bloc-qubcois-interim-leader-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2020 17:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/maverick-party-will-model-itself-on-bloc-qubcois-interim-leader-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraser Health's Graphics Show How Easily COVID-19 Can Spread]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all know that gatherings are risky for spreading COVID-19, but how big of a risk are they?In an ad campaign released this week, officials from Fraser Health &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s largest regional health authority &mdash; break down how one COVID-19 case in a group setting can balloon into many more.Using real data compiled by contact tracers in the region, the graphics show how a single case at a fitness class, a wedding or an industrial worksite can multiply.&nbsp; View this post]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/fraser-healths-graphics-show-how-easily-covid-19-can-spread/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/fraser-healths-graphics-show-how-easily-covid-19-can-spread/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simu Liu Wrote A Diss Rap About Ryan Reynolds And It’s Perfect]]></title><description><![CDATA[Simu Liu is one of the newest editions to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he&rsquo;s long been making his mark on the hearts of Canadians. The star of &ldquo;Shang-Chi,&rdquo; due for release next summer, has advocated hard for more diversity in film, assembled a squad of Canadians for Asian Heritage Month&nbsp;and even offered himself up as an &ldquo;emotional support Canadian&rdquo;&nbsp;following the recent U.S. presidential election.The man can do it all. And &ldquo;it all&rdquo; apparent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/simu-liu-wrote-a-diss-rap-about-ryan-reynolds-and-its-perfect/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/simu-liu-wrote-a-diss-rap-about-ryan-reynolds-and-its-perfect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Bonnie Henry On B.C.’s New Restrictions: ‘Think About The Things We Did In The Spring’]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s time to start thinking like we did in the spring.That&rsquo;s the message from B.C.&rsquo;s top doctor as sections of the province imposed new restrictions on social gatherings and businesses over the weekend.Dr. Bonnie Henry said during a briefing Monday, it&rsquo;s time to return to some of the mindsets of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic &mdash; and no, she&rsquo;s not talking about toilet paper hoarding.&ldquo;I am directing now that we need to think about the things that w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-bonnie-henry-on-bcs-new-restrictions-think-about-the-things-we-did-in-the-spring/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 20:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-bonnie-henry-on-bcs-new-restrictions-think-about-the-things-we-did-in-the-spring/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want A Free House? This One In B.C. Is Yours If You’re Willing To Move It]]></title><description><![CDATA[A free house? In this economy? One Vancouver woman says it&rsquo;s actually possible &mdash; if you&rsquo;re willing to pay to move it off of her lot.&nbsp;Katie Dunsworth Reiach is giving away her 1920s-era heritage home in Vancouver free of charge to someone willing to pay the costs of moving it somewhere else.&nbsp;&ldquo;I love the house and I just think there&rsquo;s somebody that would love it and cherish it as much as we would,&rdquo; she told HuffPost Canada.&nbsp; View this post on Inst]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/want-a-free-house-this-one-in-bc-is-yours-if-youre-willing-to-move-it/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 20:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/want-a-free-house-this-one-in-bc-is-yours-if-youre-willing-to-move-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Slams Pause On Restart Plan For 2 Weeks After COVID Cases Spike]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s provincial health officer says dangerously high and rapid increases in COVID-19 cases has forced a reversal of the restart plan for two weeks in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions.Dr. Bonnie Henry says residents in those areas need to significantly reduce their social activities in their homes, for travel, in indoor activities and at workplaces.Henry says people in the area should be travelling only for essential reasons and there will be n]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-slams-pause-on-restart-plan-for-2-weeks-after-covid-cases-spike/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 00:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-slams-pause-on-restart-plan-for-2-weeks-after-covid-cases-spike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents Of Town On U.S.-Canada Border Want COVID Restrictions Loosened]]></title><description><![CDATA[DELTA, B.C. &mdash; Steve Power is standing on a beach across from his wife and two granddaughters, but they&rsquo;re ever so careful not to break the law by touching each other or stepping over an invisible line in the sand that separates the United States from Canada.The boundary between the two countries is indicated on a plaque affixed to a giant concrete block near them between Centennial Beach in Delta, B.C., and Maple Beach in Point Roberts, Wash. A camera mounted close by is monitored by]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/residents-of-town-on-us-canada-border-want-covid-restrictions-loosened/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 03:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/residents-of-town-on-us-canada-border-want-covid-restrictions-loosened/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Mail-In Ballots Start Getting Counted Friday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Compared to the ongoing U.S. presidential election this week, British Columbia&rsquo;s recent provincial election was a sleepy affair. There wasn&rsquo;t a single broadcaster in khakis frantically pointing at individual electoral districts on some sort of giant hi-tech touch screen for 36-hours straight.But there is one thing both races have in common: record numbers of mail-in ballots.As the world fixates on Pennsylvania, Georgia and Nevada south of the border, a huge chunk of B.C.&rsquo;s prov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-mail-in-ballots-start-getting-counted-friday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 00:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-mail-in-ballots-start-getting-counted-friday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Border Services Agents Apprehend Intrepid Bear Cub At Border]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Canada-U.S. border remains closed to non-essential travel, but that didn&rsquo;t stop one furry friend from attempting a crossing.According to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), a young bear cub attempted to cross the border between Stewart, B.C. and Hyder, Alaska earlier this week. But the bear, like many travellers, didn&rsquo;t have the proper paperwork.A traveller sought entry for essential reasons, but had no travel documents. After a forceful attempt on its part to cross the bor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-border-services-agents-apprehend-intrepid-bear-cub-at-border/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 20:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-border-services-agents-apprehend-intrepid-bear-cub-at-border/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covid-19's Second Wave No Obstacle To Canada's Big-City Housing Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s three largest metro areas reported another hot month for housing in October, with sales up by double digits in the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver areas, despite warnings from the experts that the market is bound to cool off in the coming months.Home sales in Greater Toronto were up by 25.1 per cent compared to the same month a year earlier, and the average price of a detached home hit a new milestone of $1.2 million. The condo market was somewhat softer, with prices up 0.7 per ce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19s-second-wave-no-obstacle-to-canadas-big-city-housing-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19s-second-wave-no-obstacle-to-canadas-big-city-housing-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder Hornet Found On Lower Mainland Prompts B.C. To Issue Warning]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABBOTSFORD, B.C. &mdash; The British Columbia Agriculture Ministry says one so-called murder hornet was discovered near Abbotsford on Monday.The ministry is warning beekeepers and residents to report sightings of the invasive hornets, a few of which can kill an entire honeybee hive within hours.The hornets can reach up to five centimetres in length with a wingspan of four to seven centimetres and are normally found in China, Japan, Thailand and other Asian countries.The province says in a releas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/murder-hornet-found-on-lower-mainland-prompts-bc-to-issue-warning/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/murder-hornet-found-on-lower-mainland-prompts-bc-to-issue-warning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crowd Of Unmasked Partygoers Flooded Vancouver's Granville Street On Halloween]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver police say they are disappointed after social media posts showed downtown streets crowded with party-goers on Halloween night, apparently flouting COVID-19 safety protocols. &nbsp;Spokesman Const. Jason Doucette says it wasn&rsquo;t possible to try to disperse the alcohol-fuelled crowd or issue tickets due to a number of factors.&nbsp;He says the number of people in downtown grew larger than expected and additional resources were brought in from around the city.&nbsp;This. This is what]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/crowd-of-unmasked-partygoers-flooded-vancouvers-granville-street-on-halloween/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2020 04:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/crowd-of-unmasked-partygoers-flooded-vancouvers-granville-street-on-halloween/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s House Prices Are Soaring Because Reality Doesn’t Matter Anymore To Things Like That]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many people have been scratching their heads lately trying to understand how it is that Canada&rsquo;s average house price jumped more than 17 per cent during the worst economic crisis to hit the world in decades. On its face, it seems senseless.&nbsp;There is an answer, but to get to it, you have to learn the same uncomfortable lesson that the head of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (and some of us who write about economics) learned this year. And that lesson is that we are living in an illus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-house-prices-are-soaring-because-reality-doesnt-matter-anymore-to-things-like-that/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-house-prices-are-soaring-because-reality-doesnt-matter-anymore-to-things-like-that/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Hits Grim New Milestone With 10,000 COVID-19 Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada reached a grim and worrying milestone Tuesday in the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 10,000 novel coronavirus deaths.Alberta reported two deaths from COVID-19 to lift the national tally to 10,001 with a total of 222,887 reported cases in the country since the pandemic began in March.COVID-19 case counts slowed across the country through the summer but have taken a big jump in many areas this fall, with new daily highs regularly being set through Central and Western Canada. The rising number]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-hits-grim-new-milestone-with-10000-covid-19-deaths/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-hits-grim-new-milestone-with-10000-covid-19-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials Destroy Basketball-Sized Murder Hornet Nest Near Canadian Border]]></title><description><![CDATA[As 2020&rsquo;s relentless news cycle continues to churn away, bringing us new hellish days of U.S. politics, the COVID-19 pandemic and whatever else is on the news docket on any given&nbsp; day, it&rsquo;s easy to forget stories from earlier in the year. &ldquo;Tiger King,&rdquo;panic-buying toilet paper and that one week where everything was cake have largely left our collective memories.&nbsp;But as Alanis Morisette once (sort of) said, the murder hornets are here to remind you of the mess th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/officials-destroy-basketball-sized-murder-hornet-nest-near-canadian-border/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/officials-destroy-basketball-sized-murder-hornet-nest-near-canadian-border/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Election Recap: 5 Things To Know As British Columbia Heads To The Polls]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbians head the polls Saturday.Voting day marks the culmination of a lightning fast pandemic election campaign spurred by NDP Leader John Horgan&rsquo;s snap election call in September. The province began the campaign with an NDP minority government propped up by the Green Party, but Horgan&rsquo;s hoping to end it with a majority.&nbsp;Horgan, B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson and newly elected Green Leader Sonia Fursteanu have been campaigning virtually and in-person for weeks,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-election-recap-5-things-to-know-as-british-columbia-heads-to-the-polls/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-election-recap-5-things-to-know-as-british-columbia-heads-to-the-polls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Jagmeet Singh Going To Stream ‘Among Us’ On Twitch Like AOC?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not long after U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York broke streaming records when she played the game &ldquo;Among Us&rdquo; on the Twitch video platform, a progressive politician north of the border might be looking to jump on the bandwagon and stream the popular game, too.Jagmeet Singh hinted on Twitter Wednesday night that he was up for it, after popular streamer Ryan Letourneau reached out asking if the NDP leader&nbsp; was interested in playing..@theJagmeetSingh You wanna]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-jagmeet-singh-going-to-stream-among-us-on-twitch-like-aoc/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 21:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-jagmeet-singh-going-to-stream-among-us-on-twitch-like-aoc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Liberal Candidate Lorraine Brett Defends Sharing J.K. Rowling’s Transphobic Screed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another day, another B.C. Liberal candidate controversy as days continue to tick down to the Oct. 24 provincial election voting day.&nbsp;Less than 24 hours after Laurie Throness resigned as the Liberal candidate for Chilliwack-Kent after comparing free contraception to eugenics, and a week after North Vancouver-Seymour candidate Jane Thornthwaite faced backlash for a sexist joke about a political rival, yet another Liberal is in hot water.This time it&rsquo;s New Westminster candidate Lorraine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-candidate-lorraine-brett-defends-sharing-jk-rowlings-transphobic-screed/</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2020 01:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-candidate-lorraine-brett-defends-sharing-jk-rowlings-transphobic-screed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Liberal Candidate Laurie Throness Resigns After Comparing Contraception To Eugenics]]></title><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Laurie Throness has resigned as the B.C. Liberal candidate for Chilliwack-Kent. His name will remain on the ballot.&nbsp;The B.C. Liberal Party is once again in hot water for controversial remarks made by a candidate, this time comparing free contraception to eugenics.During an all-candidates debate this week, Chilliwack-Kent candidate Laurie Throness accused the NDP of veering into eugenics in response to a question about that party&rsquo;s plan to provide free contraception in the prov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-candidate-laurie-throness-resigns-after-comparing-contraception-to-eugenics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-candidate-laurie-throness-resigns-after-comparing-contraception-to-eugenics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Liberal Candidate Laurie Throness Compares Free Birth Control To Eugenics]]></title><description><![CDATA[The B.C. Liberal Party is once again in hot water for controversial remarks made by a candidate, this time comparing free contraception to eugenics.During an all-candidates debate this week, Chilliwack-Kent candidate Laurie Throness accused the NDP of veering into eugenics in response to a question about that party&rsquo;s plan to provide free contraception in the province.&ldquo;The other thing that I feel about this is that it contains a whiff of the old eugenics thing where, you know, poor pe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-candidate-laurie-throness-compares-free-birth-control-to-eugenics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-candidate-laurie-throness-compares-free-birth-control-to-eugenics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The B.C. Leaders’ Debate: 5 Takeaways From Horgan, Wilkinson and Furstenau]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia held its only debate of the snap election campaign Tuesday night, and those looking for the fireworks of the recent U.S. presidential debate were likely disappointed by the relatively polite and calm discourse on stage.&nbsp;Where the Donald Trump-Joe Biden battle was full of interruptions, outrage and very little substance, Tuesday&rsquo;s event, broadcast from the University of British Columbia&rsquo;s Chan Centre, was a civil and comparatively fireworks-free affair from the p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-bc-leaders-debate-5-takeaways-from-horgan-wilkinson-and-furstenau/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2020 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-bc-leaders-debate-5-takeaways-from-horgan-wilkinson-and-furstenau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson Regrets Not Saying Something After Sexist Video Leaks]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the British Columbia provincial election enters its final stretch, the B.C. Liberal Party is scrambling after a Zoom &ldquo;roast&rdquo; video leaked this weekend. The recording, featuring a party candidate engaging in sexist comments, had attendees that included the party leader and other Liberal candidates standing by and laughing along.B.C. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson told reporters Tuesday he regrets not speaking up and was &ldquo;appalled&rdquo; by the comments made by Vancouver Nort]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-leader-andrew-wilkinson-regrets-not-saying-something-after-sexist-video-leaks/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 21:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-liberal-leader-andrew-wilkinson-regrets-not-saying-something-after-sexist-video-leaks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto, Vancouver Jobless Rates Now Among Highest In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s no such thing these days as a &ldquo;great place to find a job,&rdquo; but if you need one fast in the pandemic, forget Toronto or Vancouver. You&rsquo;d be better off in Manitoba or Saskatchewan.The pandemic shutdowns have turned Canada&rsquo;s job markets upside down, and the previous engines of job growth &#8213; the big cities &#8213; are sputtering while some previously sluggish smaller centres have come out looking surprisingly strong.At 12.8 per cent, Toronto has the highest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-jobless-rates-now-among-highest-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-jobless-rates-now-among-highest-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Got 74% Of National Housing Fund, While B.C. Got Less Than 1%]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A federal government fund providing financing for affordable housing projects needs to be rebuilt because it doesn&rsquo;t do enough to help provinces outside of Ontario, advocates say.&nbsp;The National Housing Co-Investment Fund, administered by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., provides a mix of loans and forgivable debt to those building affordable housing and multi-use projects.Data obtained by federal NDP housing critic Jenny Kwan shows nearly 74 per cent of the fina]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-got-74-of-national-housing-fund-while-bc-got-less-than-1/</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-got-74-of-national-housing-fund-while-bc-got-less-than-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hootsuite Whistleblower Fired After Criticizing Contract With ICE]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The employee who blew the whistle on Canadian social media giant Hootsuite&rsquo;s proposed contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is no longer with the company.Sam Anderson announced Tuesday on Twitter that she is no longer at Hootsuite and she didn&rsquo;t leave by choice.&ldquo;As of yesterday morning I am no longer employed by Hootsuite. I&rsquo;m not sure what I can and can&rsquo;t say about my departure, but I assume it&rsquo;s fair to say (and also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hootsuite-whistleblower-fired-after-criticizing-contract-with-ice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hootsuite-whistleblower-fired-after-criticizing-contract-with-ice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Chinatown Should Be A Place Where Black Stories Are Told]]></title><description><![CDATA[What should be a celebration of racial diversity and the vision of young Canadian artists threatens to divide communities in Calgary at a time when solidarity is needed most.This summer, Pink Flamingo (an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter movement) was granted city approval to paint a mural in a parking lot across from the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre.&nbsp; View this post on Instagram&#127801;All done&#127801; Thank you to everyone that came out for the signing today. Special thanks to @sto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-chinatown-should-be-a-place-where-black-stories-are-told/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-chinatown-should-be-a-place-where-black-stories-are-told/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBC's &lsquo;Trickster&rsquo; Is Indigenous Gothic At Its Finest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Boy meets girl. Boy also meets talking raven, family drama, teenage troubles, and his own supernatural reckoning.As October is the season for spine-chilling movies and shows, CBC&rsquo;s hotly anticipated series &ldquo;Trickster,&rdquo; premiering on Oct. 7, is making waves for spinning a drama unlike any other.&nbsp;&ldquo;I feel like it&rsquo;s both a coming-of-age story, but also an Indigenous gothic story that uses supernatural elements to unpack a family&rsquo;s healing,&rdquo; showrunner M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cbcs-lsquotricksterrsquo-is-indigenous-gothic-at-its-finest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cbcs-lsquotricksterrsquo-is-indigenous-gothic-at-its-finest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rental Rates In Toronto, Vancouver Tank Faster Than Anywhere Except San Francisco]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the COVID-19 pandemic shifting where people live and work, the next few years could be tough ones for landlords in Canada&rsquo;s largest cities. But they could be better for some of the country&rsquo;s long-struggling secondary cities &#8213; and for renters, who might finally find a good deal on housing after years of soaring prices.Rental rates in Canada&rsquo;s largest cities are cratering. With millions more Canadians working from home, post-secondary students taking online classes and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rental-rates-in-toronto-vancouver-tank-faster-than-anywhere-except-san-francisco/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2020 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rental-rates-in-toronto-vancouver-tank-faster-than-anywhere-except-san-francisco/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Wondered Why My Immigrant Family Didn't Use The Dishwasher. Now I Get It.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Christmas, I decided to give myself a break.&ldquo;As a treat, I will use the dishwasher today.&rdquo;I started unloading the bowls, chopsticks and cups I had hand-washed the day before. After all, I wouldn&rsquo;t need to clean those again. But when I started eagerly filling the machine with dirty dishes, my friend, who was staying with me for the holidays, looked confused.&ldquo;Sam, using the dishwasher is not a treat!&rdquo; she laughed.I laughed with her, but I also felt guilty. Growing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-wondered-why-my-immigrant-family-didnt-use-the-dishwasher-now-i-get-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-wondered-why-my-immigrant-family-didnt-use-the-dishwasher-now-i-get-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID Thanksgiving During Pandemic Will Be Different For Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nadia Lloyd started planning her family&rsquo;s annual Thanksgiving get-together months ago when COVID-19 case numbers were under control across the country.The gathering was supposed to be a big deal, marking the first time her family &mdash; split between Toronto and Montreal &mdash; could spend a holiday together in nearly a year after missing Christmas to scheduling conflicts, and Easter to the global pandemic.&nbsp;Once COVID-19 cases began rising again, Lloyd, a Toronto-based artist and de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-thanksgiving-during-pandemic-will-be-different-for-canadians/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-thanksgiving-during-pandemic-will-be-different-for-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statutory Holiday For Truth And Reconciliation Proposed By Liberals]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government introduced a bill Tuesday to create a national holiday for truth and reconciliation that will honour First Nations, Inuit and M&eacute;tis survivors, families, and communities impacted by residential schools.Bill C-5, tabled by Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, continues the work of former NDP MP Georgina Jolibois. The former MP from La Loche, Sask. and the Clearwater River Dene Nation, introduced a private member&rsquo;s bill in 2017 that sought to estab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/statutory-holiday-for-truth-and-reconciliation-proposed-by-liberals/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/statutory-holiday-for-truth-and-reconciliation-proposed-by-liberals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ads Telling People To Have Less Kids Appear In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[A series of bus ads and billboards across Vancouver has caused quite a stir this week for suggesting people have less children to quell overpopulation.The ads, purchased by U.S. nonprofit World Population Balance, feature slogans such as &ldquo;the most loving gift you can give a child is not having another&rdquo; and &ldquo;conservation begins at contraception.&rdquo;&nbsp;They promote the idea of having one child or no children as a way to quell overpopulation, and therefore the climate crisis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ads-telling-people-to-have-less-kids-appear-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 01:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ads-telling-people-to-have-less-kids-appear-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ads Telling People To Have Fewer Kids Appear In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[A series of bus ads and billboards across Vancouver has caused quite a stir this week for suggesting people have less children to quell overpopulation.The ads, purchased by U.S. nonprofit World Population Balance, feature slogans such as &ldquo;the most loving gift you can give a child is not having another&rdquo; and &ldquo;conservation begins at contraception.&rdquo;&nbsp;They promote the idea of having one child or no children as a way to quell overpopulation, and therefore the climate crisis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ads-telling-people-to-have-fewer-kids-appear-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 01:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ads-telling-people-to-have-fewer-kids-appear-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let’s Call A Truce, Gen Z: We Millennials Need Your Help To Build A Better World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millennials, as writer Annie Lowrey puts it, have been scarred by the Great Recession.As a generation, we are weighed down by debt, unable to save for retirement or afford to get in on the&nbsp;housing market, and&nbsp;delaying parenthood. Our careers have been&nbsp;defined by precarious employment, temporary work and short-term contracts.&nbsp;Freelancing may actually have been some of the most stable employment I&rsquo;ve ever had.It was meant to be so different for Gen Z, or zoomers, the coho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lets-call-a-truce-gen-z-we-millennials-need-your-help-to-build-a-better-world/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lets-call-a-truce-gen-z-we-millennials-need-your-help-to-build-a-better-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Twins Behind ‘Da Vinki?’ TikTok Are Glad You’re Laughing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris and Patrick V&ouml;r&ouml;s have never seen the &ldquo;Mona Lisa&rdquo; in person, though they&rsquo;ve heard from friends that it&rsquo;s smaller than expected.But when they do see it, likely after the COVID-19 pandemic, they know the first thing they&rsquo;ll say:&nbsp;&ldquo;Da Vinki?&rdquo;The 27-year-old Hungarian-Canadian twins have been making YouTube videos since 2004, but all it took was a trivia question to skyrocket them to viral fame.@vorostwinsDA VINKI #twins#fyp#foryoupage&#9]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-twins-behind-da-vinki-tiktok-are-glad-youre-laughing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-twins-behind-da-vinki-tiktok-are-glad-youre-laughing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party Leadership Candidate Faces Expulsion From Race, Will Fight Ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the Green Party leadership race&rsquo;s most outspoken leftist candidates is facing expulsion from the race mere days before voting was set to begin &mdash; and is now appealing the ruling in hopes of getting back on the ballot.&nbsp;<br />
Meryam Haddad, a 25-year-old lawyer from Montreal, was expelled from the race Tuesday for &ldquo;intentionally undertaking an action that would bring the Green Party of Canada into disrepute.&rdquo;<br />
In a statement shared to Twitter Tuesday night, Haddad said]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-candidate-faces-expulsion-from-race-will-fight-ruling/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-candidate-faces-expulsion-from-race-will-fight-ruling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party Leadership Candidate Appeals Expulsion From Race, Reinstated]]></title><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: On Thursday, the Green Party of Canada announced Meryam Haddad has been reinstated as a leadership contestant and will be on the ballot when voting opens this weekend.&nbsp;One of the Green Party leadership race&rsquo;s most outspoken leftist candidates is facing expulsion from the race mere days before voting was set to begin &mdash; and is now appealing the ruling in hopes of getting back on the ballot.&nbsp;<br />
Meryam Haddad, a 25-year-old lawyer from Montreal, was expelled from the race]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-candidate-appeals-expulsion-from-race-reinstated/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-candidate-appeals-expulsion-from-race-reinstated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Is There A B.C. Election And Everything Else You Need To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[After weeks of speculation, cryptic candidate announcements and tight-lipped officials, the ballot box is out of the bag &mdash; British Columbians are heading to the polls on Oct. 24.The snap provincial election is the third in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic, following the recently concluded New Brunswick election and the ongoing Saskatchewan race.B.C. Premier John Horgan made the announcement from his home riding in Langdale Monday, arguing that it was time for voters to give his governme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-is-there-a-bc-election-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 00:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-is-there-a-bc-election-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Claims Canada Wants Border Reopened. Canadians Disagree.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada and the United States announced this week that restrictions on non-essential border travel would remain in place until at least Oct. 21, with public safety minister Bill Blair saying the feds will continue to make the best decision to &ldquo;keep Canadians safe.&rdquo;But according to U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadians actually want the border reopened as soon as possible. During remarks to reporters on Friday, Trump claimed Canada is actually pushing to reopen the border, despite abs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trump-claims-canada-wants-border-reopened-canadians-disagree/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trump-claims-canada-wants-border-reopened-canadians-disagree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A More Comfortable COVID-19 Test Is Coming For B.C. Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia is introducing a new saline gargle test for students from kindergarten to Grade 12 to help make COVID-19 testing easier for children and teenagers.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said B.C.&nbsp;is one of the first places in the world to use a mouth rinse gargle test for the new coronavirus.&ldquo;Unlike the [nasal] swab, this is a new saline gargle where you put a little bit of saline water, that is sterile water, in your mouth, you swish it around an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/a-more-comfortable-covid-19-test-is-coming-for-bc-children/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/a-more-comfortable-covid-19-test-is-coming-for-bc-children/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Eco-Socialist Green Leader. It Could Happen, And Here’s What It Would Mean]]></title><description><![CDATA[At last year&rsquo;s mid-September campaign launch ahead of the federal election, long-time Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May unveiled a new slogan.Surrounded by a sea of staunch supporters &mdash; many older, even more white &mdash; at an indoor market in Victoria, May pushed a simple message, repeated in chants and songs.&nbsp;&ldquo;Not Left. Not Right. Forward.&rdquo;The message heard that night formed the backbone of the party&rsquo;s ensuing campaign. May pitched the Greens, as sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/an-eco-socialist-green-leader-it-could-happen-and-heres-what-it-would-mean/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2020 01:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/an-eco-socialist-green-leader-it-could-happen-and-heres-what-it-would-mean/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Nurses Will Soon Be Able To Prescribe Drugs To Help Curb Overdose Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Registered and psychiatric nurses in British Columbia will be able to prescribe safer drugs for people at risk of overdose under a new public health order that advocates are hailing as a major step in the battle to save lives.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry&rsquo;s order comes as B.C. experiences a record number of monthly overdose fatalities with border closings during the COVID-19 pandemic being blamed for putting more toxic drugs on the streets.Henry said Wednesda]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-nurses-will-soon-be-able-to-prescribe-drugs-to-help-curb-overdose-deaths/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 04:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-nurses-will-soon-be-able-to-prescribe-drugs-to-help-curb-overdose-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Or Wildfire Smoke Symptoms? How To Tell The Difference]]></title><description><![CDATA[As smoke from wildfire on the west coast of the United States continues to make its way across the country, many Canadians are finding it harder and harder to breath.&nbsp;Vancouver registered the worst air quality in the world over the weekend, and despite recent rain, the smoke is expected to linger until the end of the week. Meanwhile, it&rsquo;s making its way across Canada, casting an ominous orange haze in Winnipeg and even registering as far east as Ontario.&nbsp;But during the COVID-19 c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19-or-wildfire-smoke-symptoms-how-to-tell-the-difference/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 21:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19-or-wildfire-smoke-symptoms-how-to-tell-the-difference/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Administration Drops 'Goofy' Tariff On Canadian Aluminium]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two hours before Canada was set to announce how it would retaliate against the controversial U.S. aluminum tariff, President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration reversed course.It will once again allow Canadian raw aluminum to be imported into the U.S. duty free, the Office of the United States Trade Representative said in a statement Tuesday. It had imposed a 10 per cent tariff in August, incorrectly claiming Canadian producers were flooding the American market and posing a threat to national s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trump-administration-drops-goofy-tariff-on-canadian-aluminium/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trump-administration-drops-goofy-tariff-on-canadian-aluminium/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Can Expect A ‘Fall To Savour’ This Year: The Weather Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians can look forward to a lengthy, pleasant fall that won&rsquo;t give way to early winter temperatures and storms, according to one of the country&rsquo;s top weather forecasters.The Weather Network released its fall forecast Monday, and chief meteorologist Chris Scott says the predictions bode well for people hoping to take advantage the outdoors for a few more months.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re expecting a fall to savour across the country this year with a nice long finish,&rdquo; Scott said in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-can-expect-a-fall-to-savour-this-year-the-weather-network/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-can-expect-a-fall-to-savour-this-year-the-weather-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Wildfire Smoke Poses 'Very High Risk To Health' In Metro Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Environment Canada has issued a special air quality statement for Metro Vancouver, showing a very high risk to health due to wildfire smoke from Washington and Oregon.The agency advised people with underlying medical conditions or serious infections such as COVID-19 to postpone or reduce activities outside.It said people with heart and lung conditions are most affected by air pollution and the very high risk is expected to continue through at least Sunday in Metro Vancouver and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-wildfire-smoke-poses-very-high-risk-to-health-in-metro-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 23:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-wildfire-smoke-poses-very-high-risk-to-health-in-metro-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gang Leader Jamie Bacon Sentenced In B.C.'s Surrey Six Killings]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A judge described the killing of six people in a Surrey, B.C., highrise 13 years ago as &ldquo;shocking and depraved&rdquo; as she sentenced a gang leader to 18 years in prison on Friday for his role in the crime.With credit for time served while he was waiting to go on trial, Jamie Bacon will spend another five years and seven months in prison.Families of the victims shed tears as Justice Kathleen Ker of the B.C. Supreme Court delivered the sentence.Ker said gangs are &ldquo;m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/gang-leader-jamie-bacon-sentenced-in-bcs-surrey-six-killings/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2020 03:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/gang-leader-jamie-bacon-sentenced-in-bcs-surrey-six-killings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Supreme Court Rules Against Legalizing Private Health Care]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s health minister says a judge&rsquo;s decision against a surgeon advocating for patients&rsquo; rights to pay for private care highlights the significant role of the public health-care system as a cornerstone of Canada&rsquo;s identity.&ldquo;Our defence in the case was successful in its entirety,&rdquo; Adrian Dix said Thursday.Dr. Brian Day challenge the province&rsquo;s Medicare Protection Act, which bans extra billing and private insurance for medica]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-supreme-court-rules-against-legalizing-private-health-care/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 01:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-supreme-court-rules-against-legalizing-private-health-care/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Are There So Many Moths In Vancouver? Don’t Be Alarmed]]></title><description><![CDATA[2020 has thrown a lot at us. The COVID-19 pandemic. Murder hornets. A literal garbage fire.&nbsp;But Vancouver residents are currently in the midst of another 2020 apocalyptic happening.&nbsp;Moths. Millions and millions of moths.i for one, did not have "mothpocalypse" on my "end of the world" bingo card.&mdash; Samantha Marie Nock (@sammymarie) September 10, 2020They&rsquo;re in our streets. They&rsquo;re on the bus. They cluster around street lights at night in swarms, foreshadowing some darkn]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-are-there-so-many-moths-in-vancouver-dont-be-alarmed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-are-there-so-many-moths-in-vancouver-dont-be-alarmed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laid Off Service Workers In B.C. To Be Hired For Long-Term Care Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[For those who lost their jobs in British Columbia because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the province has come up with an idea: a new career in long-term care.&nbsp;On Wednesday, provincial officials announced the Health Career Access Program as part of its $1.6-billion fall pandemic preparedness plan. The program aims to hire thousands of laid off service workers to positions in long-term care and assisted living homes across the province.Premier John Horgan said the program is specifically designed]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/laid-off-service-workers-in-bc-to-be-hired-for-long-term-care-jobs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/laid-off-service-workers-in-bc-to-be-hired-for-long-term-care-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As COVID-19 Restrictions Return, It Won’t Be Like The First Lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[They say the sequel never quite lives up to the original.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s certainly the hope for Canada&rsquo;s health officials and provincial leaders when it comes to the prospect of a &ldquo;second lockdown&rdquo; in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;Cases are starting to increase steadily across Canada. Provinces like B.C. and Alberta currently have the highest number of active cases in the pandemic, while numbers are creeping up once more in places like Ontario and Quebec.&nbsp;Offi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/as-covid-19-restrictions-return-it-wont-be-like-the-first-lockdown/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/as-covid-19-restrictions-return-it-wont-be-like-the-first-lockdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Closes Nightclubs And Banquet Halls As COVID-19 Cases Climb]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s top doctor ordered nightclubs and banquet halls to close on Tuesday to control the spread of COVID-19 and placed new restrictions on the sale of alcohol at pubs, lounges and restaurants.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said she amended the orders after recent spikes in cases linked to establishments where alcohol is sold.The revised health orders also include a 10 p.m. cut-off for alcohol sales at bars and restaurants, and they must close at 11]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-closes-nightclubs-and-banquet-halls-as-covid-19-cases-climb/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-closes-nightclubs-and-banquet-halls-as-covid-19-cases-climb/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orca Who Carried Dead Calf For More Than 2 Weeks Gives Birth Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. &mdash; The orca&nbsp;mother that sparked international headlines by carrying her dead calf for more than two weeks off the Pacific Northwest coast in 2018 has given birth again.The Centre for Whale Research says a new calf was spotted on Saturday with a pod of endangered southern resident killer whales and the mother has been identified as J35, or Tahlequah.The centre based in Washington state says the new calf appeared &ldquo;healthy and precocious, swimming vigorously alo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/orca-who-carried-dead-calf-for-more-than-2-weeks-gives-birth-again/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/orca-who-carried-dead-calf-for-more-than-2-weeks-gives-birth-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Reminds Boaters To Be Careful After American Fined For Breaking COVID Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; Foreign boaters should be careful to follow the rules ahead of the Labour Day long weekend, B.C. Mounties say after an American sailor was fined and forced to turn around for failing to follow COVID-19 legislation.Cpl. Daniel Michaud, with the RCMP&rsquo;s Federal Serious and Organized Crime unit, said officers will be working closely with the Coast Guard and others to ensure vessels coming from American waters abide by Canadian regulations during the long weekend.&ldquo;We]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-reminds-boaters-to-be-careful-after-american-fined-for-breaking-covid-law/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2020 22:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-reminds-boaters-to-be-careful-after-american-fined-for-breaking-covid-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It Took 75 Years To Start My Acting Career. I’ve Never Felt More Alive.]]></title><description><![CDATA[As told to HuffPost associate editor Connor GarelAt 75 years old, all I needed was some extra cash to pay for hearing aids and some false teeth. What I ended up with was an acting career, in commercials and in TV shows, all in four days.&nbsp;Even now, I still think it was a bit of a fluke. But I&rsquo;m glad it happened. It gave me a whole new perspective on confidence, on aging, and on life.I grew up on Vancouver Island in the small valley town of Port Alberni, where nobody owned a TV until th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/it-took-75-years-to-start-my-acting-career-ive-never-felt-more-alive/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 20:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/it-took-75-years-to-start-my-acting-career-ive-never-felt-more-alive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CNE In Danger Of Closing Permanently If Event Can't Be Held In 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Two of Canada&rsquo;s favourite summer hotspots are in for a ride as they try to keep their operations alive amid COVID-19.The Canadian National Exhibition and Pacific National Exhibition say a summer without massive crowds revelling in deep-fried delights,&nbsp;live music and other attractions due to COVID-19-related closures have resulted in millions in losses and serious concerns about the future of the events.&ldquo;The situation could become very dire if we are not able to h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cne-in-danger-of-closing-permanently-if-event-cant-be-held-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 02:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cne-in-danger-of-closing-permanently-if-event-cant-be-held-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Urges Liberals To Recall Parliament Earlier To Approve Post-CERB Programs]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal NDP is pushing the Liberal government to recall Parliament&nbsp;earlier to ensure legislation proposing employment insurance (EI) changes and new benefit programs&nbsp;can be debated and passed before the&nbsp;Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) ends.A letter sent by NDP House Leader Peter Julian to Government House Leader Pablo Rodriguez Thursday said it&rsquo;s &ldquo;completely unacceptable&rdquo; for Canadians to worry about the fate of the program on top of o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-urges-liberals-to-recall-parliament-earlier-to-approve-post-cerb-programs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-urges-liberals-to-recall-parliament-earlier-to-approve-post-cerb-programs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Watchdog Reveals Troubling Pattern Of Police Misconduct]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the RCMP faces backlash for how some officers handle mental health calls, use excessive force and discriminate against Indigenous people, the force&rsquo;s watchdog has quietly begun making public the results of its misconduct reviews.Of the 23 reviews posted so far, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) determined officers did not provide people in their custody with proper medical care, delayed allowing people access to legal counsel, botched sexual assault investigations and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-watchdog-reveals-troubling-pattern-of-police-misconduct/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2020 22:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-watchdog-reveals-troubling-pattern-of-police-misconduct/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Police Chief Calls Mural With 'ACAB' In It Is 'Deeply Disrespectful']]></title><description><![CDATA[Victoria&rsquo;s police chief says a city-sponsored mural on justice issues disrespects members of the police department, but a community organizer is defending the artwork because it is meant to spark challenging conversations about race, power and inequality.Chief Del Manak said the large &ldquo;More justice, more peace&rdquo; mural located in downtown&rsquo;s Bastion Square includes an anti-police slogan that is &ldquo;deeply disrespectful&rdquo; to those who serve in the police department.Ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-calls-mural-with-acab-in-it-is-deeply-disrespectful/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 03:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-calls-mural-with-acab-in-it-is-deeply-disrespectful/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Police Chief Calls Mural With 'ACAB' In It 'Deeply Disrespectful']]></title><description><![CDATA[Victoria&rsquo;s police chief says a city-sponsored mural on justice issues disrespects members of the police department, but a community organizer is defending the artwork because it is meant to spark challenging conversations about race, power and inequality.Chief Del Manak said the large &ldquo;More justice, more peace&rdquo; mural located in downtown&rsquo;s Bastion Square includes an anti-police slogan that is &ldquo;deeply disrespectful&rdquo; to those who serve in the police department.Ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-calls-mural-with-acab-in-it-deeply-disrespectful/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2020 03:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-calls-mural-with-acab-in-it-deeply-disrespectful/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['I just got hit by lightning.&rsquo; Bowen Island man who survived strike has incredible story to tell]]></title><description><![CDATA['Moments are fleeting in our life so let's just let's get on with it, get on with the things that need to happen,' Bowen Island resident Cal Misener says after lightning blows him off his feet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-just-got-hit-by-lightningrsquo-bowen-island-man-who-survived-strike-has-incredible-story-to-tell/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 03:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-just-got-hit-by-lightningrsquo-bowen-island-man-who-survived-strike-has-incredible-story-to-tell/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's what being jolted by lightning teaches you about life]]></title><description><![CDATA['Moments are fleeting in our life so let's just let's get on with it, get on with the things that need to happen,' Bowen Island resident Cal Misener says after lightning blows him off his feet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-what-being-jolted-by-lightning-teaches-you-about-life/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2020 03:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-what-being-jolted-by-lightning-teaches-you-about-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pandemic Is A Devastating Crisis. Climate Change In Canada Will Be Worse.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This story is part of After The Curve, an ongoing HuffPost Canada series that makes sense of how the COVID-19 crisis could change our country in the months and years ahead, and what opportunities exist to make Canada better.On a 10-acre farm in British Columbia, Lliam Hildebrand grew up with an insatiable curiosity for the natural world and a love for working with his hands.&nbsp;The latter drove him to become a welder and steel fabricator, building oil and gas infrastructure in Western Canada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-pandemic-is-a-devastating-crisis-climate-change-in-canada-will-be-worse/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-pandemic-is-a-devastating-crisis-climate-change-in-canada-will-be-worse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We are not immune.’ Forest fire risk is real even in a coastal temperate rainforest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summers are getting hotter and dryer in all regions of British Columbia. The coastal fires of 2015 were a wake-up call; this summer's wet conditions shouldn't lull people into a false sense of security.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-are-not-immune-forest-fire-risk-is-real-even-in-a-coastal-temperate-rainforest/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 18:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-are-not-immune-forest-fire-risk-is-real-even-in-a-coastal-temperate-rainforest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver’s Justin Morissette Assaulted After Trying To Break Up Anti-LGBTQ Protest: Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Vancouver man is recovering in hospital after being assaulted for standing up to anti-LGBTQ evangelical demonstrators in the city&rsquo;s west end on Saturday.Vancouver talk radio host Justin Morissette was on his way to a first date in Vancouver&rsquo;s west end Saturday night when he encountered a group of evangelical anti-LGBTQ demonstrators preaching homophobic and racist messages.&nbsp;Morissette detailed the experience from his perspective through a series of tweets Saturday night.I stoo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-justin-morissette-assaulted-after-trying-to-break-up-anti-lgbtq-protest-police/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-justin-morissette-assaulted-after-trying-to-break-up-anti-lgbtq-protest-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opioid Deaths Are On The Rise, But Prescriptions Aren’t The Problem: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Canada needs a new approach to tackle its overdose crisis, says the lead author of a new study that highlights a prevalence of overdoses involving non-prescribed fentanyl and stimulants in British Columbia.There have been more than 15,000 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada since 2016.British Columbia has recorded more than 5,000 deaths from illicit drug overdoses since declaring a public health emergency in 2016.The study, published on Monday in the Canadian Medical Assoc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/opioid-deaths-are-on-the-rise-but-prescriptions-arent-the-problem-study/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 17:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/opioid-deaths-are-on-the-rise-but-prescriptions-arent-the-problem-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party Hosts In B.C. Can Now Be Fined $2K For Violating COVID-19 Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Property owners and organizers can be fined $2,000 for hosting events found in violation of public health orders in British Columbia under stronger enforcement measures announced Friday.The fines can be levied for hosting a gathering in excess of 50 people, failing to keep the contact information of everyone who attends an event, or inviting more than five guests into a vacation rental property, Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told a news conference.A party with fewer tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/party-hosts-in-bc-can-now-be-fined-2k-for-violating-covid-19-rules/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2020 03:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/party-hosts-in-bc-can-now-be-fined-2k-for-violating-covid-19-rules/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong Winds Could Force More B.C. Residents From Homes Due To Wildfires]]></title><description><![CDATA[PENTICTON, B.C. &mdash; Firefighters in British Columbia&rsquo;s southern Okanagan are bracing for a change in wind and weather that has the potential to drive a huge wildfire north toward the outskirts of Penticton.Calm winds over the last few days are forecast to switch direction and gain strength over the 20-square kilometre wildfire that has already destroyed one home and forced hundreds of evacuations.The BC Wildfire Service says it is increasing the number of teams capable of setting up sp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/strong-winds-could-force-more-bc-residents-from-homes-due-to-wildfires/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/strong-winds-could-force-more-bc-residents-from-homes-due-to-wildfires/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Several Wildfires Raging Across B.C. Force Hundreds To Flee Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[PENTICTON, B.C.&nbsp;&mdash; A third wildfire near a village at the southern end of Columbia Lake in British Columbia has been added to a list of wildfires of note and prompted an evacuation order on Wednesday.The BC Wildfire Service says the Doctor Creek fire, which is located approximately 25 kilometres southwest of Canal Flats, was estimated to be four square kilometres in size and was expected to grow.The Regional District of East Kootenay issued an evacuation order for 10 properties in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/several-wildfires-raging-across-bc-force-hundreds-to-flee-homes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2020 16:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/several-wildfires-raging-across-bc-force-hundreds-to-flee-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreading A Pandemic Winter? Some Tips On How I Survived The Isolation Of Subarctic Life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I was suddenly alone at home with only an 11-month-old baby for company as my husband, a pilot, transported medical equipment abroad. Playdates, music classes, grandparents&rsquo; visits and all the other community supports I relied on disappeared over the course of a weekend.As provinces gradually reopen, many anxiously weigh the pros and cons of resuming life as we once knew it &mdash; hosting small family gatherings, exploring the outdoors, perhaps even sitting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dreading-a-pandemic-winter-some-tips-on-how-i-survived-the-isolation-of-subarctic-life/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dreading-a-pandemic-winter-some-tips-on-how-i-survived-the-isolation-of-subarctic-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreading A Pandemic Winter? Some Tips On How I Survived The Isolation Of Arctic Life.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I was suddenly alone at home with only an 11-month-old baby for company as my husband, a pilot, transported medical equipment abroad. Playdates, music classes, grandparents&rsquo; visits and all the other community supports I relied on disappeared over the course of a weekend.As provinces gradually reopen, many anxiously weigh the pros and cons of resuming life as we once knew it &mdash; hosting small family gatherings, exploring the outdoors, perhaps even sitting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dreading-a-pandemic-winter-some-tips-on-how-i-survived-the-isolation-of-arctic-life/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dreading-a-pandemic-winter-some-tips-on-how-i-survived-the-isolation-of-arctic-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Answers John Horgan's Call, Puts Out Hilarious COVID-19 Warning]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds has responded to a plea from British Columbia Premier John Horgan for help with messaging to younger residents about partying during the pandemic.Reynolds posted a video to Twitter, framed as a phone call to Horgan,&nbsp;saying young people shouldn&rsquo;t look to him for medical advice, unless it was related to plastic surgery. He then joked that a lot of people didn&rsquo;t know that he was once actor Hugh Jackman.He warned younger B.C. residents]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-answers-john-horgans-call-puts-out-hilarious-covid-19-warning/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-answers-john-horgans-call-puts-out-hilarious-covid-19-warning/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria, B.C. Python Found After Six-Week Wild Snake Chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[After six weeks on the run from authorities a ball python loose in Victoria, B.C. has finally been found.The elusive 1.4-metre-long renegade reptile had been slithering around the provincial capitol for well over a month. To quote Samuel L. Jackson: somebody needed to get that (expletive) snake off of the (expletive) streets of Victoria.And thankfully someone did.&nbsp;UPDATE | GOOD NEWSSSS! WE HAVE THE PYTHON IN CUSTODY! #baystreetsnake#yyj (THREAD) (1/5) pic.twitter.com/6UWY3JsSwD&mdash; Victo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-bc-python-found-after-six-week-wild-snake-chase/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-bc-python-found-after-six-week-wild-snake-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Called On By B.C. Premier To Help Fight COVID-19 Surge]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia Premier John Horgan is asking for a little help from his famous friends to spread messaging about COVID-19 to the province&rsquo;s younger demographics.During his weekly media availability Wednesday, the premier called on Ryan Reynolds and other B.C. celebrities like Seth Rogen to help the government spread information on the coronavirus as cases continue to soar amongst the province&rsquo;s younger demographics.&nbsp;&ldquo;This is a call out to Deadpool right now, Ryan we need]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-called-on-by-bc-premier-to-help-fight-covid-19-surge/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-called-on-by-bc-premier-to-help-fight-covid-19-surge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Pushes Back School Start Date For More Gradual Return]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Students in British Columbia won&rsquo;t head back to classrooms on the originally planned date of Sept. 8 as the provincial government looks to a more gradual return.Children will be welcomed back to class later in the second week of September after staff reviewed the latest BC Centre for Disease Control guidelines and school operation policies for COVID-19, Education Minister Rob Fleming said Tuesday.&ldquo;Having the restart week staged in some kind of manner that would have]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-pushes-back-school-start-date-for-more-gradual-return/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-pushes-back-school-start-date-for-more-gradual-return/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antibody Testing Results Are Rolling In Across Canada. Here’s What We’ve Learned.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Health officials across Canada are rolling out results from the first wave of serology (also known as antibody) testing to try and figure out how many people actually were infected with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.&nbsp;After someone is infected with a virus such as COVID-19, their body develops antibodies that could potentially help fight it the next time they are infected. Therefore, serology testing can give health officials a better idea of the number of people who&rsquo;ve deve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/antibody-testing-results-are-rolling-in-across-canada-heres-what-weve-learned/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 19:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/antibody-testing-results-are-rolling-in-across-canada-heres-what-weve-learned/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Canada OKs 'Shrooms For Some Terminally Ill Cancer Patients]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a landmark decision, the federal government is allowing four terminally ill Canadians to seek relief from their grief, trauma and anxiety by taking the psychedelic &ldquo;psilocybin&rdquo; &mdash; a.k.a. the ingredient that puts the magic in magic mushrooms.&ldquo;The whole thing is a little surreal to me,&rdquo; said Tom Hartle, 52, from Saskatoon, whose application to take the otherwise illegal substance was approved by Health Canada on Tuesday.The father-of-two struggles with debilitating]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/health-canada-oks-shrooms-for-some-terminally-ill-cancer-patients/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/health-canada-oks-shrooms-for-some-terminally-ill-cancer-patients/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Reopening Plans, Province By Province: What You Need To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[When classes resume across Canada in September, back-to-school is going to look a lot different than what students, teachers and parents are used to, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic.Provinces have revealed reopening plans in recent weeks and they&rsquo;re chock-full of details on mask-wearing, class sizes and cleaning protocols. But they&rsquo;re different for every province.&nbsp;&ldquo;As we see the plans rolling out in different provinces, certainly some of them have taken a slightly differen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/school-reopening-plans-province-by-province-what-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 22:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/school-reopening-plans-province-by-province-what-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emancipation Day Is Marked On Aug. 1 In Canada. Here's What That Means.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Aug. 1 serves both to challenge individual and systemic racism and celebrate the power and potential of Black Canadians.&nbsp;Emancipation Day recognizes not only when slavery was abolished in Canada and other British colonies, on Aug. 1, 1834, but also Black people&rsquo;s long struggle against racism and discrimation that continues today.&nbsp;Much like Junteenth held extra significance in the U.S. this year amid nationwide protests against the injustices Black Americans continue to face, Eman]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/emancipation-day-is-marked-on-aug-1-in-canada-heres-what-that-means/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2020 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/emancipation-day-is-marked-on-aug-1-in-canada-heres-what-that-means/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Border Officials Crack Down On Americans Using 'Alaska Loophole']]></title><description><![CDATA[Americans who absolutely must travel to Alaska through Canada will have to adhere to stricter rules starting Friday.&nbsp;No picturesque national parks. No sightseeing. And no detours.The new orders will also make any outlawed pleasure-seekers easier to spot. The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) will require Americans to hang a tag on their vehicle&rsquo;s rear-view mirror as they drive through the country.&nbsp;&ldquo;The front of the tag will make it clear that the travellers are transiting]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-border-officials-crack-down-on-americans-using-alaska-loophole/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-border-officials-crack-down-on-americans-using-alaska-loophole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S.-Canada Border Crosser Arrested After River Float Chase]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here&rsquo;s a public service announcement to Americans: the Canada-U.S. border is still closed to non-essential travel. And yes, that includes trying to float into Canada on a river.&nbsp;According to RCMP, a Washington State man was arrested Friday for illegally crossing the border into British Columbia and trying to evade authorities by floating down the Kettle River for two and a half hours.The Canada-U.S. border is entering its fourth month with crossing restrictions for non-essential visit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-canada-border-crosser-arrested-after-river-float-chase/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-canada-border-crosser-arrested-after-river-float-chase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Work Culture’ Is Code For White And Western. So Where Do People Like Me Fit?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember sitting on the couch at night, scrolling through job postings and LinkedIn profiles. I felt overwhelmed and disillusioned at the thought of being another unemployed or underemployed PhD graduate, but not for want of job openings.Reading through job descriptions, I would often see diversity statements expressing an employer&rsquo;s commitment to equitable and inclusive hiring practices. Yet, I didn&rsquo;t see racialized names like mine in their employee directories. Their purported mi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/work-culture-is-code-for-white-and-western-so-where-do-people-like-me-fit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/work-culture-is-code-for-white-and-western-so-where-do-people-like-me-fit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Mayor Shreds Confederate Flags Following Racist Attack In Summerland]]></title><description><![CDATA[The mayor of a small British Columbia town is making headlines across the country after she entered a local dollar store, cut up dozens of Confederate flag bandanas and threw them in garbage.&nbsp;Summerland Mayor Toni Boot, who is Black, said she took a stand against racism after someone attacked the home of a local South Asian family, the Lekhis, by spray painting a swastika and other offensive images, and breaking windows.&nbsp;That incident and the &ldquo;uncomfortable&rdquo; days since then]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mayor-shreds-confederate-flags-following-racist-attack-in-summerland/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 22:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mayor-shreds-confederate-flags-following-racist-attack-in-summerland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Condos May Be On The Way Out, Statistics Canada Predicts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is the golden age of high-rise condos behind us?Statistics Canada thinks that might be the case. The agency put out two reports this week in which it predicted that the shift to working from home, and the bust-out of short-term rentals amid the pandemic, will depress demand for condos in the longer run.&ldquo;As working from home becomes more prevalent, we may see an increase in the demand for larger living spaces that single-family homes can offer, causing a shift in demand from condominium apa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/condos-may-be-on-the-way-out-statistics-canada-predicts/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/condos-may-be-on-the-way-out-statistics-canada-predicts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. COVID-19 Sex Guidelines Include Glory Holes, Dental Dams And Face Masks]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dating someone new is an exciting, uncertain time that&rsquo;s usually filled with a lot of questions &mdash; and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic threw all of our lives for a loop.But after &ldquo;glory holes&rdquo; trended on Twitter across Canada this week, how to safely have sex is back in the conversation for Canadians, particularly in British Columbia where the provincial Centre for Disease Control has published some helpful guidelines on the topic.&ldquo;Use barriers, like walls (e.g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-covid-19-sex-guidelines-include-glory-holes-dental-dams-and-face-masks/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 01:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-covid-19-sex-guidelines-include-glory-holes-dental-dams-and-face-masks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police Crisis Teams In Short Supply As Mental Health Calls Multiply In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bill Pringle has attempted suicide eight times and police have always been the first to arrive at his home to save his life.&nbsp;What he&rsquo;s less sure of is how officers will treat him after the initial intervention,&nbsp;when he&rsquo;s still deep in a mental health crisis triggered by the cyclical nature of bipolar disorder.&nbsp;On some occasions, officers have remained indifferent, or acted like he was a criminal, said Pringle, the former chair of the Canadian Mental Health Association&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/police-crisis-teams-in-short-supply-as-mental-health-calls-multiply-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/police-crisis-teams-in-short-supply-as-mental-health-calls-multiply-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lynn Valley Care Centre Says Hoax Call ‘Compromised Safety’ During COVID-19 Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[Operators of a B.C. long-term care centre that housed one of the province&rsquo;s COVID-19 outbreaks say a hoax phone call caused a &ldquo;great deal of harm&rdquo; to the centre&rsquo;s capacity to care for residents during the pandemic&rsquo;s critical early period.&nbsp;North Vancouver&rsquo;s Lynn Valley Care Centre was the site of Canada&rsquo;s first COVID-19 death, a man in his 80s. In total, B.C. health officials said 52 residents and 26 staff contracted the virus and 19 more residents d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lynn-valley-care-centre-says-hoax-call-compromised-safety-during-covid-19-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 20:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lynn-valley-care-centre-says-hoax-call-compromised-safety-during-covid-19-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Rising COVID-19 Case Rates Are ‘Concerning’: Dr. Bonnie Henry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Bonnie Henry says it&rsquo;s time for British Columbians to worry.&nbsp;During a press conference Monday, B.C.&rsquo;s chief medical officer said the province could face &ldquo;explosive growth&rdquo; in new COVID-19 cases if people are not careful.B.C. confirmed 102 new cases over the weekend, the highest three-day total in months. The province now has a total of 3,300 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.&nbsp;&ldquo;We are at a turning point, we right now show some concerning u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rising-covid-19-case-rates-are-concerning-dr-bonnie-henry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 01:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rising-covid-19-case-rates-are-concerning-dr-bonnie-henry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. COVID-19 Case Rates Are ‘Concerning’: Dr. Bonnie Henry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Bonnie Henry says it&rsquo;s time for British Columbians to worry.&nbsp;During a press conference Monday, B.C.&rsquo;s chief medical officer said the province could face &ldquo;explosive growth&rdquo; in new COVID-19 cases if people are not careful.B.C. confirmed 102 new cases over the weekend, the highest three-day total in months. The now has a total of 3,300 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.&nbsp;&ldquo;We are at a turning point, we right now show some concerning upward ben]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-covid-19-case-rates-are-concerning-dr-bonnie-henry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2020 01:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-covid-19-case-rates-are-concerning-dr-bonnie-henry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baby Tests Positive For COVID-19 After Outbreak At St. Paul's Hospital NICU]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash;&nbsp;More people are testing positive for COVID-19 in British Columbia, including a baby in a neo-natal intensive care unit in a Vancouver hospital.B.C. provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry called an unplanned news conference Friday to update the public on the number of new cases and steps being taken while she urged residents enjoy the summer with care.&ldquo;We can socialize, and we need to socialize, we need to play safe and stay safe. Don&rsquo;t let COVID steal our s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/baby-tests-positive-for-covid-19-after-outbreak-at-st-pauls-hospital-nicu/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 02:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/baby-tests-positive-for-covid-19-after-outbreak-at-st-pauls-hospital-nicu/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Hate Incidents' Have More Than Doubled In Vancouver In 2020: Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Reported &ldquo;hate incidents&rdquo; have more than doubled this year in Vancouver and police say offenders are targeting the city&rsquo;s Asian community as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.Insp. Dale Weidman, incident commander for the Vancouver Police Department&rsquo;s new hate crime project team, said the department has identified 155 hate-associated reports this year, up from 69 over the same time in 2019.The city&rsquo;s Asian community is seeing more than nine times the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hate-incidents-have-more-than-doubled-in-vancouver-in-2020-police/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2020 01:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hate-incidents-have-more-than-doubled-in-vancouver-in-2020-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Wisdom From Dr. Bonnie Henry’ List On Facebook Is Fake — And Inaccurate]]></title><description><![CDATA[A viral list of COVID-19 pandemic advice&nbsp; attributed to British Columbia chief medical officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is not only fake, it&rsquo;s dangerously inaccurate.&nbsp;The list, often titled &lsquo;Wisdom From Dr. Bonnie Henry&rsquo; contains 16 suggestions&nbsp; allegedly from B.C&rsquo;s top doctor. But while the list ends with Henry&rsquo;s signature &ldquo;be kind, be calm, be safe&rdquo; message and some points echo advice from her and other health officials, B.C.&rsquo;s doctor did]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wisdom-from-dr-bonnie-henry-list-on-facebook-is-fake-and-inaccurate/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wisdom-from-dr-bonnie-henry-list-on-facebook-is-fake-and-inaccurate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 Times More People In Vancouver Contracted COVID Than Confirmed Cases: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A new study suggests eight times as many people in Metro Vancouver have been infected by the novel coronavirus than the rate of reported cases.The joint study by researchers at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, University of B.C., LifeLabs and public health scientists is posted on the health research website medRxiv and a news conference on the findings is scheduled for Thursday morning.The authors say the findings indicate successful suppression of community transmission in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/8-times-more-people-in-vancouver-contracted-covid-than-confirmed-cases-study/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 03:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/8-times-more-people-in-vancouver-contracted-covid-than-confirmed-cases-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta, B.C. And Saskatchewan See COVID-19 Cases Increase]]></title><description><![CDATA[Don&rsquo;t call it a second wave, but COVID-19 cases are starting to creep back up in Western Canada.The increase &mdash; particularly cases among young people &mdash; is setting off alarm bells for health officials there.Alberta saw 86 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the most cases in a single day in over two months, and 82 new cases Wednesday. And B.C. and Saskatchewan have both seen uncomfortably larger than usual case rates in recent weeks.&nbsp;On Tuesday, Alberta chief medical officer Dr.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-bc-and-saskatchewan-see-covid-19-cases-increase/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2020 02:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-bc-and-saskatchewan-see-covid-19-cases-increase/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racists Attack Leslyn Lewis During Conservative Leadership Debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The litany of racial slurs inserted into the comments section of an online Conservative leadership debate Wednesday was not surprising, candidate Leslyn Lewis said Thursday.Lewis, Erin O&rsquo;Toole and Derek Sloan were debating B.C.-related issues when for nearly a minute, slurs started filling the chat box of the video conference program.&nbsp;Lewis, who is the first Black candidate to run for the Conservative party leadership, said she saw them and then closed the chat screen s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/racists-attack-leslyn-lewis-during-conservative-leadership-debate/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/racists-attack-leslyn-lewis-during-conservative-leadership-debate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Say ‘Keep It’ To U.S. Congress Calls For Reopened Border]]></title><description><![CDATA[A bipartisan group of United States politicians is pushing for the U.S.-Canada border to reopen.But Canadians are having none of it, and they aren&rsquo;t sorry they feel this way.&nbsp;In a letter this week shared by New York congressman Brian Higgins, 27 members of Congress called on the U.S. and Canadian governments to begin a phased full reopening of the border when the current agreement expires on July 21. Restrictions on the border were first introduced in March, and have been renewed them]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-say-keep-it-to-us-congress-calls-for-reopened-border/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-say-keep-it-to-us-congress-calls-for-reopened-border/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Report Americans Crossing The Canadian Border To Travel?]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you spot an American tourist in Canada, what should you do?Since border restrictions between us and our southern neighbours were implemented at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many Canadians have been cagey about the prospect of people bringing COVID-19 from the U.S. into Canada.&nbsp;While COVID-19 case rates have decreased dramatically north of the border, cases continue to skyrocket in the U.S., with over 62,000 new cases confirmed there on July 8 alone, for a total of over 3.1 million]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/can-you-report-americans-crossing-the-canadian-border-to-travel/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/can-you-report-americans-crossing-the-canadian-border-to-travel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No COVID-19 Cases In B.C. Linked To Black Lives Matter Protests, Says Dr. Bonnie Henry]]></title><description><![CDATA[There have been no new COVID-19 cases linked to recent large Black Lives Matter protests in British Columbia, says the province&rsquo;s top doctor.In a news conference Monday, Dr. Bonnie Henry said&nbsp; there was no spike in cases following the demonstrations, contrary to many predictions..&nbsp;&ldquo;Currently we do not have any cases that have been associated with the protests,&rdquo; Henry said.Early June saw a slew of protests and demonstrations around the world in support of the Black Liv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/no-covid-19-cases-in-bc-linked-to-black-lives-matter-protests-says-dr-bonnie-henry/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2020 21:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/no-covid-19-cases-in-bc-linked-to-black-lives-matter-protests-says-dr-bonnie-henry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tear Gas Burned For Hours. The Effects On My Body May Last A Lifetime.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was working as a legal observer in San Francisco when I was exposed to the chemical agent known as tear gas.Touted as the safest known &ldquo;riot dispersion&rdquo; tactic in civilian uprisings, the compound is categorized as a chemical warfare agent and its use is banned in warfare. Yet it was recently used in Montreal to break up a Black Lives Matter protest in the wake of the death of George Floyd, and has been deployed countless times across the United States over the last month.My own enc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-tear-gas-burned-for-hours-the-effects-on-my-body-may-last-a-lifetime/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2020 23:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-tear-gas-burned-for-hours-the-effects-on-my-body-may-last-a-lifetime/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will And Kate Send Thanks To B.C. Hospital Workers In Video Call]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hospital workers in B.C. received a special royal thank you for the work they&rsquo;ve done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday.The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge participated in a Canada Day video call with six Fraser Health staff members at Surrey Memorial Hospital.Prince William and Kate spoke with the health care workers about the challenges the workers faced fighting COVID-19, including dealing with being away from their families.&ldquo;[We] just wanted to touch base and say how proud]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/will-and-kate-send-thanks-to-bc-hospital-workers-in-video-call/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 20:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/will-and-kate-send-thanks-to-bc-hospital-workers-in-video-call/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Mandatory To Wear A Mask In Public In Canada? Depends On Where You Live.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you have to wear a mask? Well, it depends on where you live.&nbsp;While Canada&rsquo;s chief medical officer Dr. Theresa Tam formally recommended mask use when social distancing is not possible in late May, most provinces have not taken steps to implement regulations around mask-wearing.&nbsp;But recent weeks have seen numerous municipalities move to mandate mask wearing through bylaws and regulations.&nbsp;Provinces and the feds have shied away from straight-up mandating masks for a host of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-it-mandatory-to-wear-a-mask-in-public-in-canada-depends-on-where-you-live/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-it-mandatory-to-wear-a-mask-in-public-in-canada-depends-on-where-you-live/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver COVID-19 Cases Linked To Brandi's Strip Club]]></title><description><![CDATA[The health authority in Vancouver is warning that people who visited a strip club this week may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus.&nbsp;Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) said several people who were at Brandi&rsquo;s Exotic Show Lounge between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. from June 21-24 have tested positive for COVID-19.&ldquo;As a precaution, we are advising people who attended Brandi&rsquo;s Exotic Show Lounge during those hours to monitor themselves for 14 days,&rdquo; said VCH.&nbsp;&ldquo;As lo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-covid-19-cases-linked-to-brandis-strip-club/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2020 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-covid-19-cases-linked-to-brandis-strip-club/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Name Change For British Columbia? People Have Been Calling For It For Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Every day, it seems, another statue comes down.From crowds pulling down monuments to Confederate leaders in the United States to painting John A. MacDonald red here in Canada, there is a reckoning happening for the problematic figures of the past and the monuments and places built to honour them.It&rsquo;s also prompted a reckoning on place names and the people they&rsquo;re named after.Here in Canada, many provinces (and Canada itself) are named for misspellings of Indigenous words and phrases]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/name-change-for-british-columbia-people-have-been-calling-for-it-for-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/name-change-for-british-columbia-people-have-been-calling-for-it-for-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Moves To Phase 3 Of Reopening But Horgan Urges Caution]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s success at flattening the curve on COVID-19 will allow the easing of more restrictions on businesses, recreation and travel, says Premier John Horgan,&nbsp;who urged people to celebrate carefully when visiting a lake or the beach.The premier said Wednesday the gradual move into B.C.&rsquo;s third phase allows hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels, RV parks, provincial campgrounds and the film industry to resume operations after being shut down or restri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-moves-to-phase-3-of-reopening-but-horgan-urges-caution/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-moves-to-phase-3-of-reopening-but-horgan-urges-caution/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pandemic Presents The Chance To End Homelessness In Canada For Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[This story is part of&nbsp;After The Curve, an ongoing HuffPost Canada series that makes sense of how the COVID-19 crisis could change our country in the months and years ahead, and what opportunities exist to make Canada better.Canada&rsquo;s public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic has been clear and consistent: stay home, stay safe.But Canadians experiencing homelessness don&rsquo;t have that option, whether they&rsquo;re camped out in streets or parks, or packed into crowded shel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-pandemic-presents-the-chance-to-end-homelessness-in-canada-for-good/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 21:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-pandemic-presents-the-chance-to-end-homelessness-in-canada-for-good/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBC Student Sues RCMP Over Alleged Brutality During Health Check]]></title><description><![CDATA[KELOWNA, B.C. &mdash; A B.C. nursing student alleges she suffered physical and emotional injuries at the hands of an RCMP officer after her boyfriend called emergency services to request a health check.Mona Wang alleges Cpl. Lacey Browning&rsquo;s conduct was &ldquo;abusive and repetitive in the extreme&rdquo; after the officer found Wang lying in a state of semi-consciousness on the floor of her apartment on Jan. 20.Wang, who studies at the University of British Columbia&rsquo;s Okanagan campus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-student-sues-rcmp-over-alleged-brutality-during-health-check/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 17:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-student-sues-rcmp-over-alleged-brutality-during-health-check/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party Leadership Debate Exposes Fault Lines Over Party’s Future]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Ten candidates vying to replace Elizabeth May as leader of the federal Greens squared off in two rounds of debates Tuesday, exposing a range of perspectives on the party&rsquo;s political positioning, the case for cap and trade over a carbon tax model, even a call to abolish &mdash; not just defund &mdash; the police.Moderated by TVO&rsquo;s Steve Paikin, the debates were broken into two 37-minute sessions with mostly the same questions posed to each group of five contestants. Whi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-debate-exposes-fault-lines-over-partys-future/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 03:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-debate-exposes-fault-lines-over-partys-future/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Ports Quiet As Workers Stop Operations In Support Of Juneteenth]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Ports along the West Coast of Canada and the United States were quiet Friday as workers with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union stopped operations to support racial equality and social justice.A statement from the union said the eight-hour action was to honour Juneteenth, the celebration of the emancipation of slaves in the United States on June 19, 1865.The union has 60,000 members who work in ports in Alaska,&nbsp;British Columbia, south to California and Hawaii.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-ports-quiet-as-workers-stop-operations-in-support-of-juneteenth/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 01:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-ports-quiet-as-workers-stop-operations-in-support-of-juneteenth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Emergency Room Staff Allegedly Guessed Indigenous Patients' Alcohol Levels]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s premier says there&rsquo;s no excuse for &ldquo;dehumanizing behaviour&rdquo;&nbsp;as part of alleged racism by some emergency room staff accused of playing a game to guess the blood-alcohol levels of Indigenous patients.&ldquo;I am outraged by reports of ugly, anti-Indigenous, racist behaviour at multiple health-care facilities in B.C.,&rdquo; John Horgan said in a statement Friday after Health Minister Adrian Dix announced the launch of an investigati]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-emergency-room-staff-allegedly-guessed-indigenous-patients-alcohol-levels/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2020 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-emergency-room-staff-allegedly-guessed-indigenous-patients-alcohol-levels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Closes Peace Arch Provincial Park On Canada-U.S. Border After Influx Of Visitors]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will be closed because it&rsquo;s overwhelmed with visitors using it as a cross-border meeting point.The government says Peace Arch Provincial Park was scheduled to be shut Thursday evening to address public safety and traffic concerns after the volume of visitors reached nearly twice the number counted on a peak summer day.&ldquo;The significant increase in visitors at Peace Arch Park has become unm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-closes-peace-arch-provincial-park-on-canada-us-border-after-influx-of-visitors/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 02:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-closes-peace-arch-provincial-park-on-canada-us-border-after-influx-of-visitors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banning Foreign Home Buyers Would Get Backing Of 78% Of British Columbians]]></title><description><![CDATA[The vast majority of British Columbians would follow in New Zealand&rsquo;s footsteps and ban most foreigners from buying homes in Canada, a new poll from Research Co. finds.In an online survey of 800 adults in British Columbia, 78 per cent of respondents said they were in favour of a New Zealand-style ban on foreign buyers, while 15 per cent opposed the idea and 7 per cent were undecided.&ldquo;The notion of forbidding most foreigners from owning real estate in Canada is popular among all demog]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/banning-foreign-home-buyers-would-get-backing-of-78-of-british-columbians/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2020 22:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/banning-foreign-home-buyers-would-get-backing-of-78-of-british-columbians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawson Creek, B.C. Residents Come Together To Repaint Rainbow Crosswalk After Vandalism]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small northern B.C. city&rsquo;s residents are coming together to protect their local rainbow crosswalk after it was vandalized at least three times in the past few weeks.Dawson Creek, a city of about 13,000 near the province&rsquo;s north-east border with Alberta, has painted a rainbow crosswalk outside the local secondary school to celebrate LGBTQ&nbsp;pride month every year since 2017.&nbsp;But before the paint could even dry this year, disaster struck.&ldquo;There were two different trucks]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dawson-creek-bc-residents-come-together-to-repaint-rainbow-crosswalk-after-vandalism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dawson-creek-bc-residents-come-together-to-repaint-rainbow-crosswalk-after-vandalism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trans Mountain Pipeline Spill In B.C. Blamed On Pipe Fitting]]></title><description><![CDATA[ABBOTSFORD, B.C. &mdash; Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels, or 190,000 litres,&nbsp;of light crude spilled from its pipeline pumping station in Abbotsford, B.C.While an investigation is ongoing, the Crown-owned company said in a statement the cause of the spill appears to be related to a fitting on a one-inch, or 2.5-centimetre, piece of pipe.The statement said the pipeline was expected to restart Sunday after all safety protocols were completed.It said the spill was fully contai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-spill-in-bc-blamed-on-pipe-fitting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 04:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-spill-in-bc-blamed-on-pipe-fitting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inmates Who Escaped B.C. Prison For 2 Days Charged With Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGFORD, B.C. &mdash; Two inmates who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison have been charged with first-degree murder over allegations they killed a man during their brief break out.&nbsp;RCMP say James Busch and Zachary Armitage are accused of killing 60-year-old Martin Payne, whose body was found in his Victoria-area home on July 12 last year.Police were alerted on July 8 last year that the two men had escaped from the minimum security William Head Institution near Victoria and an off-duty]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/inmates-who-escaped-bc-prison-for-2-days-charged-with-murder/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 21:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/inmates-who-escaped-bc-prison-for-2-days-charged-with-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rising House Prices And Tanking Rental Market Show Pandemic's Economic Divide]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; The COVID-19 lockdowns have exposed a divide in Canada&rsquo;s job market, with low-income earners getting hit much harder than high-income earners in the wave of layoffs that has taken place since March.Now that divide is making itself felt in the housing market. As those on the lower rungs of the income ladder struggle to make rent, middle and higher-income Canadians are jumping back into the housing market.The result? Rental rates rates are falling steeply across Canada, even]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rising-house-prices-and-tanking-rental-market-show-pandemics-economic-divide/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rising-house-prices-and-tanking-rental-market-show-pandemics-economic-divide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Claims Of Police Brutality In Canada Are ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’ For Indigenous People]]></title><description><![CDATA[A whirlwind of questionable police tactics against Indigenous people made headlines across Canada over the last two weeks, building demand from Canadians to see real change in how police conduct themselves.&ldquo;This is definitely a rare moment,&rdquo; Ryerson University criminology Prof. Tammy Landau told HuffPost Canada. &ldquo;I have not seen such widespread discussion about transforming police as I have now.&rdquo;&nbsp;However, Canada&rsquo;s highest ranking police officials refused to ack]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/recent-claims-of-police-brutality-in-canada-are-tip-of-the-iceberg-for-indigenous-people/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/recent-claims-of-police-brutality-in-canada-are-tip-of-the-iceberg-for-indigenous-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Family Shocked That RCMP Officers Involved In Indigenous Dad's Death Still On The Job]]></title><description><![CDATA[The family of an Indigenous man who died in RCMP custody three years ago found out this week that five officers who could still face criminal charges related to his death remain in active duty in the community.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was shocked to find out that they are not only still working, but they are still working as RCMP,&rdquo; Dale Culver&rsquo;s daughter Lily Speed-Namox, 17, told HuffPost Canada.&ldquo;It makes me feel unsafe. I have this fear that an officer is going to stop me and&nbsp; try]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-family-shocked-that-rcmp-officers-involved-in-indigenous-dads-death-still-on-the-job/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-family-shocked-that-rcmp-officers-involved-in-indigenous-dads-death-still-on-the-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May Wants Canada To Accept U.S. Asylum Seekers Now That Country ‘No Longer Safe’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth May says Canada must welcome asylum seekers wanting to flee the United States because it isn&rsquo;t a secure country for racialized communities under the president&rsquo;s leadership.&ldquo;We must not turn them away because Donald Trump has made the United States no longer safe,&rdquo; the federal Green parliamentary leader told reporters in Ottawa Wednesday.May called the press conference to address the protests against anti-Black racism that have erupted after last week&rsquo;s pol]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-wants-canada-to-accept-us-asylum-seekers-now-that-country-no-longer-safe/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-wants-canada-to-accept-us-asylum-seekers-now-that-country-no-longer-safe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Coronavirus Crisis Exposed Gaps In Canada's Social Programs. Now's The Time To Fill Them.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This story is part of After The Curve, an ongoing HuffPost Canada series that makes sense of how the COVID-19 crisis could change our country in the months and years ahead, and what opportunities exist to make Canada better.Ken Newell returned home from the battlefield in 1945 to a transformed Canada.Long gone were the days of his childhood as an orphan in Nova Scotia. His mother and father, a First World War veteran, both died of tuberculosis.&nbsp;Unsupported by any government assistance, he h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-coronavirus-crisis-exposed-gaps-in-canadas-social-programs-nows-the-time-to-fill-them/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-coronavirus-crisis-exposed-gaps-in-canadas-social-programs-nows-the-time-to-fill-them/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Travel Restricted Within Canada During The COVID-19 Pandemic? It’s Complicated.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Right about now, a lot of Canadians probably dream of getting away, travelling somewhere and seeing the world. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we could all use a vacation.&nbsp;But international summer vacations are off the table. Flights are grounded, borders are mostly closed, and it could be awhile before they open back up again.&nbsp;In early May, international air travel was running at around 90 per cent less capacity than before the pandemic hit, according to Statistics Canada, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-travel-restricted-within-canada-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-its-complicated/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2020 00:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-travel-restricted-within-canada-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-its-complicated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Protest Safely During COVID-19, According To Canada’s Health Officials]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s health officials are reminding protesters that it&rsquo;s their right to demonstrate, but they should keep in mind that there&rsquo;s still the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Demonstrations sparked across the United States last week in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and ongoing anti-Black racism and police brutality there. Solidarity actions across Canada drew thousands of marchers this weekend from Montreal to Vancouver, and images of mask-clad people t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-to-protest-safely-during-covid-19-according-to-canadas-health-officials/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-to-protest-safely-during-covid-19-according-to-canadas-health-officials/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Weather Network Says Canadians Can Expect Pleasant Summer Weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most Canadians may have missed out on spring, but one of the country&rsquo;s most prominent weather forecasters says they&rsquo;ll likely get to enjoy a more seasonal summer.The Weather Network is calling for slightly warmer than normal temperatures across most of the country, with Ontario and Quebec slated for the longest stretches of significant heat.But chief meteorologist Chris Scott says the summery conditions in Central Canada may come with a price, predicting precipitation levels somewhat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-weather-network-says-canadians-can-expect-pleasant-summer-weather/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-weather-network-says-canadians-can-expect-pleasant-summer-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. School Reopening Will Be Watched Closely Across Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Monday, public school&rsquo;s back in session in British Columbia &mdash; if only for a month.Students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will return to B.C. classrooms June 1, many for the first time since March break in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While other provinces, including Alberta and Ontario, have opted to keep schools closed for the remainder of the year, B.C. is one of the few provinces that will see students back in physical classrooms before summer break.&ldquo;These steps wil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-school-reopening-will-be-watched-closely-across-canada/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 15:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-school-reopening-will-be-watched-closely-across-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burnaby RCMP Release Video Of Senior Tripped Near Metrotown]]></title><description><![CDATA[B.C. RCMP are looking for help to identify a suspect who attacked an 84-year-old woman who was using a walker.&nbsp;Police released a video (watch above) showing the April 3 Burnaby, B.C. incident near the Metrotown Skytrain station.&nbsp;The Asian senior was walking alone when she fell after she was tripped by the female suspect. The victim was &ldquo;shaken and thankfully not seriously injured,&rdquo; said RCMP Cpl. Michael Kalanj in a news release&nbsp;Thursday.The suspect is described as &ld]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/burnaby-rcmp-release-video-of-senior-tripped-near-metrotown/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2020 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/burnaby-rcmp-release-video-of-senior-tripped-near-metrotown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Executive, Ruled Against In Extradition Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled against a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States.Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes says in a decision released today that the allegations against Meng Wanzhou could constitute a crime in Canada.The ruling means the court will continue to hear other arguments in the extradition case, including whether Meng&rsquo;s arrest at the Vancouver airport in December 2018 was unlawful.It also means Meng will not be permitted]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-huawei-executive-ruled-against-in-extradition-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-huawei-executive-ruled-against-in-extradition-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meng Wanzhou, Huawei Executive, Faces Key Ruling In Extradition Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The British Columbia Supreme Court is scheduled to release a key decision Wednesday in the U.S. extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.Justice Heather Holmes is releasing her ruling on the issue of so-called double criminality.The legal arguments centre on whether the allegations Meng is facing in the U.S. would be a crime in Canada.&nbsp;RELATEDCanadian Detainees In China Given Better Food To Prevent COVID-19: EmbassyChampagne Pressing China On Detained Canadians At]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-huawei-executive-faces-key-ruling-in-extradition-case/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meng-wanzhou-huawei-executive-faces-key-ruling-in-extradition-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Postpone Action Plan On Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women And Girls]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government will not be able to deliver a national action plan to make life safer for Indigenous women and girls next month as promised because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said Tuesday.The one-year anniversary since an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls issued its 1,200-page final report and 231 &ldquo;calls for justice&rdquo; will come in early June. In recent days, Indigenous women&rsquo;s gro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/feds-postpone-action-plan-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2020 14:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/feds-postpone-action-plan-on-missing-murdered-indigenous-women-and-girls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau To Push Provinces On Paid Sick Leave After Pressure From NDP]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he&rsquo;ll push the provinces to give workers 10 days of paid sick leave a year as the country deals with the COVID-19 pandemic.That appears to meet a key demand from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, in exchange for the New Democrats&rsquo; support for a motion to limit sittings and votes in the House of Commons through the summer.Singh laid out the demands on Monday morning, shortly before a small number of members of Parliament returned to the House]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-to-push-provinces-on-paid-sick-leave-after-pressure-from-ndp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 18:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-to-push-provinces-on-paid-sick-leave-after-pressure-from-ndp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Weather: Here’s Your Summer 2020 Forecast]]></title><description><![CDATA[The future of Canadians being asked to stay at home as much as possible is still unknown, but as different regions battle different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook for summer weather across the country is expected to be equally as varied.According to AccuWeather, much of the west is expected to be hot and dry, while significant storms head for Ontario and people in the Maritimes can prepare for a &ldquo;pleasant&rdquo; summer this year.British Columbia, Alberta and the PrairiesSo fa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-weather-heres-your-summer-2020-forecast/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 01:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-weather-heres-your-summer-2020-forecast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet Reminds TSN That Christine Sinclair Is Canada's Greatest Soccer Player]]></title><description><![CDATA[The people running TSN&rsquo;s soccer Twitter account got a pretty big wake-up call Saturday after posting what they likely thought was an innocuous poll question: &ldquo;Has Alphonso Davies already become the greatest Canadian soccer player?&rdquo;&nbsp;Davies, a 19-year old who grew up in Edmonton and developed with the Vancouver Whitecaps, plays for the German league team Bayern Munich. With an already impressive career, his skills were on full display Saturday when he scored a goal and an as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/internet-reminds-tsn-that-christine-sinclair-is-canadas-greatest-soccer-player/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 19:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/internet-reminds-tsn-that-christine-sinclair-is-canadas-greatest-soccer-player/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Condemns Surge Of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asian Canadians have experienced a surge of hateful violence during the pandemic, a trend Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Friday.&nbsp;&ldquo;Hate, violence and discrimination have no place in Canada,&rdquo; Trudeau said at his daily news conference. &ldquo;This is not who we are as Canadians.&rdquo;He acknowledged that this spring, businesses, buildings and statues have been vandalized and people have suffered verbal abuse and physical attacks.&nbsp;&ldquo;To Asian Canadians across the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-condemns-surge-of-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-condemns-surge-of-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Promises COVID-19 Contact Tracing Support For Provinces]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA&nbsp;&mdash; The federal government will fund provinces&rsquo; efforts to test people for COVID-19, track the contacts of those who test positive, and help different jurisdictions share data, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.The measures are essential because COVID-19 remains a serious health threat and the economy can&rsquo;t fully recover until Canadians are confident that the novel coronavirus will be contained anywhere new it breaks out, he said.Federal contact-tracers a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-promises-covid-19-contact-tracing-support-for-provinces/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 18:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-promises-covid-19-contact-tracing-support-for-provinces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terry Fox 40th Anniversary Adidas Sneakers Sell Out In Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been 40 years since Terry Fox embarked on his Marathon of Hope, but the legendary runner continues to inspire people everywhere and raise millions for cancer research.&nbsp; &nbsp;Every step of his cross-country journey in 1980 was in a pair of royal blue Adidas sneakers, a shoe that some fortunate shoppers have just gotten their hands on.&nbsp;In honour of this 40th anniversary, the sportswear company made replicas of Fox&rsquo;s signature kicks and commemorative shirts for a limited]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/terry-fox-40th-anniversary-adidas-sneakers-sell-out-in-minutes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2020 00:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/terry-fox-40th-anniversary-adidas-sneakers-sell-out-in-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restaurants Reopening In Alberta And B.C. Face Many Challenges]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; This time a year ago, St. Augustine&rsquo;s pub in East Vancouver was packed to capacity every night as patrons swarmed in to watch the Toronto Raptors&rsquo; historic NBA title run.&nbsp;On Tuesday, as the pub reopened for the first time in over two months after closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the emptiness was apparent as a few dozen patrons gathered at tables meticulously spaced two metres apart.Gone were sports fans packed tightly together at the bar and the throngs o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/restaurants-reopening-in-alberta-and-bc-face-many-challenges/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 23:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/restaurants-reopening-in-alberta-and-bc-face-many-challenges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Forces Snowbirds Plane Crashes In Kamloops, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Canadian Forces Snowbird plane has crashed in a Kamloops, B.C. neighbourhood on Sunday.Emergency crews are on scene, according to Castanet.com, with one person being rescued from the roof of a home.Snowbird crashes in Kamloops. pic.twitter.com/l5qQHOf7tR&mdash; Steve Delaney (@TheKamloopian) May 17, 2020A @CFSnowbirds just went down in Brock. Pilot ejected.#Kamloopspic.twitter.com/ZUJoM3Eby0&mdash; &#5047;&#5029;&#5094;&#5067; (@MikeGT79) May 17, 2020&nbsp;The squadron were in the Okanagan and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-forces-snowbirds-plane-crashes-in-kamloops-bc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 21:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-forces-snowbirds-plane-crashes-in-kamloops-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Forces Snowbird Plane Crashes In Kamloops, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Canadian Forces Snowbird plane crashed in a residential B.C. neighbourhood Sunday, killing one crew member and leaving another with serious injuries.The day began with anticipation in the Okanagan region as people waited for a glimpse of the Snowbirds in the sky and their national tour to boost morale and salute front-line workers during the coronavirus pandemic. It ended with &ldquo;heavy hearts&rdquo; as the Royal Canadian Air Force confirmed the toll of the crash.&nbsp;Capt. Jenn Casey, a p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-forces-snowbird-plane-crashes-in-kamloops-bc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 21:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-forces-snowbird-plane-crashes-in-kamloops-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Rental Rates Are Falling Fast Amid The COVID-19 Shutdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; It took a pandemic and an epic economic crisis to make it happen, but after years of rapid price growth, Canadians may finally get a bit of a break on the cost of housing.With an estimated three in 10 working Canadians either losing their job or having their pay cut in the past several months, advertised rental rates are on a downward slide in many cities.The average asking price for apartments nationwide fell 3.2 per cent in a month, to $1,842 per month for all housing types in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rental-rates-are-falling-fast-amid-the-covid-19-shutdown/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rental-rates-are-falling-fast-amid-the-covid-19-shutdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Gives Parents Option To Send Kids Back To School On June 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Students in British Columbia can go back to school June 1 on a part-time, optional basis with no pressure on parents to send their kids to class,&nbsp;says Premier John Horgan.B.C. has managed to flatten the COVID-19 curve and the province is about to start lifting restrictions on some businesses and activities next week, which will be followed by a gradual increase in students returning to classrooms next month.Parents will be given the choice of allowing their children to retu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-gives-parents-option-to-send-kids-back-to-school-on-june-1/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2020 03:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-gives-parents-option-to-send-kids-back-to-school-on-june-1/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Average Home Selling Price Falls 11% In April, With Toronto Leading]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; It didn&rsquo;t take long for the coronavirus pandemic to tilt Canada&rsquo;s long-resilient housing markets into a downturn.Prices fell in almost every major housing market in the country in April, with Toronto leading the way, data from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) shows. The national average selling price fell 10.9 per cent, on a seasonally adjusted basis, to $475,310 in April from $533,504 in March. Thanks to earlier strength in the market, that&rsquo;s just 1]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-average-home-selling-price-falls-11-in-april-with-toronto-leading/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 15:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-average-home-selling-price-falls-11-in-april-with-toronto-leading/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Day Fireworks, May Long Weekend Will Look Different During Coronavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[The May long weekend is here, and this year Canadians are certainly going to be celebrating differently.Due to social distancing requirements and closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, many familiar activities like group camping or big fireworks displays won&rsquo;t be happening for Victoria Day this year.Canadians are being advised to stay closer to home and avoid non-essential travel this weekend, as public health officials work to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.&nbsp;&ldquo;This weekend,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-day-fireworks-may-long-weekend-will-look-different-during-coronavirus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 00:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-day-fireworks-may-long-weekend-will-look-different-during-coronavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May Long Weekend Will Look A Lot Different In The Age Of Coronavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[The May long weekend is here, and this year Canadians are certainly going to be celebrating differently.Due to social distancing requirements and closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, many familiar activities like group camping or big fireworks displays won&rsquo;t be happening for Victoria Day this year.Canadians are being advised to stay closer to home and avoid non-essential travel this weekend, as public health officials work to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.&nbsp;&ldquo;This weekend,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/may-long-weekend-will-look-a-lot-different-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2020 00:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/may-long-weekend-will-look-a-lot-different-in-the-age-of-coronavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh: Feds Should Ensure Paid Sick Leave For All Canadians As Provinces Reopen]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; All Canadians need access to two weeks of sick-leave benefits as provinces start moving to reopen their economies while fighting COVID-19, and the federal government should pay for it, the federal New Democrats say.NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Wednesday that workers without sick leave who are put back on the job during the pandemic will be left to decide between protecting others from infection and paying their bills.&ldquo;We need paid sick leave, there is no question about it.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-feds-should-ensure-paid-sick-leave-for-all-canadians-as-provinces-reopen/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 22:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-feds-should-ensure-paid-sick-leave-for-all-canadians-as-provinces-reopen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.’s Reopening Plan Assumes People Will Make Good Choices. Will They?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we enter the third month of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, provinces are starting to reopen.&nbsp;Ontario will announce details of &ldquo;stage one&rdquo; of reopening on Thursday, Alberta is set to announce similar measures this week, while schools in Quebec have already started back up.But as provinces unveil and start to execute their reopening plans, people are going to be faced with some tough decisions. How many people do you let into your bubble, and who? Is a physical-distanced visi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-reopening-plan-assumes-people-will-make-good-choices-will-they/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 02:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-reopening-plan-assumes-people-will-make-good-choices-will-they/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carolyn Bennett Faces Calls To Resign Over Wet’suwet’en Controversy]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The elected leadership of several First Nations split over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia are calling for the immediate resignation of Crown&ndash;Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett.In a statement released Monday, four elected Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en chiefs say the process by which the province, the federal government and the nation&rsquo;s hereditary leaders arrived at a proposed memorandum of understanding on Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en rights an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/carolyn-bennett-faces-calls-to-resign-over-wetsuweten-controversy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2020 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/carolyn-bennett-faces-calls-to-resign-over-wetsuweten-controversy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weather Across Canada Sure Is Weird When It's May]]></title><description><![CDATA[We all love talking about the weather, and Saturday was something to talk about.&nbsp;Put up your hand if you put away your mitts and snow tires. And who already has sunscreen out?&nbsp;May 9, 2020 was a case study on how in some places had dreamy spring weather, and in others you take what you get: Vancouver had sun, Toronto had hail and New Brunswick had a whole snowstorm.It was one day in May in the same country, but no matter where you are, Canadian weather keeps everyone on their toes.RELAT]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/weather-across-canada-sure-is-weird-when-its-may/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 01:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/weather-across-canada-sure-is-weird-when-its-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social Distancing In Vancouver Needs More Work, Based On These Images]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Canada fights the battle against COVID-19, every part of the country enacted social distancing guidelines to slow the spread of the disease.&nbsp;But as the weather warms up in places like Metro Vancouver, some people are starting to forget the importance of social distancing in the first place.In Vancouver, many have taken to the city&rsquo;s beaches and parks over the past couple of weekends, disregarding recommendations that people stick to groups of two to six when they leave their homes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/social-distancing-in-vancouver-needs-more-work-based-on-these-images/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2020 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/social-distancing-in-vancouver-needs-more-work-based-on-these-images/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ottawa Ups Protections For Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Expanded protections for endangered southern resident killer whales off British Columbia&rsquo;s coast focus on contaminants,&nbsp;noise, physical disturbances and accessibility of chinook salmon, the orca&rsquo;s primary prey.&nbsp;The actions announced by several government departments Thursday include a ban on tourist or whale watching vessels with over 12 passengers until the end of June, a measure aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.Areas of the Juan de Fuca Strait]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ottawa-ups-protections-for-endangered-southern-resident-killer-whales/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2020 03:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ottawa-ups-protections-for-endangered-southern-resident-killer-whales/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tory MP Sends Virtual Sitting Into Disorder With Dig At May, ‘Fringe Left’]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The frenetic energy that&rsquo;s been lost since House of Commons sittings went virtual returned briefly Thursday after a Conservative MP targeted the Green Party parliamentary leader for her comments about oil.In an all-party special committee on the COVID-19 pandemic, Conservative MP Rosemarie Falk called out Elizabeth May by name for telling reporters &ldquo;oil is dead&rdquo; the previous day.&nbsp;Falk, a Saskatchewan MP, claimed May and &ldquo;the leader of the separatists,&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tory-mp-sends-virtual-sitting-into-disorder-with-dig-at-may-fringe-left/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tory-mp-sends-virtual-sitting-into-disorder-with-dig-at-may-fringe-left/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada, thousands of volunteers and public health workers have practised&nbsp; contact tracing &mdash; the painstaking process of identifying anyone who&rsquo;s come into contact with someone diagnosed with the disease and telling those people they need to self-isolate.It&rsquo;s intensive work. But is there a way to do that work digitally?&nbsp;Some developers and governments are trying to find out. B.C. chief medical officer of health Dr. Bonnie Henry summed it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-do-coronavirus-contact-tracing-apps-work/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-do-coronavirus-contact-tracing-apps-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia's Reopening Plan Includes When We Can Hug Our Loved Ones Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everyone in British Columbia who&rsquo;s been longing for a hug since the COVID-19 pandemic began will soon get their wish &mdash; with some limitations.Marking 100 days since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the province, B.C. Premier John Horgan announced B.C.&rsquo;s multi-phase reopening plan for the coming weeks and months.&ldquo;We have been successful as a province, extraordinarily successful by comparison to other jurisdictions in the world,&rdquo; Horgan told reporters during]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbias-reopening-plan-includes-when-we-can-hug-our-loved-ones-again/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 02:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbias-reopening-plan-includes-when-we-can-hug-our-loved-ones-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate Crimes Against East Asians Surged In April: Vancouver Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public&rsquo;s help in identifying suspects in two separate incidents against the city&rsquo;s East-Asian community.The first incident happened April 2 after a man was caught on camera defacing windows of a Chinese cultural centre with &ldquo;racist remarks&rdquo; in the city&rsquo;s Chinatown.Police are also investigating a stranger assault after a man punched an Asian woman in the face in an unprovoked attack on April 12.The department says the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hate-crimes-against-east-asians-surged-in-april-vancouver-police/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hate-crimes-against-east-asians-surged-in-april-vancouver-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Will Start To Reopen During Mid-May]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia has outlined a gradual reopening of its economy with certain health services, retail outlets, restaurants, salons and museums resuming some operations in mid-May.All of the government&rsquo;s reopening plans are contingent on organizations developing proposals that follow provincial guidelines to control the spread of COVID-19.Hotels, resorts and parks would follow in June, with some entertainment venues opening again in July, but not large concerts.A mix of onl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-will-start-to-reopen-during-mid-may/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2020 00:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-will-start-to-reopen-during-mid-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Armed Forces Members Killed In Helicopter Crash Get Emotional Welcome Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A nation already struggling with the emotions of a pandemic lockdown, a horrific plane crash in Iran and the worst mass shooting in its history grieved again on Wednesday as it honoured the victims of Canada&rsquo;s worst military tragedy in more than a decade.Canadians from coast to coast to coast watched as the six Armed Forces members killed in last week&rsquo;s helicopter crash off the coast of Greece were welcomed home in a special ramp ceremony at Canadian Forces Base Trento]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-armed-forces-members-killed-in-helicopter-crash-get-emotional-welcome-home/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2020 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-armed-forces-members-killed-in-helicopter-crash-get-emotional-welcome-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto House Prices Drop As Vancouver Home Sales Hit 38-Year Low]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s priciest housing markets saw sales in free-fall and prices under pressure in the first full month of anti-coronavirus lockdown measures.The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) reports home sales in the Greater Toronto Area plunged 67 per cent in April as the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic put a chill on the housing market.TRREB says there were 2,975 residential transactions in the GTA in April compared with 9,005 transactions in April 2019.Watch: What&rsquo;s hap]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-house-prices-drop-as-vancouver-home-sales-hit-38-year-low/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 17:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-house-prices-drop-as-vancouver-home-sales-hit-38-year-low/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Wildfire Season Faces New Challenge In COVID-19 Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[The novel coronavirus spread like wildfire.&nbsp;It&rsquo;s hopped from country to country and city to city, exploding into a global pandemic over the course of 2020. In Canada, it&rsquo;s the largest public health crisis in a lifetime, with over 60,000 confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 as of May 4.&nbsp;But soon, health officials, governments and residents of Canada&rsquo;s western provinces are going to have to contend with an annual battle on top of the chaos and pu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-wildfire-season-faces-new-challenge-in-covid-19-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 02:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-wildfire-season-faces-new-challenge-in-covid-19-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Canadian Runners Are Staying Safe And Fit During Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Three to four times a week, Aidan D&rsquo;Souza gets his kicks chasing one of his favourite feelings: the blood-pumping exhilaration known as &ldquo;runner&rsquo;s high.&rdquo; The 20-year-old,&nbsp;who attends Seneca College and runs the &ldquo;Ontario Runners&rdquo; fan page,&nbsp;has loved running since childhood. Because of coronavirus closures, &nbsp;that familiar joy is something he craves now more than ever.&ldquo;You get a good release, you get out of the house and you&rs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-canadian-runners-are-staying-safe-and-fit-during-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 22:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-canadian-runners-are-staying-safe-and-fit-during-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Canadian Runners Are Staying Safe And Fit During Coronavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Three to four times a week, Aidan D&rsquo;Souza gets his kicks chasing one of his favourite feelings: the blood-pumping exhilaration known as &ldquo;runner&rsquo;s high.&rdquo; The 20-year-old,&nbsp;who attends Seneca College and runs the &ldquo;Ontario Runners&rdquo; fan page,&nbsp;has loved running since childhood. Because of coronavirus closures, &nbsp;that familiar joy is something he craves now more than ever.&ldquo;You get a good release, you get out of the house and you&rs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-canadian-runners-are-staying-safe-and-fit-during-coronavirus/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 22:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-canadian-runners-are-staying-safe-and-fit-during-coronavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder Hornets Are In Canada Because 2020 Just Keeps On Going]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another day, another story that really starts to feel like 2020 is a year that just really has an axe to grind with humanity as a whole.Asian giant hornets, which have been not-so-fondly dubbed murder hornets, have made their way to North America. They were discovered in British Columbia last summer but there&rsquo;s growing concern the insects are establishing themselves in the U.S. and Canada.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re like something out of a monster cartoon with this huge yellow-orange face,&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/murder-hornets-are-in-canada-because-2020-just-keeps-on-going/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2020 23:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/murder-hornets-are-in-canada-because-2020-just-keeps-on-going/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Housing Market Will Stay Down ‘For Years’ Due To Lower Immigration: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; There is little agreement these days among the prognosticators as to what exactly is headed for Canada&rsquo;s housing market in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Several recent forecasts predict rising house prices this year, even amid massive job losses and a shrinking economy.But an economist at U.K.-based Capital Economics says Canada&rsquo;s house prices are set to fall, and stay down &ldquo;for years&rdquo; because the country can expect a decline in immigration levels.&ld]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-housing-market-will-stay-down-for-years-due-to-lower-immigration-report/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2020 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-housing-market-will-stay-down-for-years-due-to-lower-immigration-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet’suwet’en Dispute Roars On As Elected Chiefs Reject New Agreement]]></title><description><![CDATA[SMITHERS, B.C. &mdash; Elected chiefs of a First Nation that&rsquo;s split over a natural gas pipeline through their territories say they will not sign a deal on rights and title, a day after the hereditary chiefs backed the agreement.The elected chiefs of the Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en Nations say they don&rsquo;t support the proposed memorandum of understanding on rights and title with the federal and British Columbia governments.The hereditary chiefs decision to sign the memorandum was announce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-dispute-roars-on-as-elected-chiefs-reject-new-agreement/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2020 18:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-dispute-roars-on-as-elected-chiefs-reject-new-agreement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Convert People's Yards Into Food-Growing Gardens. You Can Transform Yours Too.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neither of us grew up farming. Truthfully, up until a few years ago we couldn&rsquo;t even tell you what a pepper plant looked like! Now, we grow vegetables and cut flowers across 15 residential front and backyards in East Vancouver, where we&rsquo;ve helped nurture our community for the past four seasons.&nbsp;In 2013, two young women much like us were faced with the biggest obstacle to aspiring farmers: access to land. Katie and Ruth, City Beet&rsquo;s founders, canvassed neighbourhoods with t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-convert-peoples-yards-into-food-growing-gardens-you-can-transform-yours-too/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-convert-peoples-yards-into-food-growing-gardens-you-can-transform-yours-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Convert People's Yards Into Food-Growing Gardens. You Can Too.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neither of us grew up farming. Truthfully, up until a few years ago we couldn&rsquo;t even tell you what a pepper plant looked like! Now, we grow vegetables and cut flowers across 15 residential front and backyards in East Vancouver, where we&rsquo;ve helped nurture our community for the past four seasons.&nbsp;In 2013, two young women much like us were faced with the biggest obstacle to aspiring farmers: access to land. Katie and Ruth, City Beet&rsquo;s founders, canvassed neighbourhoods with t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-convert-peoples-yards-into-food-growing-gardens-you-can-too/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-convert-peoples-yards-into-food-growing-gardens-you-can-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Prices In Canada Immune To COVID-19: Economists]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; The COVID-19 economic crisis has shuttered our cinemas and airlines, thrown restaurants and bars into disarray and is currently busy running up a heck of a government deficit.But apparently it can&rsquo;t derail Canada&rsquo;s housing markets, many of which can expect to see rapid house price growth once the outbreak passes, several recent forecasts have predicted.Despite a steep drop in sales this year, the average home price in Canada will be 6.1 per cent higher at the end of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/housing-prices-in-canada-immune-to-covid-19-economists/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/housing-prices-in-canada-immune-to-covid-19-economists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inmate With Cancer Wins Prison Release During Pandemic. This Is His Story.]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the TV in the prison&rsquo;s common area, Derrick Snow watched as the outside world shut down to contain the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus.It was mid-March, and Snow, 53, was recently diagnosed with cancer. He also suffers from lung disease and diabetes. He knew if he contracted COVID-19 he&rsquo;d likely develop the worst of the symptoms, which include difficulty breathing and pneumonia &mdash; and die.He also knew it would be nearly impossible to self-isolate living alon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/inmate-with-cancer-wins-prison-release-during-pandemic-this-is-his-story/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 23:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/inmate-with-cancer-wins-prison-release-during-pandemic-this-is-his-story/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forced Selling May Be Headed For Canada’s Housing Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[A sharp rise in joblessness, combined with the bust-out of the short-term rental market, will send Canadian house prices down in the short term, some market experts are saying.And for some homebuyers &#8213; those who are still in decent financial shape in this crisis &#8213; that presents a rare opportunity for bargains in some of Canada&rsquo;s priciest cities.Watch: What&rsquo;s happening in Canada&rsquo;s housing markets in the pandemic? Story continues below.&nbsp;So far, experts aren&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/forced-selling-may-be-headed-for-canadas-housing-market/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/forced-selling-may-be-headed-for-canadas-housing-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Senior Assaulted In Racist Attack Related To Coronavirus: Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver police are investigating a possible hate crime where a suspect assaulted a 92-year-old Asian man with severe dementia.&ldquo;Everything about this assault and the behaviour of the suspect is despicable,&rdquo; said Const. Tania Visintin in a news release Wednesday.&nbsp;The senior had wandered into an East Vancouver convenience store on the afternoon of March 13. As staff were trying to help him, a customer entered and started yelling &ldquo;racist remarks at the victim that included c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-senior-assaulted-in-racist-attack-related-to-coronavirus-police/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 22:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-senior-assaulted-in-racist-attack-related-to-coronavirus-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Family Moved To Canada To Be Health-Care Workers. Who Cares For Those Left Behind?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some days, my grandmother&rsquo;s&nbsp;caregivers would relay good news: &ldquo;Her legs are less swollen,&rdquo; &ldquo;She had appetite today.&rdquo; Other days, the updates on our family&rsquo;s Facebook group were grim: &ldquo;We panicked because she couldn&rsquo;t breathe.&rdquo;News like the latter would render us helpless. When you know a loved one is fighting for her life, and all you can offer are words through a screen, you feel each metre of separation like a stab in the heart.&nbsp;M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/my-family-moved-to-canada-to-be-health-care-workers-who-cares-for-those-left-behind/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 19:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/my-family-moved-to-canada-to-be-health-care-workers-who-cares-for-those-left-behind/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pipeline, Mine Work Sites Deemed Essential Services Worry Some Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[People who live in remote and Indigenous communities across Canada are questioning the classification of industrial projects like mines and pipelines as essential services, especially when it appears the &ldquo;business as usual&rdquo; approach goes against advice to physical distance as much as possible during the pandemic.Delee Nikal, a Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en band member of the Gitdumt&rsquo;en clan from the Witset First Nation, travelled to Houston, B.C. for a grocery run last weekend. It&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pipeline-mine-work-sites-deemed-essential-services-worry-some-canadians/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pipeline-mine-work-sites-deemed-essential-services-worry-some-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airbnb's Flame-Out In The COVID-19 Pandemic Could Be Good News For Renters And Homebuyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Amid all the bad news surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, there might be something of a silver lining for renters and homebuyers in Canada&rsquo;s priciest cities: When the lockdown ends, they may find themselves in a more affordable housing market.And if it happens, it will be in no small part thanks to the sudden flame-out of Airbnb, whose hosts have seen a collapse in revenue as global tourism ground to a halt in the past few months.Airbnb&rsquo;s situation right now is about as dire as it cou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/airbnbs-flame-out-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-could-be-good-news-for-renters-and-homebuyers/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/airbnbs-flame-out-in-the-covid-19-pandemic-could-be-good-news-for-renters-and-homebuyers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Crews Battle Out Of Control Wildfire In Squamish]]></title><description><![CDATA[SQUAMISH, B.C. &mdash; The BC Wildfire Service says crews are making good progress on a ground fire that&rsquo;s so far charred one square kilometre of bush and trees in the Upper Squamish Valley.Marg Drysdale, an information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, says calm weather has kept the fire&rsquo;s activity low Thursday afternoon as 37 firefighters and three helicopters work to get it under control.The District of Squamish declared a state of local emergency late Wednesday after the fire]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-crews-battle-out-of-control-wildfire-in-squamish/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-crews-battle-out-of-control-wildfire-in-squamish/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Aquarium Could Close Forever Because Of Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Canada&rsquo;s largest aquarium is struggling to stay afloat in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, and could face a permanent closure in the coming months.&nbsp;The Vancouver Aquarium, which houses over 70,000 animals from spiders to sea lions, warns it will be forced to close permanently unless it secures new funding in the next two months.&nbsp;The facility first closed to the public on March 17 to abide by social distancing guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19. It]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquarium-could-close-forever-because-of-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquarium-could-close-forever-because-of-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Should You Snitch About People Breaking Coronavirus Rules? And Who Do You Call?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine this: you head out for your weekly grocery shop, and come back to find a stranger in your home &mdash; it&rsquo;s a month into social distancing and your roommate is actually having someone over?&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a big deal,&rdquo; they say, introducing their Tinder date who is definitely not six feet away from you and is definitely breathing in your home and was that a cough you heard?What do you do?&nbsp;Many Canadians are finding themselves in situations like this, as we hunker do]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/should-you-snitch-about-people-breaking-coronavirus-rules-and-who-do-you-call/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 22:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/should-you-snitch-about-people-breaking-coronavirus-rules-and-who-do-you-call/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May Slams Andrew Scheer's &lsquo;Partisan&rsquo; Push For In-Person House Sittings Amid Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Green Party Parliamentary Leader Elizabeth May is lashing out at Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, saying he should be more focused on safeguarding the public&rsquo;s health and economic well-being than on holding in-person sittings of Parliament.&nbsp;&ldquo;Andrew Scheer should be thinking over whether his actions look like he&rsquo;s putting the public interest of all of Canadians first or his efforts to be part of this crisis,&rdquo; May told HuffPost Canada from her home in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-slams-andrew-scheers-lsquopartisanrsquo-push-for-in-person-house-sittings-amid-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-slams-andrew-scheers-lsquopartisanrsquo-push-for-in-person-house-sittings-amid-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Cities Open Roads To Pedestrians During Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The popular seawall path along English Bay in Vancouver got a whole lot wider this week as the coronavirus pandemic continues.As temperatures climbed past 15 C, cyclists, rollerbladers, walkers and runners hit Vancouver&rsquo;s beachfront paths over the Easter long weekend to take in some fresh air&nbsp; &mdash; albeit, at least two metres apart.&nbsp;That distance was made possible thanks to the city, which partly closed the adjacent Beach Avenue to vehicle traffic, as well as]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-cities-open-roads-to-pedestrians-during-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 20:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-cities-open-roads-to-pedestrians-during-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Nurses Reflect On How Coronavirus Pandemic Has Transformed ERs]]></title><description><![CDATA[The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed emergency rooms and changed the way hospital staff work. Nurses from St. Paul&rsquo;s Hospital in downtown Vancouver reflect on how it&rsquo;s affecting them, their colleagues and the quiet tone of anticipation as they await a possible surge in cases.&ldquo;It feels like we&rsquo;re in a lifeboat in the ocean, waiting for the tsunami to arrive,&rdquo; said registered nurse Zoe Manarangi Bake-Paterson.&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re all quite worried about bringing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-nurses-reflect-on-how-coronavirus-pandemic-has-transformed-ers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-nurses-reflect-on-how-coronavirus-pandemic-has-transformed-ers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tory MP Marc Dalton Deletes Tweet About Reopening Economy If Most COVID-19 Deaths In Care Homes]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; British Columbia Conservative MP Marc Dalton has deleted a tweet asking whether it is time to start reopening businesses if most of the deaths from COVID-19 in this country are of older people in long-term care homes.Dalton, who represents the riding of Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge near Vancouver, posted the tweet Monday morning. It included a link to a story in the Globe and Mail reporting signs Canada is starting to flatten the curve in the COVID-19 pandemic, with the notable except]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tory-mp-marc-dalton-deletes-tweet-about-reopening-economy-if-most-covid-19-deaths-in-care-homes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tory-mp-marc-dalton-deletes-tweet-about-reopening-economy-if-most-covid-19-deaths-in-care-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deaths From COVID-19 In Long-Term Care Homes Will Rise, Even As Cases Slow: Theresa Tam]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The number of deaths in long-term care facilities is expected to keep rising, even as the growth of overall COVID-19 cases begins to slow, Canada&rsquo;s top public health official warned Monday.Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, said the spread of the virus in nursing and retirement homes has been at the root of half of the more than 700 deaths across the country.&ldquo;Even as the numbers of cases slows down the number of deaths, unfortunately, are expected to inc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/deaths-from-covid-19-in-long-term-care-homes-will-rise-even-as-cases-slow-theresa-tam/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 20:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/deaths-from-covid-19-in-long-term-care-homes-will-rise-even-as-cases-slow-theresa-tam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta To Send Extra COVID Medical Equipment To Ontario, Quebec And B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta has more than enough protective masks, gloves and ventilators for its own COVID-19 needs, so it&rsquo;s sharing some of its surplus with provinces in more dire need.Kenney made the announcement Saturday from an Alberta Health Services warehouse in Edmonton, noting that it and eight other warehouses are full of supplies.He said Ontario will receive protective masks, gloves and ventilators, Quebec will receive masks and gloves, and British Columbi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-to-send-extra-covid-medical-equipment-to-ontario-quebec-and-bc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-to-send-extra-covid-medical-equipment-to-ontario-quebec-and-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CERB Call Centre Volunteer Applauds Kindness Of Canadians During Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[As one of thousands of volunteers working at the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit call centre during one of the most stressful times in the country&rsquo;s history, Amanda Nemer didn&rsquo;t know what to expect.&nbsp;Years ago, she worked in another federal government call centre for employment services, so she knew how difficult over-the-phone work could become, for both the people needing help and those trying to give it.&nbsp;This time around, however, Nemer says the conversations she&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cerb-call-centre-volunteer-applauds-kindness-of-canadians-during-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 22:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cerb-call-centre-volunteer-applauds-kindness-of-canadians-during-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How An Ontario Animal Shelter Stepped Up To Feed Pets During The Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, a small animal shelter in rural Ontario got an unexpected call from James Rutters. His German shepherd Keisha had given birth to a huge litter &mdash; 12 puppies &mdash; and she was starving.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was really worried. She&rsquo;s eating three to four times more than she normally eats,&rdquo; said Rutters, who lives on a farm outside Collingwood.&nbsp;He only had a few cups of kibble left, and didn&rsquo;t have enough money to buy the food she&rsquo;d need in the coming weeks t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-an-ontario-animal-shelter-stepped-up-to-feed-pets-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-an-ontario-animal-shelter-stepped-up-to-feed-pets-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Prisons See Jump In COVID-19 Cases, Spurring Calls For Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[The number of COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada&rsquo;s criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to call on the federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of people in the institutions.The number of cases jumped from 21 to 35 on Wednesday at four institutions in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia.At a prison in Mission, B.C., the number of cases went from two to 11, while seven inmates have tested positive at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Ontar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-prisons-see-jump-in-covid-19-cases-spurring-calls-for-action/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-prisons-see-jump-in-covid-19-cases-spurring-calls-for-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Is Starting To Flatten The Curve. Here’s How They’re Doing It]]></title><description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re not out of the woods yet.That was the message conveyed by British Columbia&rsquo;s chief public health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry during her daily briefing Monday alongside Health Minister Adrian Dix.But it&rsquo;s a message that follows the slightest sigh of relief, and acknowledgement that strategies to limit community spread of COVID-19 are working &mdash; B.C. may in fact be &ldquo;flattening the curve.&rdquo;&ldquo;Our percentage of new cases, as you can see, has been slowing, has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-is-starting-to-flatten-the-curve-heres-how-theyre-doing-it/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2020 02:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-is-starting-to-flatten-the-curve-heres-how-theyre-doing-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancity Credit Union Announces 0% Credit Card Interest Rates For Struggling Customers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Customers of British Columbia&rsquo;s Vancity who are struggling in the pandemic will be eligible for a temporary zero-per-cent interest rate on their credit cards, the credit union announced Wednesday.More than 540,000 people do their banking with Vancity, which bills itself as the largest credit union in Canada. The institution also issues Visa credit cards.Watch: Canada&rsquo;s government asking for a cut to credit card rates. Story continues below.&nbsp;&ldquo;Vancity personal and business c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancity-credit-union-announces-0-credit-card-interest-rates-for-struggling-customers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 17:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancity-credit-union-announces-0-credit-card-interest-rates-for-struggling-customers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What The %@$&amp; Is Going On With Canadian Real Estate In The Pandemic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Home sales and listings in Canada&rsquo;s hottest housing markets dropped rapidly in March as the COVID-19 lockdown arrived.The coming weeks will be quiet. A Royal Bank of Canada forecast sees sales down 70 per cent in June, compared to a year earlier, but with a rapid rebound coming once the lockdown is over.Still, that fast rebound is no sure thing. Millions of Canadians have lost work, and households are burning through their savings. Check out the video above for HuffPost Canada senior]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-the-amp-is-going-on-with-canadian-real-estate-in-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-the-amp-is-going-on-with-canadian-real-estate-in-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Going On With Canadian Real Estate In The Pandemic?]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Home sales and listings in Canada&rsquo;s hottest housing markets dropped rapidly in March as the COVID-19 lockdown arrived.The coming weeks will be quiet. A Royal Bank of Canada forecast sees sales down 70 per cent in June, compared to a year earlier, but with a rapid rebound coming once the lockdown is over.Still, that fast rebound is no sure thing. Millions of Canadians have lost work, and households are burning through their savings. Check out the video above for HuffPost Canada senior]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-is-going-on-with-canadian-real-estate-in-the-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-is-going-on-with-canadian-real-estate-in-the-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Assigns Parks Staff To Start Growing Food For Residents]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Growing season is on the horizon and Canada&rsquo;s &ldquo;City of Gardens&rdquo; is planning for more plants to increase local food security amid the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;City councillors in Victoria, B.C. passed a motion Thursday to expand an urban food production program by temporarily reassigning some parks department staff to grow 50,000 to 75,000 seedlings to give to residents in May and June.&ldquo;These are extraordinary times and they do call for extraordinary measu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-assigns-parks-staff-to-start-growing-food-for-residents/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 15:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-assigns-parks-staff-to-start-growing-food-for-residents/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Public Health Officials Garner Praise, ASMR, Beer Tributes]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Canada rolls into April and its second month of the COVID-19 pandemic, we&rsquo;re slowly adjusting to the new normal of daily case updates, social distancing and infrequent outings.&nbsp;A big part of that new normal for many Canadians are the public faces of the pandemic, from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s daily briefings in front of his Ottawa home to the regular updates from provincial health ministers and officials.And those provincial public health officers have skyrocketed to c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-public-health-officials-garner-praise-asmr-beer-tributes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-public-health-officials-garner-praise-asmr-beer-tributes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Beef Up Military Ranks, Quebec Asks For Troops Amid COVID-19 Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer as it seeks to bolster the military&rsquo;s ranks and help offset some of the economic damage from COVID-19.Reservists across the country are being contacted to see if they are available and interested in the offer, which will see them receive regular pay and benefits while also putting them on standby to respond should the military be asked t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/feds-beef-up-military-ranks-quebec-asks-for-troops-amid-covid-19-fight/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 20:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/feds-beef-up-military-ranks-quebec-asks-for-troops-amid-covid-19-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Says National Mandatory Stay-At-Home Order Not Needed Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; An already grim employment toll looked set to worsen Thursday as authorities pondered further tightening restrictions on people and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep the pandemic from suffocating the health-care system.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said too many Canadians were still going out needlessly, potentially spreading the coronavirus and putting health-care workers at unnecessary risk. At the same time, Trudeau said he was leaning on restrictions province]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-says-national-mandatory-stay-at-home-order-not-needed-now/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 01:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-says-national-mandatory-stay-at-home-order-not-needed-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Nations Child Welfare Compensation Far Lower Than Estimates, Watchdog Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA&nbsp;&mdash; Canada&rsquo;s parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa will have to pay up to $2.9 billion in compensation to First Nations children and families torn apart by an underfunded child welfare system&nbsp;&mdash; a figure that is half the amount estimated by the federal government.Yves Giroux says his office estimates between 19,000 and 65,100 people would be eligible for compensation awarded by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling last fall that found the federal governmen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-nations-child-welfare-compensation-far-lower-than-estimates-watchdog-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-nations-child-welfare-compensation-far-lower-than-estimates-watchdog-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patty Hajdu: Feds ‘Likely Did Not Have Enough’ Protective Gear Stockpiled]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government likely did not have enough protective equipment in its emergency stockpile to meet needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Patty Hajdu acknowledges.Successive governments in Ottawa have not spent enough money preparing for public-health crises, Hajdu told a news conference Wednesday.&nbsp;Federal officials are now working hard to procure scarce equipment such as surgical masks at a time when governments everywhere are scrambling to do the same, s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/patty-hajdu-feds-likely-did-not-have-enough-protective-gear-stockpiled/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/patty-hajdu-feds-likely-did-not-have-enough-protective-gear-stockpiled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 Measures In Place In Canada Until July ‘Realistic’: Trudeau]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is a &ldquo;realistic&rdquo; scenario that government measures to help stem the spread of COVID-19 could be in place until July.Trudeau, who has avoided providing specific timelines on how long he expects restrictions and strict social-distancing demands to last during the pandemic, was pressed about the issue at his daily briefing for reporters in Ottawa Wednesday.On Tuesday night, The National Post reported that a government document from last week stated]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19-measures-in-place-in-canada-until-july-realistic-trudeau/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 20:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19-measures-in-place-in-canada-until-july-realistic-trudeau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[COVID-19 likely part of B.C. life until summer, says Dr. Henry; five more deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia's provincial health officer says she expects the novel coronavirus pandemic will continue to impact daily life until the summer followed by a potential second wave of the virus in the fall.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19-likely-part-of-bc-life-until-summer-says-dr-henry-five-more-deaths/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/covid-19-likely-part-of-bc-life-until-summer-says-dr-henry-five-more-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feds Order Millions Of Masks, Thousands Of Ventilators Amid COVID-19 Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millions of masks and thousands of ventilators have been ordered by the federal government to shore up the national stockpile of supplies needed to treat and fight COVID-19.Public Services and Procurement Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday the equipment will be added to the Canadian store of essential medical goods in the coming days.It includes 60 million N95 masks, a specific piece of protection for health care officials, expected to be delivered this week.Anand says there are 1,570 ventilators]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/feds-order-millions-of-masks-thousands-of-ventilators-amid-covid-19-fight/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/feds-order-millions-of-masks-thousands-of-ventilators-amid-covid-19-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer Whales Take Advantage Of People's Social Distance To Visit Quiet Vancouver Shore]]></title><description><![CDATA[Killer whales aren&rsquo;t often spotted in the Burrard Inlet because it&rsquo;s an industrial area that can get quite loud. But social distancing efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seem to have had a side-effect: they&rsquo;ve made the fjord quiet.People in Vancouver noticed a pod of orcas, which included babies, taking the opportunity to visit the uncharacteristically quiet waters of Indian Arm and marvelled at the sight.Watch the video above to see the magnificent creatures.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/killer-whales-take-advantage-of-peoples-social-distance-to-visit-quiet-vancouver-shore/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2020 20:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/killer-whales-take-advantage-of-peoples-social-distance-to-visit-quiet-vancouver-shore/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party Leadership Race Is Full Steam Ahead Despite COVID-19 Uncertainty]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; While the Conservative party has suspended its leadership race, the Greens say they are still moving ahead with their campaign.&ldquo;We are not going to suspend the campaign, the leadership race, altogether, because we do think that this is a time, if you want to lead, how you lead the crisis is important,&rdquo; interim Green Party leader Jo-Ann Roberts told HuffPost Canada from her home in Halifax.&ldquo;Of course, we are all adapting, and they should as well,&rdquo; she said.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-race-is-full-steam-ahead-despite-covid-19-uncertainty/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leadership-race-is-full-steam-ahead-despite-covid-19-uncertainty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia ‘Reasonably Optimistic’ Province Can Flatten The Curve]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia chief public health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Friday she is &ldquo;cautiously optimistic&rdquo; the province&rsquo;s COVID-19 curve is starting to flatten, but warned the health-care system must still prepare for the worst-case scenario.&ldquo;Our trajectory has levelled off a bit, we need to see that continue,&rdquo; Henry said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to save communities.&rdquo;The province released a series of statistical models Friday projecting B.C.&rsq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-reasonably-optimistic-province-can-flatten-the-curve/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-reasonably-optimistic-province-can-flatten-the-curve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Slight chance of optimism’ that COVID-19 growth rate slowing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provincial health officials unveil hospital mobilization plan.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/slight-chance-of-optimism-that-covid-19-growth-rate-slowing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 19:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/slight-chance-of-optimism-that-covid-19-growth-rate-slowing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use Public Health As Hotlines To Report Quarantine Rule Breakers, Suggests Tam]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canadians concerned their friends and neighbours aren&rsquo;t respecting mandatory quarantine orders should warn local public health agencies, the country&rsquo;s top doctor suggested.Some provinces, including Alberta and New Brunswick, announced this week that new hotlines will allow people to report potential violations of provincial emergency declaration orders. Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said Thursday that the federal agency is working with local public health off]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/use-public-health-as-hotlines-to-report-quarantine-rule-breakers-suggests-tam/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/use-public-health-as-hotlines-to-report-quarantine-rule-breakers-suggests-tam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can We Still Go Outside? Yes, But Steer Clear Of Parks And Playgrounds: Experts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The sun is shining, the weather is getting warmer, and Canadian families cooped up because of the COVID-19 outbreak may be itching to start enjoying the outdoors.Infectious disease specialists say that&rsquo;s fine to do, but they&rsquo;re still asking people to use common sense in choosing their destinations.That means crowded parks, boardwalks and beaches are a no-go, at least for now.&ldquo;I know the days will start to get nice and it&rsquo;ll be tempting to get out, but just recognize that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/can-we-still-go-outside-yes-but-steer-clear-of-parks-and-playgrounds-experts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 19:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/can-we-still-go-outside-yes-but-steer-clear-of-parks-and-playgrounds-experts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware Text Scam About Emergency Response Benefit, Trudeau Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning Canadians that scammers are sending text messages purporting to be from the federal government offering cash to address the COVID-19 crisis.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry to say there appears to be a text scam going around on the new Emergency Response Benefit,&rdquo; Trudeau said, at his daily press conference outside his Ottawa residence Thursday.&ldquo;I want to remind everyone that the government&rsquo;s website is the best place to find reliable information]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/beware-text-scam-about-emergency-response-benefit-trudeau-says/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/beware-text-scam-about-emergency-response-benefit-trudeau-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Government’s $107B Coronavirus Aid Package Is Now Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; An emergency federal bill to give the government billions of dollars to spend to help anxious workers, families and employers cope with COVID-19 is now law.Gov. Gen. Julie Payette signed the bill at 12:18 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, after both the House of Commons and Senate issued speedy approvals earlier in the day.The bill allows the federal government up to $52 billion in funds to directly help Canadians, including a repackaged aid program for workers who can&rsquo;t work for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-governments-107b-coronavirus-aid-package-is-now-law/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-governments-107b-coronavirus-aid-package-is-now-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mandatory Quarantines Coming For Travellers Returning To Canada, Liberals Announce]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal government will force travellers returning to Canada, with the exception of so-called essential workers coming from the United States, to quarantine for 14 days to slow the spread of COVID-19.The measure was announced by Health Minister Patty Hajdu in the Senate Wednesday, with promises of more details on enforcement measures to come later in the day.&ldquo;Effective at midnight tonight, travellers returning to Canada, with the exception of essential workers, will be subject to a man]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/mandatory-quarantines-coming-for-travellers-returning-to-canada-liberals-announce/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/mandatory-quarantines-coming-for-travellers-returning-to-canada-liberals-announce/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Residents Cheer On Health-Care Workers From Balconies Every Night]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver is getting loud in support of essential service workers and front-line health-care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.Every night at 7 p.m., the streets of the city&rsquo;s West End neighbourhood echo with applause and cheers from thousands of residents on their apartment balconies.&nbsp;And their spirit is clearly contagious.Vancouver&rsquo;s West End 7 pm applause for health-care workers. #Vancouver#COVID19pic.twitter.com/ij9t3nuVCY&mdash; Ryan Warawa (@warawa) March 24, 2020#Wes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-residents-cheer-on-health-care-workers-from-balconies-every-night/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-residents-cheer-on-health-care-workers-from-balconies-every-night/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus 'Will Tear Like Wildfire' Through Canada's Prisons: Activists]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Prisons are one of the last institutions in Canada that have not seen a quick, co-ordinated response to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, an extremely dangerous situation activists are demanding be addressed before it&rsquo;s too late.&nbsp;&ldquo;My fear is there will be asymptomatic transmission [of COVID-19] and it will tear like wildfire through prisons,&rdquo; Dr. Claire Bodkin, told HuffPost Canada, who has experience providing medical care in a Hamilton, Ont. jail]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coronavirus-will-tear-like-wildfire-through-canadas-prisons-activists/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coronavirus-will-tear-like-wildfire-through-canadas-prisons-activists/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Answers Justin Trudeau’s Call To Spread COVID-19 Awareness]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he would call on prominent Canadians to spread the word about the importance of social distancing during the novel coronavirus pandemic, and it looks like beloved Vancouver actor Ryan Reynolds is at the top of that list.At a press conference Monday, Trudeau teased a multi-million dollar ad campaign involving prominent Canadian figures we &ldquo;know and trust&rdquo; in messaging around flattening the COVID-19 curve.The prime minister himself got the ball]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-answers-justin-trudeaus-call-to-spread-covid-19-awareness/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-answers-justin-trudeaus-call-to-spread-covid-19-awareness/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Horgan Introduces $5 Billion In COVID-19 Relief For B.C. Individuals, Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia will spend $5 billion to help individuals, businesses and services endure the economic stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier John Horgan said Monday.&ldquo;There has to be hope as we get through these challenging times,&rdquo; he told a news conference at the legislature. &ldquo;I firmly believe by working together all of us will get through this.&rdquo;The government&rsquo;s plan will see $2.8 billion spent on people and services, and $2.2 billion on busin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/john-horgan-introduces-5-billion-in-covid-19-relief-for-bc-individuals-businesses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/john-horgan-introduces-5-billion-in-covid-19-relief-for-bc-individuals-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Realtors In Ontario, Vancouver Urged To Stop Holding Open Houses]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The Toronto Regional and Ontario real estate boards have urged realtors to stop holding open houses because of the COVID-19 pandemic, following a similar move by the Greater Vancouver Area board last week.TRREB, which first issued the guidance on Saturday, said Monday that while the decision to hold open houses is up to realtors and their clients, the board will suppress information about the in-person showings on its listing system and website.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re at a critical ph]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/realtors-in-ontario-vancouver-urged-to-stop-holding-open-houses/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/realtors-in-ontario-vancouver-urged-to-stop-holding-open-houses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Delivers Blunt ‘Stay Home’ Warning To Canadians Who Think They Are ‘Invincible’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a blunt message to Canadians who continue to gather in groups and appear to think they are &ldquo;invincible&rdquo; amid the COVID-19 pandemic.&ldquo;You&rsquo;re not. Enough is enough. Go home and stay home,&rdquo; Trudeau said at a press conference in Ottawa Monday, noting images that have surfaced over the weekend of Canadians egregiously flouting demands to practice social distancing.&ldquo;This is what we all need to be doing and we&rsquo;re going to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-delivers-blunt-stay-home-warning-to-canadians-who-think-they-are-invincible/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-delivers-blunt-stay-home-warning-to-canadians-who-think-they-are-invincible/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. health officials not providing basic data on COVID-19 testing]]></title><description><![CDATA[The 74 new positive tests reported in B.C. Saturday is a lagging indicator of novel coronavirus infections, said Dr. Bonnie Henry.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-health-officials-not-providing-basic-data-on-covid-19-testing/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2020 00:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-health-officials-not-providing-basic-data-on-covid-19-testing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Health Officials Are The Heroes We Need During This Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[This COVID-19 pandemic has seen the rise of a new set of Canadian folk heroes: public health officers.That&rsquo;s right. Whether you&rsquo;re in British Columbia and tune in every day for Dr. Bonnie Henry&rsquo;s calming updates or in Quebec listening to Dr. Horatio Arruda share his theme song of the day, Canadians have fallen in love with our public health officials as they provide daily briefings in a compassionate and informative manner on the latest COVID-19 developments.&ldquo;Dr Bonnie He]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-health-officials-are-the-heroes-we-need-during-this-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 23:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-health-officials-are-the-heroes-we-need-during-this-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coronavirus In Condos: What Residents Should Know About COVID-19]]></title><description><![CDATA[The messaging from Canada&rsquo;s public health officials to fight the spread of COVID-19 is clear: Stay home if you&rsquo;re unwell.&nbsp;But for condo residents, that raises some questions. Given that there can be hundreds of dwellers in a condo building, the idea of social distancing can be tougher than a homeowner.&nbsp;Policies specific to COVID-19 will vary condo board to condo board but there are some changes in the video above that residents should come to expect.&nbsp;RELATEDWhat Does I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coronavirus-in-condos-what-residents-should-know-about-covid-19/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coronavirus-in-condos-what-residents-should-know-about-covid-19/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What Canadian Health-Care Workers Are Seeing Before COVID-19 Spikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Vancouver hospital&rsquo;s emergency department where nurse Andrea Fouchard works is braced for an influx of novel coronavirus patients.Staff are screening every patient who walks through the doors, asking them an algorithm of questions &mdash; if they&rsquo;ve travelled, if they are experiencing a fever or chills &mdash; to decide who will be tested for COVID-19, said Fouchard. She is not allowed to say if anyone has tested positive.&nbsp;She goes into each shift expecting the unexpected, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/this-is-what-canadian-health-care-workers-are-seeing-before-covid-19-spikes/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 21:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/this-is-what-canadian-health-care-workers-are-seeing-before-covid-19-spikes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asylum Seekers Will Be Sent Back At The Canadian Border Under New Rules: Trudeau]]></title><description><![CDATA[Asylum seekers who attempt to come into Canada irregularly from the United States will be sent back as part of a new agreement between both countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.The prime minister made the announcement Friday at a news conference outside of his official residence, about 12 hours before a border clampdown will go into effect that will ban non-essential U.S. visitors to Canada.&ldquo;Canada and the United States are announcing a reciprocal arrangement where we will now be]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/asylum-seekers-will-be-sent-back-at-the-canadian-border-under-new-rules-trudeau/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 17:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/asylum-seekers-will-be-sent-back-at-the-canadian-border-under-new-rules-trudeau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Does It Mean To Declare A State Of Emergency In Response To Coronavirus?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver city council voted unanimously Thursday to declare an official state of emergency in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.The declaration follows similar actions from cities such as Calgary and provinces such as British Columbia and Saskatchewan.It&rsquo;s a response to the growing global pandemic of the novel coronavirus, which causes a respiratory disease called COVID-19. As of March 19, there are over 240,000 confirmed cases worldwide and nearly 10,000 deaths from the disease.&]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-does-it-mean-to-declare-a-state-of-emergency-in-response-to-coronavirus/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 02:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-does-it-mean-to-declare-a-state-of-emergency-in-response-to-coronavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weeks Until We Know COVID-19 Social Distancing Is Working: Top Doctor]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canadians won&rsquo;t know for two or three weeks if country-wide social distancing has curbed the spread of COVID-19, Canada&rsquo;s chief public health officer said Thursday.&nbsp;But in order to even get to that point, citizens need to start obeying government directives, warned federal, provincial and municipal leaders.&ldquo;Our collective resolve to overcome COVID-19 must be solid and undentable,&rdquo; Dr. Theresa Tam said, during a press conference with federal cabinet min]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/weeks-until-we-know-covid-19-social-distancing-is-working-top-doctor/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2020 00:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/weeks-until-we-know-covid-19-social-distancing-is-working-top-doctor/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Confirms Canada-U.S. Border Will Temporarily Close Due to Coronavirus Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada and the United States will close the border to non-essential travel to help slow the spread of COVID-19, U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday.<br />
Trump made the announcement in a tweet, confirming a CNN report that U.S. and Canadian officials are working on a deal that would apply new restrictions to the border, but ensure that business and trade can continue. We will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our Northern Border with Canada to non-essential traffic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trump-confirms-canada-us-border-will-temporarily-close-due-to-coronavirus-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trump-confirms-canada-us-border-will-temporarily-close-due-to-coronavirus-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Declares State Of Emergency, Reports 3 More COVID-19 Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia has declared a public health emergency after reporting three new COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday.The province now has had seven fatalities during the novel coronavirus pandemic.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said six of the deaths stem from a care home in North Vancouver.A man in his 80s died on Monday in hospital in the Fraser Health region, she told a news conference.The province also recorded 83 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-declares-state-of-emergency-reports-3-more-covid-19-deaths/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 23:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-declares-state-of-emergency-reports-3-more-covid-19-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Gets Specific About Meaning Of Social Distancing During Coronavirus Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians to take social distancing more seriously, and to &ldquo;stay home as much as possible&rdquo; to curb community transmission of a virus that has led to the deaths of more than 6,600 people internationally.&ldquo;Doctors and nurses need your help. Your neighbours need your help. Vulnerable people in the community need your help,&rdquo; Trudeau said, in a televised address Tuesday outside his Ottawa home. &ldquo;As much as possible, s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-gets-specific-about-meaning-of-social-distancing-during-coronavirus-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-gets-specific-about-meaning-of-social-distancing-during-coronavirus-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grocery Stores Hold Seniors-Only Hours During Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empty produce displays. No more pasta, canned soup, or bags of rice. And we all know about the toilet-paper hoarding.&nbsp;As shoppers stock up supplies despite warnings there is no need to stockpile, a few Canadian grocery stores are reserving their morning hours for seniors to ensure they have access to food during the&nbsp;COVID-19 pandemic.Kyle&rsquo;s No Frills store in Kitimat, B.C. received its deliveries on Sunday night, cleaned and sanitized the store overnight, and then opened early at]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/grocery-stores-hold-seniors-only-hours-during-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/grocery-stores-hold-seniors-only-hours-during-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Health-Care Workers On Front Lines Of Pandemic, We Want To Hear From You]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Canadians strive to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic, health-care workers are at the front lines.Public health officials provide Canadians with daily updates and advice. Doctors and nurses in every province screen patients for the virus in hospitals and assessment centres, and care for those in intensive care units and nursing homes.&nbsp;Health professionals give advice at telehealth call centres, and lab technicians test samples. Pharmacists give advice and manage an increased dem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-health-care-workers-on-front-lines-of-pandemic-we-want-to-hear-from-you/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-health-care-workers-on-front-lines-of-pandemic-we-want-to-hear-from-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[GoodLife Fitness Gyms Close In Canada Over Coronavirus Pandemic]]></title><description><![CDATA[GoodLife Fitness has closed all locations across Canada as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Its chain of Fit4Less locations will also be temporarily shut down, according to the company&rsquo;s website.&nbsp;GoodLife says users&rsquo; membership payments will be put on hold starting Tuesday, March 17. Anyone with a prepaid membership will see it frozen and extended at a later date.&nbsp;The news follows&nbsp;several other retailers in Canada&nbsp;who have adjusted their operations in light of c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/goodlife-fitness-gyms-close-in-canada-over-coronavirus-pandemic/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/goodlife-fitness-gyms-close-in-canada-over-coronavirus-pandemic/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Reports 3 More Deaths From COVID-19 And 30 Additional Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia is reporting three additional deaths from COVID-19, all stemming from an outbreak at a care home in North Vancouver.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the province is also reporting 30 additional cases today, bringing the total to 103.The only other death in Canada was in B.C. at the Lynn Valley Care Care Centre in North Vancouver, where there has been a cluster of cases.More Coming.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-reports-3-more-deaths-from-covid-19-and-30-additional-cases/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-reports-3-more-deaths-from-covid-19-and-30-additional-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Closures In Canada For Coronavirus: What's Officially Closed Across Provinces And Territories]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada has quickly moved to take precautionary measures after the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. There have been more than 200 recorded cases of the virus within the country.The government has urged Canadians to reassess leaving the country and is warning travellers to return while they still can. As health officials are advising against non-essential travel and asking people to self-isolate, provinces have already shut down schools, businesses and other]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/closures-in-canada-for-coronavirus-whats-officially-closed-across-provinces-and-territories/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 04:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/closures-in-canada-for-coronavirus-whats-officially-closed-across-provinces-and-territories/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Sells 33,456 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) - Redmond Register]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Sells 33,456 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Redmond Register]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-sells-33456-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-redmond-register/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-sells-33456-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-redmond-register/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Warns Against Large Gatherings As COVID-19 Spreads To 2nd Care Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Health officials in British Columbia are advising against all non-essential travel outside of Canada including to the United States as COVID-19 continues its global spread.The announcement came Thursday as provincial cases reached 53 and several major events were cancelled across British Columbia, while local officials and service providers said they have preparedness plans in place even as the risk of transmission remains low.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said any]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-warns-against-large-gatherings-as-covid-19-spreads-to-2nd-care-home/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 01:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-warns-against-large-gatherings-as-covid-19-spreads-to-2nd-care-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How And When To Get Tested If You Suspect You Have Coronavirus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Coronavirus is here. As of March 10, 2020, 79 cases have been confirmed in Canada, and the first confirmed death was announced earlier this week.&nbsp;As Canada&rsquo;s confirmed cases of COVID-19 &mdash; the disease caused by the novel 2019 coronavirus &mdash; continue to swell in number, so too do tests for the virus.Odds are, you or someone you know will undergo testing for the coronavirus in the coming weeks as community transmission continues. According to a disease-transmission model devel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-and-when-to-get-tested-if-you-suspect-you-have-coronavirus/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-and-when-to-get-tested-if-you-suspect-you-have-coronavirus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1st Death From Coronavirus In Canada Reported At B.C. Care Centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUER, B.C. &mdash; British Columbia health officials say a man has died of the new coronavirus at a seniors care home in North Vancouver.The death at Lynn Valley Care Centre is believed to be the first COVID-19 death in Canada.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced on the weekend that two elderly residents of the facility had been diagnosed with the virus.Henry says the diagnoses followed an earlier diagnosis of a worker at the care home, making t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/1st-death-from-coronavirus-in-canada-reported-at-bc-care-centre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 19:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/1st-death-from-coronavirus-in-canada-reported-at-bc-care-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton Appalled By &lsquo;Greta Thunberg' Sticker Linked To Alberta Oilfield Firm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton has called a sticker depicting teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted &ldquo;misogyny plain and simple.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate made the comment on CNN&rsquo;s Fareed Zakaria GPS show&nbsp; on International Women&rsquo;s Day, Sunday. Clinton used the sticker as an example of what she called appalling &ldquo;overt misogyny&rdquo; that persists across the globe.&nbsp;&ldquo;I understand that we&rsquo;re still fighti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hillary-clinton-appalled-by-lsquogreta-thunberg-sticker-linked-to-alberta-oilfield-firm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hillary-clinton-appalled-by-lsquogreta-thunberg-sticker-linked-to-alberta-oilfield-firm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian, U.S. Stock Markets Halted Amid Panicked Selloff]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; North American stock markets nosedived in initial trading as the price of oil collapsed and the loonie plunged against the U.S. dollar.The rout at the start of trading triggered circuit breakers on the stock markets in Canada and the United States that temporarily put a halt to trading.The drop followed an earlier plunge in European and Asian stock markets that came after Saudi Arabia, Russia and other major oil producers failed to agree on cutting output to prop up prices.The mo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-us-stock-markets-halted-amid-panicked-selloff/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-us-stock-markets-halted-amid-panicked-selloff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Declares Coronavirus Outbreak At Long-Term Care Home]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care home in North Vancouver after two residents were diagnosed with the virus on Saturday.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the two residents were diagnosed with COVID-19 following an earlier diagnosis of a care worker at the Lynn Valley Care Centre.She said the Lynn Valley Care Centre is now in an outbreak protocol.The two care home residents are among six new cases of COVID-19 diagnosed today.&ldquo;T]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-declares-coronavirus-outbreak-at-long-term-care-home/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 22:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-declares-coronavirus-outbreak-at-long-term-care-home/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Climate-Change Deniers Are Sexualizing Figures Like Greta Thunberg And Naomi Seibt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nothing makes conservative men opposing climate progress more uncomfortable than an opinionated woman.Greta Thunberg&rsquo;s work is legendary, even at 17. She&rsquo;s worked to create awareness about the dangers of climate change, met with world leaders to discuss the importance of harnessing alternative energy sources, and proposed tangible solutions to potential future climate issues.Her stance has attracted the attention of critics wishing to silence her, including through the use of unsolic]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-climate-change-deniers-are-sexualizing-figures-like-greta-thunberg-and-naomi-seibt/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-climate-change-deniers-are-sexualizing-figures-like-greta-thunberg-and-naomi-seibt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CN Rail Says Petroleum Coke Spilled Into B.C. Creek After Derailment]]></title><description><![CDATA[PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. &mdash; Canadian National Railway says 27 cars of a freight train derailed Thursday, spilling some of its freight into a creek in northern British Columbia.Jonathan Abecassis of CN Rail says &ldquo;a small amount&rdquo; of petroleum coke spilled into a creek in Giscome, northeast of Prince George.He says in an email statement that no one was hurt and environmental experts and regulatory officials are overseeing the cleanup.A team from the Transportation Safety Board has been]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cn-rail-says-petroleum-coke-spilled-into-bc-creek-after-derailment/</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2020 00:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cn-rail-says-petroleum-coke-spilled-into-bc-creek-after-derailment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Man Gabriel Klein Found Guilty Of 2016 High School Stabbings]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. &mdash; A judge has found a man guilty of second-degree murder and aggravated assault in an attack more than three years ago on two students at a British Columbia high school.&nbsp;Defence lawyer Martin Peters had argued in December that Gabriel Klein did not have the intent to kill a 13-year-old girl on Nov. 1, 2016, when he walked into the rotunda of Abbotsford Secondary School.He urged Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes of the B.C. Supreme Court to find his client gu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-man-gabriel-klein-found-guilty-of-2016-high-school-stabbings/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 23:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-man-gabriel-klein-found-guilty-of-2016-high-school-stabbings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Youth Standing With Wet’suwet’en Arrested At B.C. Legislature: ‘It’s Not Over’]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; &ldquo;We love you, we see you. We love you, we see you.&rdquo;The chant echoes in a video posted to social media as a row of police officers is seen creating a path in through dozens of supporters, as five Indigenous youth are carried from the B.C. legislature steps to a waiting police van just after 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning.In the video, the crowd pounds drums and shouts messages of support. Many had been camped on the steps of the legislature for 17 days, demanding John Hor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-youth-standing-with-wetsuweten-arrested-at-bc-legislature-its-not-over/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 22:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-youth-standing-with-wetsuweten-arrested-at-bc-legislature-its-not-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Adds 30,000 Jobs In February, But Unemployment Jumps In Ontario, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The country added 30,000 net new jobs in February, Statistics Canada said Friday morning in a report that showed the coronavirus outbreak has had only limited impact on Canada&rsquo;s economy so far.The unemployment rate rose to 5.6 per cent, from 5.5 per cent in January, as slightly more people entered the workforce than found work.Much of the job growth was concentrated in Quebec, while British Columbia and Ontario shed a small number of jobs, and saw significant increases in their jobless rat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-adds-30000-jobs-in-february-but-unemployment-jumps-in-ontario-bc/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 15:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-adds-30000-jobs-in-february-but-unemployment-jumps-in-ontario-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Has 1st Coronavirus Case, As Numbers Jump In Ontario, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta says it has its first presumptive case of the novel coronavirus.The province&rsquo;s chief medical officer of health is to hold a news conference about the case.The government says public health measures are being put in place &ldquo;to contain the virus and protect Albertans.&rdquo;Health officials have so far confirmed cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, with several new cases announced today.Quebec casesCanada&rsquo;s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-has-1st-coronavirus-case-as-numbers-jump-in-ontario-bc/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-has-1st-coronavirus-case-as-numbers-jump-in-ontario-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 Of Canada's Best Universities Slip On 2020 QS Top Universities Ranking]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some of Canada&rsquo;s top universities have slipped on the global stage according to an annual ranking by a U.K.-based analytics firm.&nbsp;Quacquarelli Symonds Limited&rsquo;s 2020 top universities ranking&nbsp;had the University of Toronto, McGill and University of British Columbia retain their pecking order from 2019 compared to each other. The schools were ranked on reputation by academic and employer reputation and citation by faculty. The ratio of faculty to students as well as internatio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/3-of-canadas-best-universities-slip-on-2020-qs-top-universities-ranking/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/3-of-canadas-best-universities-slip-on-2020-qs-top-universities-ranking/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Cyclist Alleges Sex Assault While Training With Belgian Team]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the weeks and months after Maggie Coles-Lyster alleges she was sexually assaulted, the Canadian cyclist buried herself in her sport.The 21-year-old from Maple Ridge, B.C., was just 18 when she joined Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s team as a development rider in 2017. It was during a multi-day race in the Netherlands that she said she was repeatedly sexually assaulted during massages by someone associated with the team.The global body for cycling &mdash; the UCI &mdash; has laun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-cyclist-alleges-sex-assault-while-training-with-belgian-team/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-cyclist-alleges-sex-assault-while-training-with-belgian-team/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[TMX Pipeline Clears Another Hurdle As Top Court Refuses To Hear Appeals]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has cleared another legal hurdle.The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear five challenges from environment and Indigenous groups from British Columbia.Some had wanted the top court to consider whether the Liberal cabinet violated the Species at Risk Act when it decided to approve the pipeline expansion a second time in June 2019, arguing the project would harm the highly endangered southern resident killer whales.RELATEDPric]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tmx-pipeline-clears-another-hurdle-as-top-court-refuses-to-hear-appeals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tmx-pipeline-clears-another-hurdle-as-top-court-refuses-to-hear-appeals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yukon Will No Longer Change Clocks For Daylight Saving Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[A northern territory is the latest in Canada to end the practice of seasonal time changes.The Yukon government announced Wednesday that after clocks are adjusted on March 8, the territory will permanently stick with Pacific Daylight Saving Time. That means clocks won&rsquo;t be changed again in the fall or spring, when most other provinces and territories will be doing so.The territory said in a news release that it received more than 4,800 responses from Yukoners on this topic earlier this year]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/yukon-will-no-longer-change-clocks-for-daylight-saving-time/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/yukon-will-no-longer-change-clocks-for-daylight-saving-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expect More ‘Conflict’ If Feds Push TMX Pipeline Forward: Indigenous Negotiator]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canadians can expect more disruptive protests if the federal government pushes forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion against the wishes of some of the Indigenous communities it will pass through, says a British Columbia lawyer and Indigenous negotiator.In the last month, Indigenous people across the country set up barricades on train tracks, roads and bridges, in solidarity with Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en Nation hereditary chiefs, some of whom object to the construction]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/expect-more-conflict-if-feds-push-tmx-pipeline-forward-indigenous-negotiator/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/expect-more-conflict-if-feds-push-tmx-pipeline-forward-indigenous-negotiator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Woman With Coronavirus In Critical Condition]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the woman developed symptoms a couple of days after returning from Hong Kong and India about one week ago.It is the 13th case of COVID-19 in British Columbia, bringing Canada&rsquo;s total number of infections to 34.Henry says the woman was part of a group tour in India alongside other Canadians who returned to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-with-coronavirus-in-critical-condition/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 02:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-with-coronavirus-in-critical-condition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost 2/3 Of Canadians Blame Federal Gov't for Blockade Crisis: Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A new poll suggests Canadians weren&rsquo;t happy with Prime Minister&nbsp;Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s handling of the natural gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia that led to nationwide rail and road blockades mounted in solidarity with Indigenous leaders who oppose the project.According to the L&eacute;ger Marketing survey,&nbsp;61 per cent of respondents said they were dissatisfied with the way the prime minister has handled the blockade file.The numbers also suggest most Canadi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/almost-23-of-canadians-blame-federal-govt-for-blockade-crisis-poll/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/almost-23-of-canadians-blame-federal-govt-for-blockade-crisis-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sick Days For Coronavirus Are A Privilege Many Canadian Service Workers Don’t Have]]></title><description><![CDATA[As global COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise and new Canadian cases are confirmed seemingly every day, concern about the novel coronavirus is only growing &mdash; and so is concern over service workers&rsquo; ability to take time off work.&nbsp;Health officials recommend a 14-day self-quarantine for most people suspected of contracting the virus, which has prompted a rush for &ldquo;pandemic preparedness kits.&rdquo;&nbsp;Items like bulk toilet paper and pasta are flying off the shelves a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/sick-days-for-coronavirus-are-a-privilege-many-canadian-service-workers-dont-have/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 01:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/sick-days-for-coronavirus-are-a-privilege-many-canadian-service-workers-dont-have/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lack Of Mental Health Services In Rural B.C. Made My Kid Sicker]]></title><description><![CDATA[As told to HuffPost associate editor Connor GarelOsoyoos, B.C. &mdash; At age nine, my daughter wanted to die.Between her autism, depressive moods, severe anxiety&nbsp;and a cocktail of medications, life for her was hell. On one occasion, she tried to jump from the top of a staircase. On another, she tried jumping out of the car on the highway. My husband and I had to hide the knives and the scissors. We had to request approval from the local fire department to put locks on the inside of the hou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-lack-of-mental-health-services-in-rural-bc-made-my-kid-sicker/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-lack-of-mental-health-services-in-rural-bc-made-my-kid-sicker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Reaches 33 Coronavirus Cases As B.C. Reports New Infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total of people infected to 12 in the province.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said a woman and a man in his 60s tested positive after returning from Iran, while another woman in her 30s developed symptoms in isolation.That woman had contact with the eighth confirmed case in B.C., which also involved travel to Iran, Henry told a news conference in Victoria on Tuesday.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-reaches-33-coronavirus-cases-as-bc-reports-new-infections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-reaches-33-coronavirus-cases-as-bc-reports-new-infections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[33 Coronavirus Cases In Canada As B.C. Confirms More Cases]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Three more cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed in British Columbia, bringing the total of people infected to 12 in the province.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the two women and one man had all returned from Iran and are in the Vancouver area.One of the women is in her 30s and was infected in a household linked to a case in B.C., she told a news conference in Victoria on Tuesday.Henry said the most important advice she can offer is for people]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/33-coronavirus-cases-in-canada-as-bc-confirms-more-cases/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/33-coronavirus-cases-in-canada-as-bc-confirms-more-cases/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[30 Coronavirus Cases In Canada As B.C. Confirms 9th Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia has confirmed its ninth case of COVID-19 in a man who returned from Iran last week.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the man in his 50s began to feel ill after he returned home to the Fraser Health region, which is near Vancouver.He is in isolation at home and Henry says his family and close contacts are being monitored.Ontario reported two more cases of the novel coronavirus today, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Canada to 30.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/30-coronavirus-cases-in-canada-as-bc-confirms-9th-case/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2020 21:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/30-coronavirus-cases-in-canada-as-bc-confirms-9th-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Oilfield Firm Apologizes For Graphic ‘Greta Thunberg’ Sticker]]></title><description><![CDATA[An Alberta oilfield company is apologizing for the &ldquo;careless act&rdquo; of distributing a sticker that appears to depict climate change activist Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted.&nbsp;X-Site Energy Services posted a statement on its website Monday, days after its general manager denied it had anything to do with the hardhat decal that featured the company&rsquo;s name printed boldly across the bottom.&nbsp;&ldquo;We recognize that it is not enough to apologize for the image associat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-oilfield-firm-apologizes-for-graphic-greta-thunberg-sticker/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 18:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-oilfield-firm-apologizes-for-graphic-greta-thunberg-sticker/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Nevsun Resources To Face Mass Slavery Lawsuit After Supreme Court Ruling]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Vancouver-based mining firm can be sued for slavery, forced labour and crimes against humanity over its operations in Eritrea, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday.Experts say the ruling could change the way Canadian companies do business abroad.The ruling marks the end of efforts by Nevsun Resources to stop a lawsuit that began in 2014, when three Eritrean refugees took the company to court in British Columbia. They alleged the local government forced them to work at a facility jointly ow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-nevsun-resources-to-face-mass-slavery-lawsuit-after-supreme-court-ruling/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-nevsun-resources-to-face-mass-slavery-lawsuit-after-supreme-court-ruling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgusting Sticker Of Greta Thunberg Linked To Alberta Oil Shocks Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michelle Narang cried when she first saw a sticker of what appears to be a cartoon of Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted and the name of an oilfield company printed boldly across the bottom of the decal.Narang, who lives in Rocky Mountain House in west-central Alberta, is a proud supporter of Canadian energy. Her relatives earn a living in the oil industry, which also supports the non-profit she works for. She calls the investment that oil and gas companies make in communities, like her tow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/disgusting-sticker-of-greta-thunberg-linked-to-alberta-oil-shocks-canadians/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/disgusting-sticker-of-greta-thunberg-linked-to-alberta-oil-shocks-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgusting Sticker Of Greta Thunberg Linked To Alberta Oil Company Shocks Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[Michelle Narang cried when she first saw a sticker of what appears to be a cartoon of teen activist&nbsp;Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted and the name of an oilfield company printed boldly across the bottom of the decal.Narang, who lives in Rocky Mountain House in west-central Alberta, is a proud supporter of Canadian energy. Her relatives earn a living in the oil industry, which also supports the non-profit she works for. She calls the investment that oil and gas companies make in commun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/disgusting-sticker-of-greta-thunberg-linked-to-alberta-oil-company-shocks-canadians/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/disgusting-sticker-of-greta-thunberg-linked-to-alberta-oil-company-shocks-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinatowns In Canada Report Dropping Business As Coronavirus Fears Spread]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most of Calgary&rsquo;s city councillors had lunch at a restaurant in Chinatown this week to try to help reduce fears about the new coronavirus.Businesses in Chinatowns across Canada have reported a drop in activity since COVID-19 hit China in January and started to spread around the world.At Ho Wan Restaurant in Calgary, the owners&rsquo; son, Jason Zhang, says business is down about 70 per cent.&ldquo;People are not coming out very much,&Prime; he said in an interview. &ldquo;It was the slowes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chinatowns-in-canada-report-dropping-business-as-coronavirus-fears-spread/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chinatowns-in-canada-report-dropping-business-as-coronavirus-fears-spread/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College Admissions Scandal: B.C. Resident Xiaoning Sui Pleads Guilty]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOSTON &mdash; A woman charged in the college admissions scandal pleaded guilty Friday to paying $400,000 to get her son into the University of California, Los Angeles, as a fake soccer recruit.Xiaoning Sui, 49, a Chinese citizen who lives in Surrey, British Columbia, pleaded guilty to a single count of federal programs bribery in Boston&rsquo;s federal court.The charge is used in cases of bribery at organizations that received at least $10,000 in federal funding in a single year. In this case,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/college-admissions-scandal-bc-resident-xiaoning-sui-pleads-guilty/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 01:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/college-admissions-scandal-bc-resident-xiaoning-sui-pleads-guilty/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rail Blockades Continue, Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs Return To B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hereditary chiefs from Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en First Nation were expected to return to British Columbia Sunday after visiting Mohawk communities in eastern Canada, with no signs that blockades crippling the country&rsquo;s rail network will come down.The actions are in solidarity with hereditary chiefs contesting a British Columbia natural gas pipeline and after two weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that while his government is ready to talk,&nbsp;the blockades must come down,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rail-blockades-continue-wetsuweten-hereditary-chiefs-return-to-bc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rail-blockades-continue-wetsuweten-hereditary-chiefs-return-to-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s High Income Tax. How Does It Compare To What Bernie Sanders Wants?]]></title><description><![CDATA[John Horgan&rsquo;s NDP government in British Columbia passed its budget Tuesday, projecting balanced books and a surplus for the next three years.They&rsquo;re getting out of deficit partly thanks to something that might ring familiar to anyone closely following the U.S. Democratic primaries &mdash; a tax on high-income earners.Horgan&rsquo;s finance minister introduced a new tax rate for people making the most money in the province, giving B.C. its highest marginal tax rate this century.The ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-high-income-tax-how-does-it-compare-to-what-bernie-sanders-wants/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 23:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-high-income-tax-how-does-it-compare-to-what-bernie-sanders-wants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet’suwet’en And B.C. Govt. Have Been Quietly Negotiating For Past Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; As cabinet ministers broker urgent meetings over rail blockades in support of hereditary chiefs in northern British Columbia, a series of negotiations over the Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en Nation&rsquo;s land rights have been quietly taking place for a year.&nbsp;Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cancelled an international trip and instead held an emergency meeting of cabinet ministers Monday in Ottawa, but participants were tight-lipped about potential solutions to a series of nationa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-and-bc-govt-have-been-quietly-negotiating-for-past-year/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2020 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-and-bc-govt-have-been-quietly-negotiating-for-past-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian House Prices Overcome Stress Test, Foreign Buyer Tax, Return To Excess]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; There&rsquo;s just no keeping Canada&rsquo;s housing markets down &#8213; at least not with the policies we&rsquo;ve tried so far to keep property prices from overheating.House prices in Canada have seen the fastest year-on-year growth since 2016, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Friday &#8213; and it expects prices to accelerate further this year.&ldquo;Home price growth continues to pick up in housing markets where listings are in short supply, particularly in Souther]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-prices-overcome-stress-test-foreign-buyer-tax-return-to-excess/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-prices-overcome-stress-test-foreign-buyer-tax-return-to-excess/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc Miller, John Horgan Seek Meetings With Indigenous Leaders To Halt Blockades]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash;&nbsp;Federal and British Columbia officials are tentatively set to meet with Indigenous leaders in the hope of ending anti-pipeline rail blockades that have stalled travellers and choked Canada&rsquo;s economy.Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller sent a letter to three leaders about a protest near Belleville, Ont.,&nbsp;that has halted freight and passenger traffic between Toronto and Montreal. He offered to meet at a location of their choice on Saturday.&ldquo;My request, tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marc-miller-john-horgan-seek-meetings-with-indigenous-leaders-to-halt-blockades/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 20:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marc-miller-john-horgan-seek-meetings-with-indigenous-leaders-to-halt-blockades/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperature Blankets Are A Clever And Cosy Way To Track Climate Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eryne Croquet has a rainbow blanket that holds both sentimental and historical value for her. Every colour represents a specific temperature range for each day in 1998 in Prince George, B.C., the year and place of her son&rsquo;s birth.&nbsp;The massive blanket is not only a cosy reminder of that year of motherhood but also an illustration of just how much the climate has been changing.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was interested in making temperature blankets because I wanted to explore the past,&rdquo; said]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/temperature-blankets-are-a-clever-and-cosy-way-to-track-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 10:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/temperature-blankets-are-a-clever-and-cosy-way-to-track-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The Fight Isn’t Over’: Wet’suwet’en Activist Speaks Out After RCMP Arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a convoy of RCMP tactical officers in vehicles, helicopters and snowmobiles wound their way towards the 44-kilometre mark through Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en territory, Eve Saint says she grounded herself.&nbsp;She, and three others, stood resolute near a make-shift log gate and on a watchtower as dozens of officers surrounded the camp in northern B.C., where she and three other land defenders had lived in the weeks leading up to the confrontation.&nbsp;&ldquo;This is Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en te]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-fight-isnt-over-wetsuweten-activist-speaks-out-after-rcmp-arrest/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 21:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-fight-isnt-over-wetsuweten-activist-speaks-out-after-rcmp-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-Time Homebuyer Incentive A ‘Flop’ That Might Be Driving Up Canadian House Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; The federal government&rsquo;s First-Time Homebuyer Incentive is proving largely unpopular &#8213; but despite little public interest, it might still be driving up house prices as speculators return to the market.Preliminary data released last week showed that Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) got roughly 3,000 applications for the program in its first three months, and the Crown agency issued some $51 million in funding in 2019, a small fraction of the $1.25 billion it p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-time-homebuyer-incentive-a-flop-that-might-be-driving-up-canadian-house-prices/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-time-homebuyer-incentive-a-flop-that-might-be-driving-up-canadian-house-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Backs Rights Of Anti-Coastal GasLink Pipeline Protesters But Says Laws Must Be ‘Respected’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government respects the democratic rights of protesters who have blocked railway traffic across Canada, but expects the rule of law to be &ldquo;respected.&rdquo;At a press conference in Dakar, Senegal Wednesday, the prime minister was asked what message he would send to activists who have, in recent days, blocked railway lines, bridges, and the entrances to the B.C. legislature. The protests and blockades are in solidarity with Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en her]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-backs-rights-of-anti-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-protesters-but-says-laws-must-be-respected/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-backs-rights-of-anti-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-protesters-but-says-laws-must-be-respected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet’suwet’en Coastal GasLink Pipeline Dispute: Every Word You Need To Know]]></title><description><![CDATA[People on Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en land are speaking out, and people across the country are listening.&nbsp;The dispute between Indigenous hereditary chiefs and RCMP enforcing an injunction to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline through their land has exploded into a national headline, as protesters and land defenders occupy ports, rail lines and intersections across Canada to draw attention not only to the pipeline, but also to Indigenous land rights on the whole.&nbsp;From Halifax to Victoria,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-dispute-every-word-you-need-to-know/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-dispute-every-word-you-need-to-know/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Coastal GasLink Protesters Block Entrances To B.C. Legislature]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature on Tuesday as demonstrations in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline project continued to flare across the country.Protesters, who have been camping outside the legislature since Friday,&nbsp;hollered &ldquo;Shame&rdquo; as politicians tried to enter the building with help from security and others chanted &ldquo;Shut down Canada&rdquo; and &ldquo;Stand up, fight back.&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/anti-coastal-gaslink-protesters-block-entrances-to-bc-legislature/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/anti-coastal-gaslink-protesters-block-entrances-to-bc-legislature/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peanut butter spread recalled due to possible listeria contamination]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nuts 'N More brand Peanut Spread is sold in numerous stores in British Columbia.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/peanut-butter-spread-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria-contamination/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/peanut-butter-spread-recalled-due-to-possible-listeria-contamination/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vasek Pospisil Sips On Maple Syrup Because He’s A True Canadian]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most athletes drink water, others swear by sports drinks.Vasek Popsisil? He gulps maple syrup because that&rsquo;s what Canadians do.To put that in perspective, an elite-level athlete with unfettered access to the most healthy and hydrating beverages on the planet has made this delightful delicacy his drink of choice on the court.&nbsp;READ MOREBianca Andreescu Is Canada's Athlete Of The YearQueens Of The North Put On A Performance At Toronto Raptors Game10,000 Fans Showed Up To Celebrate Bianca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vasek-pospisil-sips-on-maple-syrup-because-hes-a-true-canadian/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vasek-pospisil-sips-on-maple-syrup-because-hes-a-true-canadian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Activists Block Train Lines In Ontario, Quebec Over B.C. Pipeline Protest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demonstrators south of Montreal blocked a commuter train line into the city on Monday in solidarity with protesters opposed to a pipeline project in northwestern British Columbia.Service on the Montreal train line was disrupted by opponents of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project that crosses through the traditional territory of the Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en First Nation in British Columbia.Protests have cropped up across the country &mdash; notably in Belleville, Ont., where a blockade has led t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/activists-block-train-lines-in-ontario-quebec-over-bc-pipeline-protest/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/activists-block-train-lines-in-ontario-quebec-over-bc-pipeline-protest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coastal GasLink Pipeline Protesters Light Ceremonial Fire At B.C. Legislature]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national movement that saw protesters light a ceremonial fire at the front steps of the legislature in Victoria and block railway traffic in Ontario. &nbsp;The mounting protests came as RCMP officers arrested 11 people who allegedly barricaded themselves in a warming centre in a forested area near the work site in northwest British Columbia on Saturd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coastal-gaslink-pipeline-protesters-light-ceremonial-fire-at-bc-legislature/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2020 22:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coastal-gaslink-pipeline-protesters-light-ceremonial-fire-at-bc-legislature/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twiggy The Water-Skiing Squirrel Illegally Shredding Waves In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s 2020 and a water-skiing squirrel is breaking the law in Canada.&nbsp;This week we learned that Twiggy the water-skiing squirrel, a longtime fixture at boat shows across North America, has been water-skiing illegally in several Canadian cities for decades.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s because longtime bylaws in various cities, including Toronto and Vancouver, prohibit the domestication of squirrels, like Twiggy.On Friday, the Globe and Mail reported that the radical rodent was &ldquo;no longer we]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/twiggy-the-water-skiing-squirrel-illegally-shredding-waves-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 23:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/twiggy-the-water-skiing-squirrel-illegally-shredding-waves-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artist Pearl Low Drew On Her Black-Hair Experience For Magical 'Hair Love' Short]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little girl, Zuri, bounds out of bed, excited to get ready for a very special visit. She wants to make sure her hair is perfect, just like her mom taught her. But, things don&rsquo;t go exactly as planned.&nbsp;Enter Dad. Will he be able to transform Zuri&rsquo;s voluminous hair into the style she&rsquo;s longing for?To find out, you&rsquo;ll need to watch &ldquo;Hair Love,&rdquo; the wonderful animated short that&rsquo;s nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. The film has a Cana]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/artist-pearl-low-drew-on-her-black-hair-experience-for-magical-hair-love-short/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/artist-pearl-low-drew-on-her-black-hair-experience-for-magical-hair-love-short/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charter Plane Carrying Canadians Out Of Wuhan Heads For Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A charter plane carrying Canadian citizens home from the centre of the global novel coronavirus outbreak has begun its journey home.&ldquo;The plane is wheels up,&rdquo; Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said in a tweet Thursday afternoon after the evacuation flight organized by the federal government departed from Wuhan, the city in central China where the outbreak originated.The flight is slated to stop to refuel in Vancouver before heading to Canadian Forces]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/charter-plane-carrying-canadians-out-of-wuhan-heads-for-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 22:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/charter-plane-carrying-canadians-out-of-wuhan-heads-for-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Arresting Wet'suwet'en Pipeline Protesters In B.C., Activists Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[SMITHERS, B.C. &mdash; Opponents of a natural gas pipeline being built across northwestern British Columbia say RCMP have begun enforcing an injunction that prevents interference with construction.Jen Wickham, a spokeswoman for one of the five clans that make up the Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en First Nation, says at least four people were arrested before dawn at a camp along a remote road near Houston, B.C.Wickham says officers also began dismantling tents set up by protesters and clearing the road]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-arresting-wetsuweten-pipeline-protesters-in-bc-activists-say/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 18:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-arresting-wetsuweten-pipeline-protesters-in-bc-activists-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta Scientists Pioneer Mask That Kills Viruses In Mere Minutes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta researchers are putting the finishing touches on a face mask that will destroy, not spread, at least three different flu viruses.&nbsp;The new and improved surgical masks, and first of their kind in the world, will very likely work on the coronavirus, said biomedical engineer Prof. Hyo-Jick Choi at the University of Alberta.&nbsp;The masks will be on the market as early as 2021.&nbsp;His lab hasn&rsquo;t tested the coronavirus yet because it&rsquo;s difficult to get a hold of, but the ma]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-scientists-pioneer-mask-that-kills-viruses-in-mere-minutes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alberta-scientists-pioneer-mask-that-kills-viruses-in-mere-minutes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demoviction, Renoviction And Eviction: What Should You Do?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got demovicted last week.It wasn&rsquo;t a grand moment of my landlord banging down my door, demanding I and my two roommates and two cats get out so that they can burn the house down to the ground and build an illustrious new condo development in its place. Rather it happened, as many things do these days, in an email.&ldquo;Unfortunately, I am given the task to deliver this news to you,&rdquo; the email from our landlord said, before explaining that they had gotten approval to demolish our h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/demoviction-renoviction-and-eviction-what-should-you-do/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 01:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/demoviction-renoviction-and-eviction-what-should-you-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Soccer Star Sinclair Breaks International Scoring Record]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s longtime women&rsquo;s soccer captain, Christine Sinclair, made soccer history by becoming the world&rsquo;s all-time leading goal-scorer with her 185th marker.The 36-year-old star from Burnaby, B.C., scored two goals for Canada in an Olympic qualifying match against St. Kitts and Nevis.She passed retired U.S. forward Abby Wambach for the top spot and now has more international goals than soccer greats Pele and Cristiano Ronaldo have combined.Watch the video above for more details]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-soccer-star-sinclair-breaks-international-scoring-record/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-soccer-star-sinclair-breaks-international-scoring-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Has Coronavirus Been Confirmed In Canada?]]></title><description><![CDATA[As news of the new coronavirus spreads, so are reports of people across the country being tested.But getting tested isn&rsquo;t necessarily a confirmation of the virus. The symptoms include coughing, fever and difficulty breathing so it&rsquo;s likely that many people will get tested as a precaution. Public health officials report a case of the virus when it&rsquo;s &ldquo;presumed&rdquo; confirmed and when it&rsquo;s officially confirmed.The novel coronavirus is believed to have originated in W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/where-has-coronavirus-been-confirmed-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/where-has-coronavirus-been-confirmed-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1st Presumed Coronavirus Case Reported In B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Health officials in British Columbia say a man in his 40s is presumed to have coronavirus and is doing well as he recovers at home.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the man works regularly in China and lives in the area covered by Vancouver Coastal Health.She says the man has voluntarily isolated himself since returning to Canada last week and no members of his family have shown any symptoms as they are being monitored by health officials.RELATEDCanadians Sh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/1st-presumed-coronavirus-case-reported-in-bc/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/1st-presumed-coronavirus-case-reported-in-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teen Leads Petition To Change NBA Logo To Kobe Bryant]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest basketball players to ever play could become the inspiration for the next NBA logo if a B.C. teenager gets his way.Kobe Bryant died Sunday in Calabasas, Calif., at the age of 41. The retired five-time NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers was travelling with his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others when their helicopter crashed, killing all nine people on board.&nbsp;The tragedy shocked sports fans all over the world, leaving some to wonder how they could immorta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-leads-petition-to-change-nba-logo-to-kobe-bryant/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-leads-petition-to-change-nba-logo-to-kobe-bryant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nathan Cullen Tapped As B.C. Liaison In LNG Pipeline Dispute]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The British Columbia government has appointed former New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen as a provincial liaison with Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en hereditary chiefs in an LNG pipeline dispute, a move welcomed by spokesmen for both the chiefs and the company.Cullen represented Skeena-Bulkley Valley,&nbsp;a sprawling part of northern British Columbia that includes the Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en traditional territory, until last year when he decided not to seek re-election.The premier&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nathan-cullen-tapped-as-bc-liaison-in-lng-pipeline-dispute/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nathan-cullen-tapped-as-bc-liaison-in-lng-pipeline-dispute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquake Hits Off The Coast Of Vancouver Island, No Tsunami Expected]]></title><description><![CDATA[UCLUELET, B.C. &mdash; Earthquakes Canada say no tsunami is expected following a magnitude 4.5 earthquake that was felt on Vancouver Island and in Greater Vancouver.The federal agency says the seismic event was detected at 1:35 p.m. Pacific time about 38 kilometres underground off the west coast of Vancouver Island.The United States Geological Survey pegs the magnitude at 4.8 and says it struck about 48 kilometres southeast of Ucluelet, B.C.Earthquakes Canada says there have been no reports of d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/earthquake-hits-off-the-coast-of-vancouver-island-no-tsunami-expected/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 04:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/earthquake-hits-off-the-coast-of-vancouver-island-no-tsunami-expected/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uber, Lyft Coming To Metro Vancouver After B.C. Finally Grants Approvals]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s Passenger Transportation Board has granted long-awaited licensing approvals to ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft for service in the Lower Mainland and Whistler.A statement from the independent licensing tribunal says the next steps for the companies will be to secure vehicle insurance and to work with the municipalities in the approved operating areas to ensure bylaw compliance.Representatives for Uber and Lyft say in statements that they are pleased]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/uber-lyft-coming-to-metro-vancouver-after-bc-finally-grants-approvals/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 21:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/uber-lyft-coming-to-metro-vancouver-after-bc-finally-grants-approvals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Actress Says She Was Paid To Protest Meng Wanzhou's Extradition Trial]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Something seemed off to Julia Hackstaff when an actor playing a reporter started asking her pointed questions about the protest sign she was holding.Hackstaff had been hired as an extra for what seemed to be a poorly-organized production Monday and she hadn&rsquo;t been briefed on her lines for the scene.She had only just been handed the sign outside Vancouver&rsquo;s courthouse, where she didn&rsquo;t realize Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou&rsquo;s extradition hearing was underw]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-actress-says-she-was-paid-to-protest-meng-wanzhous-extradition-trial/</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 02:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-actress-says-she-was-paid-to-protest-meng-wanzhous-extradition-trial/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Paparazzi Photos Of Meghan Markle Violate B.C. Privacy Laws?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were willing to break tradition, risk their public goodwill, and oppose the Queen herself to establish a private life away from a racist press and invasive photographers.But will British Columbia actually offer them a paparazzi-free life?Meghan had only been back in Canada for a few days before a photo emerged of her walking through a Vancouver Island park with her baby and two dogs. The photo made several newspapers in the U.K., and swiftly prompted the threat of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/do-paparazzi-photos-of-meghan-markle-violate-bc-privacy-laws/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 22:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/do-paparazzi-photos-of-meghan-markle-violate-bc-privacy-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Price Survey Ranks Fort McMurray As Most Affordable Market Globally]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; Canada is home to some of the world&rsquo;s least affordable housing markets &#8213; and to the single most affordable one in a global ranking of more than 300 cities.Fort McMurray, Alta., home of the oilsands, ranked as the number one most affordable housing market in the 2020 edition of Demographia&rsquo;s annual survey, up from fourth place last year.&nbsp;It takes just 1.8 times the median income in the city to afford a median home &#8213; a reflection of both the high incom]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/house-price-survey-ranks-fort-mcmurray-as-most-affordable-market-globally/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2020 21:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/house-price-survey-ranks-fort-mcmurray-as-most-affordable-market-globally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBC Students Take Part In Epic Campus-Wide Snowball Fight]]></title><description><![CDATA[The University of British Columbia has a frosty tradition.Students have organized a campus-wide snowball fight which has become an annual event at the school.This year had a small hitch, though. Organizers had to rescheduled the snowy showdown after Vancouver was hit with an unexpected amount of snow earlier in the week.Still, the inclement weather didn&rsquo;t stop an estimated 3,000 people from showing up.RELATEDSt. John&rsquo;s Declares State Of Emergency As Blizzard Batters NewfoundlandWinte]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-students-take-part-in-epic-campus-wide-snowball-fight/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-students-take-part-in-epic-campus-wide-snowball-fight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haida Gwaii, B.C., Churchill, Man., Land On New York Times' 52 Places To Go List]]></title><description><![CDATA[The New York Times&rsquo; travel section has picked two Canadian spots as must-visit destinations.Haida Gwaii, B.C. and Churchill, Man. have made the newspaper&rsquo;s annual list of &ldquo;52 Places To Go.&rdquo;Haida Gwaii, B.C. came in at number 26 and is celebrated for its pristine hiking trails and rich Indigenous culture.The Haida First Nations people, who live on the group of islands, are well-known stewards of their natural and cultural resources.&nbsp;They&rsquo;re also known for sustai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/haida-gwaii-bc-churchill-man-land-on-new-york-times-52-places-to-go-list/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/haida-gwaii-bc-churchill-man-land-on-new-york-times-52-places-to-go-list/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Apartment Vacancy Rate Hits Lowest Level In 18 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &#8213; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says rental apartment vacancy rates last year hit their lowest level since 2002 after a third consecutive year of declines.The federal housing agency says the national vacancy rate for purpose built apartments was at 2.2 per cent, down from 2.4 per cent in 2018 for all bedroom types. The vacancy rate in condo rentals was at one per cent, down from 1.4 per cent.Vancouver&rsquo;s dedicated rental vacancy rate was 1.1 per cent, Toronto and Montreal w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-apartment-vacancy-rate-hits-lowest-level-in-18-years/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-apartment-vacancy-rate-hits-lowest-level-in-18-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Survived Conversion Therapy. Here's What An Effective Canadian Ban Must Do.]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are few things more unsettling to the LGBTQ community as the idea of conversion therapy. The fact that organizations and practitioners exist to drive human beings to try to kill off part of their true identity is worsened only by the reality that this unique brand of torture is still legal throughout most of Canada. It&rsquo;s why Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s Dec. 13, 2019 announcement that he would move to ban conversion therapy nationwide has brought such palpable relief to vict]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-survived-conversion-therapy-heres-what-an-effective-canadian-ban-must-do/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 20:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-survived-conversion-therapy-heres-what-an-effective-canadian-ban-must-do/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. MLA Jennifer Rice Says Co-Breastfeeding 'Makes Me Feel More Like A Mom']]></title><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Rice, the B.C. NDP MLA for North Coast, made headlines this week for sharing a deeply personal story: she co-breastfeeds her infant son, Lua, along with her wife Andrea Wilmot.Co-breastfeeding&nbsp;between lesbian couples is not uncommon, and allows both parents to share the responsibility and experience. For Rice, who did not carry the pregnancy or give birth to Lua, co-breastfeeding was made possible through an&nbsp;induced lactation protocol&nbsp;that included birth control pills, he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mla-jennifer-rice-says-co-breastfeeding-makes-me-feel-more-like-a-mom/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mla-jennifer-rice-says-co-breastfeeding-makes-me-feel-more-like-a-mom/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Set To Fight Feds In Supreme Court Over TMX Disaster Prevention]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia is bringing its feud with Trans Mountain to the Supreme Court Thursday, arguing it needs more authority over the pipeline and its proposed expansion to reduce the chances of heavy oil spills that would devastate the province&rsquo;s sensitive ecosystems and harm residents&rsquo; health.&nbsp;B.C. says it is within its jurisdiction to require Trans Mountain, a federal Crown corporation, to take precautions to minimize the risk of a spill, develop a thorough emergency response pla]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-set-to-fight-feds-in-supreme-court-over-tmx-disaster-prevention/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-set-to-fight-feds-in-supreme-court-over-tmx-disaster-prevention/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Home Sales Soar 22.7% As Supply Continues To Dry Up]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian home sales ended last year with a 22.7 per cent jump in December compared with a year ago as prices rose as part of a trend that should continue into this year, said the Canadian Real Estate Association.Sales in the final month of 2019 were up across most of Canada compared with a year ago, when sales growth had slowed, the association said Wednesday.On a month-over-month basis, home sales in December were down 0.9 per cent to end a streak of monthly gains that began last March.Watch: 3]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-soar-227-as-supply-continues-to-dry-up/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-soar-227-as-supply-continues-to-dry-up/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Home Prices Set To Soar As Supply Hits Tightest Levels In 16 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian home sales ended last year with a 22.7 per cent jump in December compared with a year ago as prices rose as part of a trend that should continue into this year, said the Canadian Real Estate Association.Sales in the final month of 2019 were up across most of Canada compared with a year ago, when sales growth had slowed, the association said Wednesday.On a month-over-month basis, home sales in December were down 0.9 per cent to end a streak of monthly gains that began last March.Watch: 3]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-prices-set-to-soar-as-supply-hits-tightest-levels-in-16-years/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-prices-set-to-soar-as-supply-hits-tightest-levels-in-16-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Nations Chief Says Pipeline At Centre Of B.C. Conflict Is Creating Jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A pipeline at the centre of a conflict between hereditary chiefs and a natural gas company in northern British Columbia is creating jobs for Indigenous people and lifting communities from poverty, says an elected chief of a band that supports the project.All 20 elected band councils along the Coastal GasLink pipeline route have signed benefits agreements with the company. The Haisla Nation in Kitimat, B.C. is among them and Chief Councillor Crystal Smith said the project will help the community]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-nations-chief-says-pipeline-at-centre-of-bc-conflict-is-creating-jobs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 16:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-nations-chief-says-pipeline-at-centre-of-bc-conflict-is-creating-jobs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Markle Surprises Staff At Vancouver Women’s Centre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Meghan Markle has been spotted in public for the first time since returning to Canada.The Duchess of Sussex stopped by the Downtown Eastside Women&rsquo;s Centre in Vancouver Tuesday to &rdquo;discuss issues affecting women in the community&rdquo; and have some tea, according to a Facebook post by the registered charity.The centre provides a safe space, resources and advocacy for women and children in one of Canada&rsquo;s lowest-income neighbourhoods. The Downtown Eastside is considered the epi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-markle-surprises-staff-at-vancouver-womens-centre/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 04:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-markle-surprises-staff-at-vancouver-womens-centre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tensions Rise As RCMP Officers Block Entry To Wet’suwet’en Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[Disputes over B.C.&rsquo;s Coastal GasLink pipeline persist as First Nation&rsquo;s people continue to protest the multi-billion dollar energy project.On Jan, 10, Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en First Nation held a rally to keep pipeline workers out of their territory.&nbsp;The move comes just days after hereditary chiefs issued the company an eviction notice.Coastal GasLink wants to build a pipeline that would cut through Wet&rsquo;suwet&rsquo;en territory.The First Nation&rsquo;s elected band council]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tensions-rise-as-rcmp-officers-block-entry-to-wetsuweten-land/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 21:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tensions-rise-as-rcmp-officers-block-entry-to-wetsuweten-land/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Island Real Estate Could Get A Big Boost From Harry And Meghan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victoria, the mild-weathered capital of British Columbia, is famous for its high quality of life and &#8213; these days &#8213; its eye-poppingly unaffordable housing market, with house prices just short of Vancouver&rsquo;s astronomical levels.And now this market could see upward pressure from a new source: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex.The region has been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spent their Christmas holidays in a house in North Saanich,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-island-real-estate-could-get-a-big-boost-from-harry-and-meghan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-island-real-estate-could-get-a-big-boost-from-harry-and-meghan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's 2020 Spring Housing Market Could Face 'A Perfect Storm']]></title><description><![CDATA[While last year&rsquo;s housing market took its time getting off the ground, 2020 could tell a different story.Hopeful buyers are continuing to step back into the real estate ring after a period of adjustment against the federal government&rsquo;s mortgage stress test, which was introduced in 2018.In a&nbsp;Royal LePage House Price Survey&nbsp;released last week, aggregate home prices across Canada were reported to have increased by 2.2 percent year-over-year for Q4 2019, up to $648,544, as more]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-2020-spring-housing-market-could-face-a-perfect-storm/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-2020-spring-housing-market-could-face-a-perfect-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. MLA Jennifer Rice Shares Induced Lactation Breastfeeding Journey]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jennifer Rice wears a lot of hats.She&rsquo;s the B.C. NDP MLA for North Coast, where she&rsquo;s an advocate for Indigenous rights and protecting the B.C. coast. She&rsquo;s also B.C.&rsquo;s parliamentary secretary for emergency preparedness.&nbsp;But in December she took on another important role: mother to baby boy Lua, who she co-breastfeeds along with her wife Andrea Wilmot.&nbsp;&ldquo;Breastfeeding my son is something I&rsquo;m absolutely cherishing at the moment,&rdquo; Rice said in a F]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mla-jennifer-rice-shares-induced-lactation-breastfeeding-journey/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mla-jennifer-rice-shares-induced-lactation-breastfeeding-journey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Accounted For 76% Of The Job Growth In Canada Over The Past Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; Despite signs of a slowdown at the end of the year, 2019 was about as good as it gets when it comes to employment in Canada.The country added a net 320,000 new jobs, almost all of them &#8213; 283,000&#8213; full-time, according to Statistics Canada data. To cap off the run, December saw Canada&rsquo;s jobless rate drop three notches to 5.6 per cent as the country added an unexpectedly large 35,000 jobs.But a large chunk of those December jobs &#8213; about 24,000 &#8213; were c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-accounted-for-76-of-the-job-growth-in-canada-over-the-past-year/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jan 2020 20:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-accounted-for-76-of-the-job-growth-in-canada-over-the-past-year/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. man claims deceptive efforts by opioid makers intensified crisis of addiction and death]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lawsuit launched in B.C. claims that opioid drug manufacturers misleadingly downplayed the addiction risks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-man-claims-deceptive-efforts-by-opioid-makers-intensified-crisis-of-addiction-and-death/</link><pubDate>Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-man-claims-deceptive-efforts-by-opioid-makers-intensified-crisis-of-addiction-and-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why The UN Is Getting Involved With 3 Big B.C. Energy Projects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The United Nations is criticizing three large-scale, controversial B.C. energy projects over what it calls the alarming treatment of Indigenous people by corporations and governments.&nbsp;The UN&rsquo;s Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released a decision last month calling for Canada to freeze the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Coastal GasLink project and BC Hydro&rsquo;s Site C dam construction until proper consent is obtained from all communities impacted.&nbsp;All t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-the-un-is-getting-involved-with-3-big-bc-energy-projects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 19:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-the-un-is-getting-involved-with-3-big-bc-energy-projects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Nadine Caron Wants To Improve Cancer Outcomes For Indigenous Peoples In B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer.They tell her why they didn&rsquo;t have a family physician to go to first, why they didn&rsquo;t trust the medical system when they started having symptoms and that no one told them about screening opportunities.Caron has already identified through research that First Nations in the province are less likely to survive a cancer]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-nadine-caron-wants-to-improve-cancer-outcomes-for-indigenous-peoples-in-bc/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 00:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dr-nadine-caron-wants-to-improve-cancer-outcomes-for-indigenous-peoples-in-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prize-Winning B.C. Mansion With River Running Through It Sees 55% Price Cut]]></title><description><![CDATA[An award-winning mansion on Vancouver Island is on sale for less than half of its asking price just a few years ago, in the latest sign yet that the foreign-buyer frenzy in British Columbia is history.The 10,700-sq.-ft. house in Metchosin, just south of Victoria, is powered by a hydrothermal system that draws water from the Canyon River. The water flows right through the centre of the building.Marko Simcic won the Canadian Architect Award in 2003 for the property, which has six bedrooms and six]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/prize-winning-bc-mansion-with-river-running-through-it-sees-55-price-cut/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2020 22:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/prize-winning-bc-mansion-with-river-running-through-it-sees-55-price-cut/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver police investigate the city’s first homicide of 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[A 62-year-old man died after being assaulted in Oppenheimer Park on New Year&rsquo;s Day.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-investigate-the-citys-first-homicide-of-2020/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 21:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-investigate-the-citys-first-homicide-of-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off-Duty B.C. Officers Intervene In Alleged Sexual Assault In Hawaii]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The Victoria Police Department says two of its officers intervened in a suspected sexual assault while on vacation in Hawaii.Chief Del Manak said constables Hayley Swann and Brent Keddell were on a morning run in Kona when they heard what sounded like a call for help on Dec. 20.&ldquo;They changed their run and started running towards the screams,&rdquo;&nbsp;Manak said in an interview Thursday.A news release said the officers saw two women being followed by a man.Manak said Swa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/off-duty-bc-officers-intervene-in-alleged-sexual-assault-in-hawaii/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 14:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/off-duty-bc-officers-intervene-in-alleged-sexual-assault-in-hawaii/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is It Time To End Neighbourhoods Of Single-Family Homes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Time to face an ugly reality: Canada is losing the battle to provide affordable housing. Despite a raft of regulations to cool house prices and new programs to build more affordable homes, home prices are now&nbsp;rising faster than incomes once again, and rents are showing no signs of easing.A&nbsp;recent report from Royal Bank of Canada&nbsp;estimated that Toronto needs to be building twice as many rental units (condos and apartments) to keep up with population growth. All those cranes on the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-it-time-to-end-neighbourhoods-of-single-family-homes/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/is-it-time-to-end-neighbourhoods-of-single-family-homes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Housing Market: The Biggest Moments Of 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another year is behind us, and a new decade is being ushered in. As 2019 winds down, predictions for the 2020 housing market are in full swing: Will mortgage rates sink lower? Will newly energized markets heat up further? How high will prices climb in Canada&rsquo;s biggest cities?With a federal election wrapped up and new policies and proposals on deck, 2019 was a significant year for Canadian homebuyers. Here, we look back at some of Canadian real estate&rsquo;s biggest moments from the last 1]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-housing-market-the-biggest-moments-of-2019/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-housing-market-the-biggest-moments-of-2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Janice Xu, West Vancouver Girl, Dies Aboard Delta Airlines Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES &mdash; A 10-year-old girl from British Columbia has died after suffering a medical emergency aboard a flight in the United States.The Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner has identified the girl as Janice Xu of West Vancouver.The coroner says she died Thursday evening.Xu was flying from Los Angeles to Seattle with Delta Air Lines. &nbsp;The coroner says an investigation is underway to confirm the cause of her death.Ian Gregor, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Adminis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/janice-xu-west-vancouver-girl-dies-aboard-delta-airlines-flight/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2019 22:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/janice-xu-west-vancouver-girl-dies-aboard-delta-airlines-flight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earthquakes Strike Vancouver Island, No Injuries Reported]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A string of earthquakes has struck off the northwest end of Vancouver Island.Earthquakes Canada says the first tremor measured 5.1,&nbsp;the second had a magnitude of 5.6 and the third reached 5.8.The quakes struck within about three hours of each other starting at 8:44 a.m. local time Monday.&nbsp;Andrew Schaeffer, a seismologist with Earthquakes Canada, says the quakes were centred more than 100 kilometres off northwest Vancouver Island, an active region for earthquakes that siz]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/earthquakes-strike-vancouver-island-no-injuries-reported/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2019 22:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/earthquakes-strike-vancouver-island-no-injuries-reported/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Berry, B.C. Dad Who Killed Daughters, Won't Be Eligible For Parole For 22 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A father who killed his four- and six-year-old daughters on Christmas Day in 2017 will have to serve 22 years before he&rsquo;s eligible for parole.B.C. Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper told Andrew Berry that he committed heinous crimes against his daughters as she sentenced him Thursday in Victoria.&ldquo;The girls were killed in their own beds, in their own home, where they had every expectation to be safe,&rdquo; Gropper said.A jury convicted Berry of second-degree murder]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/andrew-berry-bc-dad-who-killed-daughters-wont-be-eligible-for-parole-for-22-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 23:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/andrew-berry-bc-dad-who-killed-daughters-wont-be-eligible-for-parole-for-22-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Share Now, Formerly Car2Go, To Shut Down Canadian Operations In 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[Share Now, the company formerly known as Car2Go, will stop operating in North America at the end of February.The company says in a statement it will cease its Montreal and Vancouver operations on Feb. 29, 2020.Share Now will also shutter operations in its three U.S. markets &mdash; New York, Seattle and Washington, D.C. &mdash; as well as three international markets &mdash; London, Brussels and Florence.READ MORECar2Go Says It's Leaving Toronto, Blames New Parking RulesElectric Car Sales In Onta]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/share-now-formerly-car2go-to-shut-down-canadian-operations-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/share-now-formerly-car2go-to-shut-down-canadian-operations-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Board Aims To Change Title Of School Named After 'Racist' MP Alan Webster Neill]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A Vancouver Island school district is embarking on what could be a difficult exercise to rename an elementary school named after a long-serving, controversial former municipal, provincial and federal politician.The Alberni School District in Port Alberni, B.C., is setting the stage for a public consultation to rename A.W. Neill Elementary School, named for Alan Webster Neill, a former mayor,&nbsp;member of the B.C. legislature and a federal MP who represented the area in the Hou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-board-aims-to-change-title-of-school-named-after-racist-mp-alan-webster-neill/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 04:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-board-aims-to-change-title-of-school-named-after-racist-mp-alan-webster-neill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Consumer Prices Among Fastest-Rising In Developed World]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; A key measure of consumer prices has hit its highest level in 10 years, giving Canada one of the highest inflation rates of any developed country.Statistics Canada&rsquo;s measures of core inflation averaged 2.2 per cent in October, the highest pace since 2009.Core inflation measures consumer prices for goods and services excluding the food and energy sectors, which are volatile and tend to move unpredictably from month to month. Economists say core inflation offers a clearer vi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-consumer-prices-among-fastest-rising-in-developed-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-consumer-prices-among-fastest-rising-in-developed-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. First Nation Alleges Feds Withheld Information During Trans Mountain Consultation]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A lawyer for a British Columbia First Nation is accusing the federal government of withholding key information about oil spills until after the latest consultation on the Trans Mountain pipeline was over.Scott Smith, who represents the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, told the Federal Court of Appeal in Vancouver on Monday that the First Nation prepared three expert reports on the risks of oil spills and other environmental concerns surrounding the pipeline expansion.A federal peer revie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-first-nation-alleges-feds-withheld-information-during-trans-mountain-consultation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 04:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-first-nation-alleges-feds-withheld-information-during-trans-mountain-consultation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince George, B.C. Teams Up With Amazon To Bait Package Thieves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Prince George, B.C. has come up with a creative way to catch porch pirates &mdash; thieves who nab delivered packages left at front doors. The city&rsquo;s RCMP has partnered with retail giant Amazon to help reduce package theft, and the project is the first of its kind in Canada.A frontline officer with the police service, Const. Brent Benbow, reached out to the company about the community&rsquo;s issues with the crimes. The retailer responded by sending equipment, packages and products to help]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/prince-george-bc-teams-up-with-amazon-to-bait-package-thieves/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 23:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/prince-george-bc-teams-up-with-amazon-to-bait-package-thieves/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugly Christmas Sweaters: A Storied (And Surprisingly Canadian) History]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chris Boyd has told the story about how he and a friend probably started the ugly Christmas sweater trend so many times over the last decade that he only recently realized he got the date wrong.&ldquo;In past articles I said it was in 2001 because I couldn&rsquo;t do the math correctly in my mind,&rdquo; he told HuffPost Canada over the phone, from his home in Vancouver. &ldquo;I realized it&rsquo;s actually 2002.&rdquo;But it turns out 2002 was the year that Boyd and some friends held a sweater]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ugly-christmas-sweaters-a-storied-and-surprisingly-canadian-history/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ugly-christmas-sweaters-a-storied-and-surprisingly-canadian-history/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Rental Housing Shortage Will Get 'Deeper', Real Estate Insiders Fear]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; If millennials are right about the state of their finances, there&rsquo;s a big change coming to how Canadians live. After years of elevated and seemingly constantly rising house prices, barely half will be able to afford a home of their own.A new study carried out for tax and advisory firm KPMG found that only 54 per cent of those surveyed aged 23 to 38 believe they will ever own a home.This &ldquo;would be a big drop from home ownership levels of previous generations,&rdquo; K]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-rental-housing-shortage-will-get-deeper-real-estate-insiders-fear/</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 18:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-rental-housing-shortage-will-get-deeper-real-estate-insiders-fear/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Men, 1 Woman Victims In Gabriola Island, B.C. Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. &mdash; Authorities say two men and one woman died in a plane crash on Gabriola Island, B.C., on Tuesday after the pilot reported an equipment problem.The BC Coroners Service says it has identified one of the three deceased as a man in his 60s from Mill Bay, B.C., while it&rsquo;s still working to confirm the identities of the other man and woman.Friends have said charter pilot Alex Bahlsen was among those killed, describing him as a very good friend and grandfather who liv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-men-1-woman-victims-in-gabriola-island-bc-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2019 03:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-men-1-woman-victims-in-gabriola-island-bc-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Kind, Caring’ Pilot Identified By Friends In Deadly B.C. Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. &mdash; Friends are identifying a kind, caring and skilled pilot among those killed in a plane crash on Gabriola Island.Alex Bahlsen was born in Germany and moved to Cayley, Alta., around 30 years ago, Rasmus Rydstrom-Poulsen said Wednesday.About a year ago, he moved to Mill Bay, B.C., to live with his wife.&ldquo;He was a kind, caring, very intelligent, adventurous and fun guy &mdash;&nbsp;very talented,&rdquo; said Rydstrom-Poulsen, who is in contact with Bahlsen&rsquo;s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/kind-caring-pilot-identified-by-friends-in-deadly-bc-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 16:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/kind-caring-pilot-identified-by-friends-in-deadly-bc-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s Harbour Air Makes History With First Civil Electric Plane Flight]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia seaplane company Harbour Air lands the first test flight for a commercial electric plane. CEO Greg McDougall spoke to media and guests in the hangar after the flight, alongside Roei Ganzarski, CEO of Seattle-based engineering firm MagniX, which designed the electric motor.&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-harbour-air-makes-history-with-first-civil-electric-plane-flight/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-harbour-air-makes-history-with-first-civil-electric-plane-flight/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multiple Deaths Confirmed After Small Plane Crashes Near Vancouver Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. &mdash; The BC Coroners Service and police have confirmed multiple fatalities in a plane crash off the east coast of Vancouver Island.Coroners Service spokesman Andy Watson said a small plane crashed on the northwest corner of Gabriola Island at around 6:30 p.m. local time on Tuesday.&ldquo;The BC Coroners Service has also been notified of multiple fatalities and is in the preliminary stages of its fact-finding investigation to determine who died, and how, where, when and b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/multiple-deaths-confirmed-after-small-plane-crashes-near-vancouver-island/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2019 13:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/multiple-deaths-confirmed-after-small-plane-crashes-near-vancouver-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Transit Strike Averted With Tentative Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A tentative agreement has been reached to avert a strike by workers that had threatened to snarl the commute for Metro Vancouver residents who use the Expo or Millennium SkyTrain lines.Translink spokesman Ben Murphy said the trains would be delayed by at least an hour Tuesday morning as the system is powered back up, but they would be running.&ldquo;The system was powered down last night in anticipation of a three-day shutdown,&rdquo;&nbsp;he said.Details of the agreement were]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-transit-strike-averted-with-tentative-deal/</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-transit-strike-averted-with-tentative-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain Will Shut Down As Workers Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The union representing 900 SkyTrain workers says a three-day system shutdown is planned starting Tuesday morning unless a deal is reached with the BC Rapid Transit Company. &nbsp;CUPE 7000 issued a 72-hour strike notice on Friday after four days of mediated talks, during which the union says no significant progress was made on key issues including wages, forced overtime and staffing levels.Union president Tony Rebelo says he understands the shutdown will inconvenience transit r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/metro-vancouvers-skytrain-will-shut-down-as-workers-strike/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/metro-vancouvers-skytrain-will-shut-down-as-workers-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. SkyTrain Will Shut Down For 3 Days As Workers Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The union representing 900 SkyTrain workers says a three-day system shutdown is planned starting Tuesday morning unless a deal is reached with the BC Rapid Transit Company. &nbsp;CUPE 7000 issued a 72-hour strike notice on Friday after four days of mediated talks, during which the union says no significant progress was made on key issues including wages, forced overtime and staffing levels.Union president Tony Rebelo says he understands the shutdown will inconvenience transit r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-skytrain-will-shut-down-for-3-days-as-workers-strike/</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 02:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-skytrain-will-shut-down-for-3-days-as-workers-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Condo Insurance Premiums Are Spiking In Canada, Threatening Resale Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &#8213; The cost of insuring a condo building is rising rapidly in Canada, and that could be bad news for owners&rsquo; resale values.Faced with increased climate-related disasters and rising reconstruction costs, some insurers are backing out of the condo market, and that in turn is causing premiums for condo building insurance to spike.Commercial insurance policies for condo buildings as a whole shouldn&rsquo;t be confused with insurance policies for condo owners &#8213; although those]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/condo-insurance-premiums-are-spiking-in-canada-threatening-resale-prices/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/condo-insurance-premiums-are-spiking-in-canada-threatening-resale-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto, Vancouver Housing Markets See Dwindling Supply As Sales Accelerate]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a few slow years, Canada&rsquo;s two priciest housing markets are starting to look like their old selves again, with sales and prices heading upwards.Toronto home sales in November rose 14.2 per cent from a year ago while home prices saw their strongest growth for the year, the Toronto Real Estate Board said Wednesday.The higher activity mixed with fewer listings put upward pressure on prices. The average selling price for the month was up 7.1 per cent from last year to $843,637, while the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-housing-markets-see-dwindling-supply-as-sales-accelerate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 15:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-housing-markets-see-dwindling-supply-as-sales-accelerate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[28 Years Ago, A Canadian Oil Company Predicted The Need For High Carbon Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[As far back as 1991, the Canadian arm of Exxon Mobil Corp.&rsquo;s empire anticipated that a high tax on carbon emissions would be necessary to maintain a stable climate, newly released documents show.&nbsp;HuffPost reviewed the documents, which show that Imperial Oil &#8213; Canada&rsquo;s No. 2 petroleum producer, which the world&rsquo;s largest publicly-traded oil company has long owned &#8213; hired a consulting firm to model which price on carbon would deliver the emissions cuts officials i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/28-years-ago-a-canadian-oil-company-predicted-the-need-for-high-carbon-prices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 23:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/28-years-ago-a-canadian-oil-company-predicted-the-need-for-high-carbon-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Student’s Three-Pointer At High School Game Gets Massive Reaction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Heritage Woods Secondary School student Reid Demelo&rsquo;s buzzer-beater at a basketball game in Port Moody, B.C. had fans on their feet.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-students-three-pointer-at-high-school-game-gets-massive-reaction/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-students-three-pointer-at-high-school-game-gets-massive-reaction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BC SPCA reminds pet owners not to leave their animals outside in the cold]]></title><description><![CDATA[If it&rsquo;s too cold for you outside, it&rsquo;s likely too cold for your pet, too.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-spca-reminds-pet-owners-not-to-leave-their-animals-outside-in-the-cold/</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2019 00:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-spca-reminds-pet-owners-not-to-leave-their-animals-outside-in-the-cold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Opens Solar Farm Completely Owned And Operated By Indigenous Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. &mdash; The chief of a small Indigenous community in British Columbia&rsquo;s Interior says he expects the power to go on any day now for what will be among the first solar farms 100 per cent owned and operated by a First Nation in the province.Chief Russell Myers Ross of the Yunesit&rsquo;in in British Columbia&rsquo;s Chilcotin region west of Williams Lake says the 1.25-megawatt hours per year project is also among the largest operational solar farms in the province.The com]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-opens-solar-farm-completely-owned-and-operated-by-indigenous-community/</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-opens-solar-farm-completely-owned-and-operated-by-indigenous-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBC researcher riding Vancouver buses to study unwritten rules, social differences]]></title><description><![CDATA[&lsquo;I am intrigued by how public buses transform as they move through the city, taking on the character of different neighbourhoods&hellip;&rsquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-researcher-riding-vancouver-buses-to-study-unwritten-rules-social-differences/</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-researcher-riding-vancouver-buses-to-study-unwritten-rules-social-differences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. RCMP Charge Suspect In 1993 Killing Of Vicki Black]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The RCMP in British Columbia say a man is in custody and facing a murder charge in the homicide of a 23-year-old woman in Vancouver in 1993.The Mounties announced in a news release Friday that Stephen Laroche has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Vicki Black.They say a Vancouver police review led to the file being transferred to the provincial unsolved homicide unit.Vancouver police had already identified a suspect and the unsolved homicide unit worked to g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-charge-suspect-in-1993-killing-of-vicki-black/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2019 03:53:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-charge-suspect-in-1993-killing-of-vicki-black/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controversial Public Art In Canada: From ‘Bowfort Towers’ To ‘Spinning Chandelier’]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s happened. There&rsquo;s another piece of Canadian public art for everyone to marvel at, debate, question, argue about and drag online. We&rsquo;ve had everything from giant rings to a pile of silver balls to a bunch of cows.&nbsp;Now, there&rsquo;s the chandelier.&nbsp;This week, the City of Vancouver unveiled the long-anticipated $4.8-million art piece, &ldquo;Spinning Chandelier.&rdquo; Abbotsford artist Rodney Graham designed the&nbsp; giant spinning light-up chandelier now hung un]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/controversial-public-art-in-canada-from-bowfort-towers-to-spinning-chandelier/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/controversial-public-art-in-canada-from-bowfort-towers-to-spinning-chandelier/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Bans Single-Use Plastics, Starts Charging For Disposable Cups]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver is bringing in bans on the use of plastic bags, straws and other single-use items, while introducing what the city believes to be a first-of-its-kind fee for disposable cups in the country.Mayor Kennedy Stewart says bylaws passed by city council balance public demand for action on disposable items with the needs of those with disabilities and the business community.&ldquo;We have heard loud and clear that reducing waste from single-use items is important to residents and that bold acti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-bans-single-use-plastics-starts-charging-for-disposable-cups/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 02:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-bans-single-use-plastics-starts-charging-for-disposable-cups/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian House Prices ‘Set To Surge’ In 2020, Forecasts Say]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; Next year is looking bright for Canada&rsquo;s housing markets &#8213; maybe too bright, if you&rsquo;re hoping for more affordable housing options.A number of new housing-market forecasts are predicting an acceleration in house prices next year, thanks to lower mortgage rates and increased demand from first-time buyers and immigrants.The most optimistic forecast (or the most pessimistic, if you&rsquo;re hoping for lower prices) comes from Capital Economics, which in a report la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-prices-set-to-surge-in-2020-forecasts-say/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 18:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-prices-set-to-surge-in-2020-forecasts-say/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Transit Strike Avoided As Union Agrees To New Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The union representing 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit workers says it has reached a tentative deal with Coast Mountain Bus Company and Translink, averting a planned full system strike.The tentative deal, which has yet to be ratified,&nbsp;was reached after more than 10 hours of negotiations.Unifor initially said the union was prepared to negotiate until midnight Wednesday, but extended the deadline by half an hour before the agreement was reached.Job action started on Nov. 1 whe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-transit-strike-avoided-as-union-agrees-to-new-deal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-transit-strike-avoided-as-union-agrees-to-new-deal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian Supermodel And Actor, Dead At 35]]></title><description><![CDATA[Actor and model Godfrey Gao, who grew up in B.C. and was an ambassador for Canadian tourism, collapsed and died while shooting a TV show on Wednesday.&nbsp;His agency JetStar Entertainment confirmed that Gao passed away in the &ldquo;early hours of Nov. 27&rdquo; in a statement posted to Weibo and cited by South China Morning Post and Women&rsquo;s Wear Daily.Gao, 35, was filming &ldquo;Chase Me,&rdquo; a reality TV show for China&rsquo;s Zhejiang Television that features competitive sports, in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/godfrey-gao-taiwanese-canadian-supermodel-and-actor-dead-at-35/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 07:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/godfrey-gao-taiwanese-canadian-supermodel-and-actor-dead-at-35/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simon Fraser University Student Plans To Rent Bus During Transit Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; The journey from the Production-Way University Skytrain station to Simon Fraser University just outside of Vancouver takes about 15 minutes by bus. But on Wednesday, that might not be an option, as bus drivers plan to start a three-day full-strike as part of escalating job action.If it goes ahead, students and staff will have the choice to take the nearly two-hour hike up the mountain, carpool, bike, take a taxi or &mdash; if you&rsquo;re SFU business student Grayson Lee &m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/simon-fraser-university-student-plans-to-rent-bus-during-transit-strike/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/simon-fraser-university-student-plans-to-rent-bus-during-transit-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last-minute talks set as Metro Vancouver transit strike looms for Wednesday]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last-minute contract talks have been scheduled for Tuesday with a transit strike facing commuters in Metro Vancouver later this week.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/last-minute-talks-set-as-metro-vancouver-transit-strike-looms-for-wednesday/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/last-minute-talks-set-as-metro-vancouver-transit-strike-looms-for-wednesday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Housing Market Boosted By Low Mortgage Rates: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Housing sales in British Columbia are climbing faster than anticipated after a downturn, but a rebound won&rsquo;t be as inflamed as the sellers&rsquo; market two years ago,&nbsp;says a report released Monday by Central 1 Credit Union.Declines in home prices, falling mortgage rates, a population increase and continued economic growth have prompted buyers to return to the market, especially in Metro Vancouver, said Bryan Yu, Central 1&prime;s deputy chief economist.His outlook re]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-housing-market-boosted-by-low-mortgage-rates-report/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-housing-market-boosted-by-low-mortgage-rates-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[36 Cases Of Abuse By Catholic Priests Uncovered In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A file review of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy within the Archdiocese of Vancouver has uncovered 36 cases, most of them involving minors.A report released Friday says Archbishop Michael Miller appointed a committee last year to conduct the review following the disclosure of global sexual abuse by clergy.&ldquo;This past year, guided by divine providence, we have studied and learned more than ever before about the pain suffered by you, victims/survivors of clerical sexual abus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/36-cases-of-abuse-by-catholic-priests-uncovered-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 02:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/36-cases-of-abuse-by-catholic-priests-uncovered-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[36 Cases Of Abuse By Catholic Priests Uncovered In B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A file review of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy within the Archdiocese of Vancouver has uncovered 36 cases, most of them involving minors.A report released Friday says Archbishop Michael Miller appointed a committee last year to conduct the review following the disclosure of global sexual abuse by clergy.&ldquo;This past year, guided by divine providence, we have studied and learned more than ever before about the pain suffered by you, victims/survivors of clerical sexual abus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/36-cases-of-abuse-by-catholic-priests-uncovered-in-bc/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 02:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/36-cases-of-abuse-by-catholic-priests-uncovered-in-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[University Of Victoria Silencing Students Allegedly Abused By Coach Barney Williams]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Three rowers who accused coach Barney Williams of harassment and verbal abuse say the University of Victoria has threatened them with disciplinary action if they speak about the results of the investigation.An appeal process examining the allegations has ended and athletes were provided with a report Thursday, but they said in a joint statement they don&rsquo;t feel comfortable saying anything about it.A letter sent to the students warned that the hearing report, decision and a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/university-of-victoria-silencing-students-allegedly-abused-by-coach-barney-williams/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 02:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/university-of-victoria-silencing-students-allegedly-abused-by-coach-barney-williams/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens of cases of abuse by Catholic priests in Vancouver archdiocese: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[A file review of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy within the Archdiocese of Vancouver has uncovered 36 cases, most of them involving minors.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dozens-of-cases-of-abuse-by-catholic-priests-in-vancouver-archdiocese-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dozens-of-cases-of-abuse-by-catholic-priests-in-vancouver-archdiocese-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigeon Ban Leads To Conflict Of Interest Allegations In B.C. Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new pigeon prohibition in a North Vancouver community has roused suspicions that a councillor&rsquo;s continued grudge against the birds has led to a serious conflict of interest.Thursday, in response to concerns from the public, district Mayor Mike Little ordered an independent investigation into the events leading up to and the passage the controversial ban known as the &ldquo;Pigeon Prohibition Bylaw.&rdquo; It bans residents from harbouring what some consider intelligent animals (who mate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pigeon-ban-leads-to-conflict-of-interest-allegations-in-bc-community/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 22:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pigeon-ban-leads-to-conflict-of-interest-allegations-in-bc-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Transit Strike: What You Need To Know About Cancelled Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s happening.&nbsp;On Nov. 20, Unifor &mdash; the union representing over 5,000 bus drivers, transit maintenance workers and Seabus operators in Metro Vancouver &mdash; announced plans for a full service-stoppage on Nov. 27, 28 and 29.&nbsp;The union has been participating in escalating job action since Nov. 1, including a refusal to wear uniforms and work overtime. But this latest announcement means a full stoppage of service &mdash; no buses or seabuses during those three days &mdash;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-transit-strike-what-you-need-to-know-about-cancelled-service/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 01:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-transit-strike-what-you-need-to-know-about-cancelled-service/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giant chandelier installed under Vancouver&rsquo;s Granville bridge (PHOTOS &amp; VIDEO)]]></title><description><![CDATA[The $1.2-million chandelier will slowly rotate and rise over the course of 24 hours]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/giant-chandelier-installed-under-vancouverrsquos-granville-bridge-photos-amp-video/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 20:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/giant-chandelier-installed-under-vancouverrsquos-granville-bridge-photos-amp-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albertans Feel Alienated, But We Must Share Some Of The Blame]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the fallouts from the federal election has been the re-emergence of Western alienation.This is hardly new. Western separation first emerged in the 1970s during a booming economy, unlike the current incarnation that comes at a time of a struggling economy.Separation is an unfortunate belief that Alberta can survive on its own. At best, it is highly questionable whether an independent West is actually viable. Of course, this supposes British Columbia remains part of Canada &mdash; in the pa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/albertans-feel-alienated-but-we-must-share-some-of-the-blame/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/albertans-feel-alienated-but-we-must-share-some-of-the-blame/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Rental Rates Jump By Most In 28 Years In Latest Inflation Data]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; Canadian inflation is steady and close to the 2-per-cent mark policymakers want, but while the cost of gasoline has fallen sharply, the cost of shelter has been hitting uncomfortable highs.Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that the average cost of rental accommodation nationwide was 3.6 per cent higher in October than it was a year earlier.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the fastest annual increase in rental fees since 1991,&rdquo; Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter wrote in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rental-rates-jump-by-most-in-28-years-in-latest-inflation-data/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2019 22:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rental-rates-jump-by-most-in-28-years-in-latest-inflation-data/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Labour Shortage Hits Another Record With 1 In 18 Small Business Jobs Unfilled]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; If you&rsquo;re looking for a job in Canada, consider working at a small business &#8213; or moving to Quebec.The latest edition of the Help Wanted Index from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) shows Canada&rsquo;s labour shortage reaching a record high for the fifth straight quarter in a row.There were 433,000 jobs sitting unfilled for 90 days or more in the third quarter of this year, up by 15,000 from the same time a year earlier.Watch: The most in-demand]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-labour-shortage-hits-another-record-with-1-in-18-small-business-jobs-unfilled/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 18:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-labour-shortage-hits-another-record-with-1-in-18-small-business-jobs-unfilled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Cyclist Raises Awareness Of Transit Woes With Hilarious Backpack]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, B.C. &mdash; It&rsquo;s a sign familiar to many transit commuters who have watched a bus sardine-packed full of people whiz by without even stopping. It&rsquo;s demoralizing, depressing and a flat-out bummer.&ldquo;SORRY, BUS FULL.&rdquo;It&rsquo;s a message that leads to missed meetings and extra time standing in the rain. It inspires grumbling about transit infrastructure and frustration at having to squeeze onto the next, inevitably very full, bus. But one Vancouver cyclist is usin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-cyclist-raises-awareness-of-transit-woes-with-hilarious-backpack/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2019 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-cyclist-raises-awareness-of-transit-woes-with-hilarious-backpack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bundle Up For A Long, Snowy Winter Across Canada: The Weather Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s going to be a long, cold and messy winter across much of Canada, according to the seasonal forecast released Monday by the Weather Network.November has already brought historically early snowfall to southern Ontario and power outages to the Prairies, setting what chief meteorologist Chris Scott said will be a trend throughout the winter.&ldquo;The upcoming winter across the country looks to be more frozen than thawed, and we&rsquo;ve already seen an early entrance of winter weather th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bundle-up-for-a-long-snowy-winter-across-canada-the-weather-network/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bundle-up-for-a-long-snowy-winter-across-canada-the-weather-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 First Nations Drop Out Of Court Challenge Against Trans Mountain]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMLOOPS, B.C. &mdash; Two First Nations in British Columbia&rsquo;s Interior that had been part of a court challenge against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion have reversed course and signed deals with the Crown corporation.The Upper Nicola Band and Stk&rsquo;emlupsemc te Secwepemc dropped out of the Federal Court of Appeal litigation, leaving four B.C. First Nations to fight the case.The Upper Nicola says in a joint news release with Trans Mountain on Friday that its deal represents a &ldq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-first-nations-drop-out-of-court-challenge-against-trans-mountain/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-first-nations-drop-out-of-court-challenge-against-trans-mountain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chilliwack, B.C. Becomes Unlikely Hub For Rainbow Crosswalks]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHILLIWACK, B.C. &mdash; A recent city council vote against building a rainbow crosswalk in support of LGBTQ pride hasn&rsquo;t stopped residents from turning a small B.C. city into a rainbow crosswalk mecca.Chilliwack, B.C. city council voted against a proposed rainbow crosswalk in the city&rsquo;s downtown in September, but since then, residents have organized their own.Many are painted on private residential properties. There are also four on First Nations land, and one at the Chilliwack Scho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chilliwack-bc-becomes-unlikely-hub-for-rainbow-crosswalks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chilliwack-bc-becomes-unlikely-hub-for-rainbow-crosswalks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Indigenous Leader Ed John Charged With Sexual Offences]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A British Columbia Indigenous leader and outspoken advocate for children is facing sex-related charges dating back more than 40 years.The B.C. Prosecution Service says Ed John, a former leader of the First Nations Summit and former B.C. cabinet minister, is accused of having sexual intercourse with a female without her consent in 1974.The service says in a statement released Thursday that special prosecutor Michael Klein was appointed in February to look into allegations of sex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-indigenous-leader-ed-john-charged-with-sexual-offences/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-indigenous-leader-ed-john-charged-with-sexual-offences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. To Tax Vaping Products To Protect Youth After String Of Illnesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The British Columbia government will restrict the amount of nicotine in vapour pods and is increasing the provincial sales tax by 13 per cent on the products in a move to protect youth from the health risks of vaping.Health Minister Adrian Dix says youth vaping rates are increasing, putting young people at risk of serious illness, prompting the government to introduce the most comprehensive vaping plan in Canada.Dix says the new regulations, which come into force in the spring o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-to-tax-vaping-products-to-protect-youth-after-string-of-illnesses/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-to-tax-vaping-products-to-protect-youth-after-string-of-illnesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Gelato Shop Sets World Record For Most Flavours]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver is known for a lot of things: Hosting the 2010 Winter Olympics, lots of rain, a typically mediocre (but this year surprisingly good) hockey team, and high rent.But it&rsquo;ll soon be known as the home of a world-record number of ice cream flavours.The popular gelato shop La Casa Gelato officially broke a world record Thursday by formally entering their 238 unique flavours as the most on site at an ice cream shop. View this post on InstagramA post shared by La Casa Gelato (@lacasagelat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-gelato-shop-sets-world-record-for-most-flavours/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 20:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-gelato-shop-sets-world-record-for-most-flavours/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Affordability In Canada Has Been Improving For 9 Straight Months: NBF]]></title><description><![CDATA[Affordability improved in every major Canadian housing market in the third quarter of this year, marking nine straight months that homes have become cheaper relative to incomes, National Bank of Canada says.The bank&rsquo;s latest quarterly housing affordability survey found that the national cost of housing has returned to its long-run average of 43 per cent of average income.Watch: These Canadian real estate markets are booming thanks to legal weed. Story continues below.&nbsp;But that &ldquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/housing-affordability-in-canada-has-been-improving-for-9-straight-months-nbf/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/housing-affordability-in-canada-has-been-improving-for-9-straight-months-nbf/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insolvencies In Canada Jump Sharply, Hitting Consumers And Businesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; The experts warned us that last year&rsquo;s rise in interest rates would take a bite out of Canada&rsquo;s indebted households, and it seems they were right.Consumer insolvencies over the past 12 months jumped by 8.5 per cent compared to a year earlier, according to data from the federal Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy (OSB).&nbsp;The data also shows that a decades-long trend of fewer and fewer business bankruptcies has come to an end, with the number of insolvencies]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/insolvencies-in-canada-jump-sharply-hitting-consumers-and-businesses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/insolvencies-in-canada-jump-sharply-hitting-consumers-and-businesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fatso, A Canadian Peanut Butter Brand, Is Battling The Stigma Of Sex Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[In her fight against the stigmatization of sex workers, Jill Van Gyn has found herself stigmatized.The founder and CEO of peanut butter brand Fatso decided to raise money through her company for Victoria, B.C.-based sex work charity Peers, but found her sponsored post barred by Facebook and Instagram.&ldquo;Either a person has said this is unacceptable, or there is a flaw in their algorithm,&rdquo; Van Gyn told HuffPost Canada.Watch: How sex work works in Canada. Story continues below.&nbsp;The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/fatso-a-canadian-peanut-butter-brand-is-battling-the-stigma-of-sex-work/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/fatso-a-canadian-peanut-butter-brand-is-battling-the-stigma-of-sex-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airbnb Taxes Nowhere Near Enough To Offset Harm To Affordability: Critics]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA&#8213; British Columbia&rsquo;s rental housing crisis goes far beyond factoring the impact of short-term rentals, say housing experts who say more building is needed to help families find affordable homes.Recent data from Airbnb Canada says the short-term rental company collected almost $43 million in provincial, municipal and regional taxes over the past year, which will be provided to the provincial government, regional districts and the City of Vancouver to fund housing and tourism i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/airbnb-taxes-nowhere-near-enough-to-offset-harm-to-affordability-critics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/airbnb-taxes-nowhere-near-enough-to-offset-harm-to-affordability-critics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Given $1 Million By B.C. Government For Chinese-Canadian Museum]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The City of Vancouver is getting a&nbsp;$1 million boost from the B.C. government to support the establishment of a Chinese-Canadian museum,&nbsp;with the goal of creating branches in other communities across the province.This so-called hub-and-spoke model is inspired by feedback from public meetings earlier this year, said Bill Yee,&nbsp;who became the first Chinese-Canadian elected to Vancouver city council in 1982.Yee is also a member of the working group for the proposed mu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-given-1-million-by-bc-government-for-chinese-canadian-museum/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2019 01:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-given-1-million-by-bc-government-for-chinese-canadian-museum/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Telling My Generation We Need To Own A House. I Refuse To Buy In.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In elementary school, I was not sure about many things, but I could picture every aspect of my future home in extreme detail. It was the mustard-coloured 1910 farmhouse at 3861 Duval Road. It was simple, yet strong. It had a front yard filled with wildflowers. In short, it was perfect. As an elementary-schooler, I&rsquo;d tell my parents over and over that I would live there someday.&nbsp;As a teenager, I found myself mesmerized by the plethora of &ldquo;for sale signs&rdquo; throughout my city.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/stop-telling-my-generation-we-need-to-own-a-house-i-refuse-to-buy-in/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/stop-telling-my-generation-we-need-to-own-a-house-i-refuse-to-buy-in/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver City Firework Ban To Kick In By 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver is one of the only cities in British Columbia that allow the sale and use of consumer fireworks, but that&rsquo;s all about to change.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-city-firework-ban-to-kick-in-by-2021/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 21:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-city-firework-ban-to-kick-in-by-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thousands Of Scientists Sign Open Letter Declaring Climate Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[An open letter signed by thousands of scientists from around the world may be the clearest demonstration yet of their near-unanimous agreement over the globe&rsquo;s emerging climate crisis.Published Tuesday in the journal BioScience, the letter includes 11,258 signatures from 153 countries &mdash; including 409 from Canada.&ldquo;We declare ...&nbsp;clearly and unequivocally that planet Earth is facing a climate emergency,&rdquo; says the letter&rsquo;s opening statement.It&rsquo;s another exam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/thousands-of-scientists-sign-open-letter-declaring-climate-crisis/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 23:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/thousands-of-scientists-sign-open-letter-declaring-climate-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Koi Pond At Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Drained After Otter Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The koi pond at Vancouver&rsquo;s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden has been drained and the remaining carp removed after a hungry river otter returned for a second annual fall hunting trip.Vancouver parks director Howard Normann said Monday the appearance of a river otter at the garden last week prompted immediate action to prevent carnage similar to last fall when an otter killed about a dozen large koi before escaping live trap efforts.It&rsquo;s not yet known how the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/koi-pond-at-vancouvers-dr-sun-yat-sen-classical-chinese-garden-drained-after-otter-attack/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/koi-pond-at-vancouvers-dr-sun-yat-sen-classical-chinese-garden-drained-after-otter-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May’s 5 Most Iconic Moments As Green Party Leader]]></title><description><![CDATA[Though it&rsquo;s only November, Monday marked the last day of May.Of the current federal major party leaders, Elizabeth May has served the longest. She announced Monday she was stepping down as head of the Green Party of Canada after 13 years &mdash; a promise to her daughter following last month&rsquo;s election.Former CBC journalist Jo-Ann Roberts will serve as interim leader until the party votes for a new one in October 2020. While May will remain as the party&rsquo;s parliamentary leader &]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-mays-5-most-iconic-moments-as-green-party-leader/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-mays-5-most-iconic-moments-as-green-party-leader/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumer Confidence Index Shows Big Drop In Western Canada After Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems people on the Prairies aren&rsquo;t holding out much hope that the Liberal minority government will do much good for them, money-wise.Confidence in the economy dropped sharply in the Prairie provinces in the days after the Oct. 21 vote, according to data from the latest Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index.The index for the Prairies dropped below the crucial&nbsp;50 mark in the week ending Nov. 1, meaning a majority of Prairie residents now take a negative view of the outlook for t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/consumer-confidence-index-shows-big-drop-in-western-canada-after-election/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 22:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/consumer-confidence-index-shows-big-drop-in-western-canada-after-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Housing Market In Solid Rebound Mode As Sales Jump 45%]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &#8213; The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) says home sales surged 45.4 per cent in October from a year earlier as lower prices helped boost sales.The board says there were 2,858 sales for the month, up from 1,966 sales a year ago, to come in 9.8 per cent above the 10-year sales average for October.&ldquo;This is a more comfortable market for people on both sides of a real estate transaction,&rdquo; REBGV president Ashley Smith said.&ldquo;Home sale and listing activity]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-housing-market-in-solid-rebound-mode-as-sales-jump-45/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 19:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-housing-market-in-solid-rebound-mode-as-sales-jump-45/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Tap Water Lead Levels Could Be Worse Than Flint Crisis: Probe]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in several cities consistently higher than they ever were in Flint, Mich., according to an investigation that tested drinking water in hundreds of homes and reviewed thousands more previously undisclosed results.Residents in some homes in Montreal and Regina are among those drinking and cooking with tap water with lead levels that exceed Canada&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-tap-water-lead-levels-could-be-worse-than-flint-crisis-probe/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2019 15:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-tap-water-lead-levels-could-be-worse-than-flint-crisis-probe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Otter Terrorizes Vancouver’s Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Again]]></title><description><![CDATA[For nearly a year, the threat has been dormant. The predator stayed away, and the residents lived in safety.But the tenuous peace enjoyed by the koi fish in the Vancouver pond came to an end last week with the appearance of an old foe: an otter.Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver&rsquo;s Chinatown has been closed since Wednesday as staff search for an otter believed to have killed six koi fish. The animal was spotted near three koi carcasses that morning.This comes less than a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/otter-terrorizes-vancouvers-dr-sun-yat-sen-classical-chinese-garden-again/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/otter-terrorizes-vancouvers-dr-sun-yat-sen-classical-chinese-garden-again/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Housing Market Trends To Look Out For In 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[The floodgates have officially opened for Canadian housing market forecasts for the next year.We&rsquo;ve already heard that&nbsp;interest rates will likely sink lower in 2020&nbsp;as the&nbsp;housing market continues to rally&nbsp;through the first half of the year. There&rsquo;s also speculation around how the Liberals&rsquo; October election win&nbsp;will impact housing affordability&nbsp;and whether the NDP will play a bigger role in&nbsp;setting the housing policy agenda&nbsp;within the new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-housing-market-trends-to-look-out-for-in-2020/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2019 16:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-housing-market-trends-to-look-out-for-in-2020/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vancouver Transit Strike, Explained]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; On Nov. 1, transit workers in Metro Vancouver officially went on strike after negotiations between Unifor Local 111 and 2200 and the Coast Mountain Bus Company &mdash; an offshoot of TransLink, Metro Vancouver&rsquo;s governing body of public transit &mdash; broke down.&nbsp;This means that for the first time in almost two decades, 5,000 bus drivers and maintenance workers in the region are beginning escalating job action. It&rsquo;s a big deal &mdash; workers are fighting to r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-vancouver-transit-strike-explained/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-vancouver-transit-strike-explained/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Murphy Talk In Vancouver Will Go Ahead Following Toronto Protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash;&nbsp; Simon Fraser University (SFU) Students and faculty are planning demonstrations as a controversial anti-trans speaker who drew hundreds of protesters in Toronto earlier this week is set to speak in Vancouver Saturday.Meghan Murphy, a self-described feminist writer who believes transgender women endanger and undermine women&rsquo;s rights, will be part of a panel organized by SFU anthropology professor Mark Collard, which also includes Post Millennial writer Anna Slatz, Qui]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-murphy-talk-in-vancouver-will-go-ahead-following-toronto-protests/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-murphy-talk-in-vancouver-will-go-ahead-following-toronto-protests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Murphy Talk In Vancouver Moved Following Toronto Protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: In a tweet&nbsp;late Thursday night, Simon Fraser University announced that the sponsor of the event has decided to cancel it for &ldquo;security reasons.&rdquo; Mark Collard, the professor who organized the event, told the Canadian Press it will be moved to another location due to possible violence and ticket-holders will be informed a few hours before.&nbsp;Simon Fraser University (SFU) Students and faculty are planning demonstrations as a controversial anti-trans speaker who drew hund]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-murphy-talk-in-vancouver-moved-following-toronto-protests/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-murphy-talk-in-vancouver-moved-following-toronto-protests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meghan Murphy Talk In Vancouver Cancelled Following Toronto Protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: In a tweet&nbsp;late Thursday night, Simon Fraser University announced that the sponsor of the event has decided to cancel it for &ldquo;security reasons.&rdquo; More to come.Simon Fraser University (SFU) Students and faculty are planning demonstrations as a controversial anti-trans speaker who drew hundreds of protesters in Toronto earlier this week is set to speak in Vancouver Saturday.Meghan Murphy, a self-described feminist writer who believes transgender women endanger and undermine]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-murphy-talk-in-vancouver-cancelled-following-toronto-protests/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2019 22:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meghan-murphy-talk-in-vancouver-cancelled-following-toronto-protests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Must End The Gay Blood Ban, And It Starts With Smart Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a researcher, I have spent more than a decade working at the intersection of HIV and sexuality. I was motivated by my own experiences of discrimination, including being denied the opportunity to donate blood because I am sexually active gay man. Last summer, working with Community Based Research Centre, we collected over 3,500 surveys from gay, bi, queer, trans and Two-Spirit men at 15 Pride festivals across the country. It turns out that over 85 per cent of sexual minority men in Canada also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-must-end-the-gay-blood-ban-and-it-starts-with-smart-policy/</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-must-end-the-gay-blood-ban-and-it-starts-with-smart-policy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Election Shows Canadians Aren't Joking About Wanting Real Action On Climate Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Canadians voted in the federal election, they weren&rsquo;t just selecting the next government. They were also voicing their insistence that urgent action is needed to curb the climate crisis, activists say.&nbsp;Not only did the majority of Canadians vote for parties with relatively substantial climate change platforms, they also took to the streets in the hundreds of thousands at climate protests before and after the election, said Tim Gray, executive director of Environmental Defence.&ld]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/election-shows-canadians-arent-joking-about-wanting-real-action-on-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/election-shows-canadians-arent-joking-about-wanting-real-action-on-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-Time Homebuyers: What Boomers Got Vs. What Millennials Are Getting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The homeowner life in Canada is changing. We see it everywhere: The once-endless expansion of suburban neighbourhoods has slowed, and highrise cranes now dot the skyline, often even far from city centres.But how much have things really changed? Is the dream of a detached home in the suburbs, with a backyard and a barbecue pit, still attainable? Or is it irrelevant in an age when so many homebuyers are choosing an urban lifestyle instead?Well, it&rsquo;s probably a good thing young homebuyers are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-time-homebuyers-what-boomers-got-vs-what-millennials-are-getting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 18:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-time-homebuyers-what-boomers-got-vs-what-millennials-are-getting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Real Estate Investors Are Losing Money, Pose Risk To System: Veritas]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; A Toronto-based investment research firm has pinpointed what it sees as the key risk to Canada&rsquo;s housing market: Money-losing investor-owners.In an informal poll of its clientele earlier this month, Veritas found that only half of those who own real estate as an investment are cash-flow positive, earning more money than the property costs them.About 18 per cent are breaking even, while 33 per cent said they are losing money on their investments. Presumably, they are counti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-real-estate-investors-are-losing-money-pose-risk-to-system-veritas/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-real-estate-investors-are-losing-money-pose-risk-to-system-veritas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Student's Viral Thread On Canada Brought Him Praise And Racism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Shoji Ushiyama didn&rsquo;t expect that an inside joke about Edmonton would bring him viral fame.Ushiyama, a Hong-Kong born student now based in Toronto, would often hang with friends who&rsquo;d talk about visiting Edmonton. The spoke about the place a lot but never got around to visiting. So Ushiyama made it a bit of a conspiracy &mdash; his friends never took him to Edmonton because it doesn&rsquo;t exist.People speak of Calgary. You know people in Calgary. They speak of Edmonton, but no one]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hong-kong-students-viral-thread-on-canada-brought-him-praise-and-racism/</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2019 23:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hong-kong-students-viral-thread-on-canada-brought-him-praise-and-racism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kids, Teens File Lawsuit To Force Feds To Create A Climate Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A young plaintiff in a lawsuit against the federal government says she has suffered the debilitating consequences of Lyme disease because climate change has expanded the habitat of disease-carrying ticks.Sierra Robinson of Vancouver Island is one of 15 young Canadians suing the federal government for individual injuries they allege are the result of climate change.In a lawsuit filed Friday, the youths ask the Federal Court to compel the Canadian government to develop a climate]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/kids-teens-file-lawsuit-to-force-feds-to-create-a-climate-plan/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 04:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/kids-teens-file-lawsuit-to-force-feds-to-create-a-climate-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greta Thunberg Marches With 15,000 Others In Vancouver Climate Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Swedish activist Greta Thunberg says those in power need to realize what they are doing to future generations through climate change because if adults really loved children, they would ensure they have a safe future.&ldquo;But they are not doing that,&rdquo; she told thousands of people attending a climate rally in Vancouver on Friday. &ldquo;As it is now, it feels like they are doing the opposite.&rdquo;Thunberg said adults&nbsp;&ldquo;change the subject&rdquo; when the climat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greta-thunberg-marches-with-15000-others-in-vancouver-climate-strike/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greta-thunberg-marches-with-15000-others-in-vancouver-climate-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greta Thunberg Marches With 15,000 In Vancouver Climate Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Swedish activist Greta Thunberg says those in power need to realize what they are doing to future generations through climate change because if adults really loved children, they would ensure they have a safe future.&ldquo;But they are not doing that,&rdquo; she told thousands of people attending a climate rally in Vancouver on Friday. &ldquo;As it is now, it feels like they are doing the opposite.&rdquo;Thunberg said adults&nbsp;&ldquo;change the subject&rdquo; when the climat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greta-thunberg-marches-with-15000-in-vancouver-climate-strike/</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2019 00:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greta-thunberg-marches-with-15000-in-vancouver-climate-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Businessman Could Face Up To 20 Years In College Bribery Scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A well-known businessman and philanthropist from British Columbia faces fresh allegations in a new indictment filed in a college bribery scandal unfolding in the United States.David Sidoo has already pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in the case.The new indictment does not add any charges but makes new allegations including that admissions consultant William (Rick) Singer wrote a fake college appl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-businessman-could-face-up-to-20-years-in-college-bribery-scandal/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-businessman-could-face-up-to-20-years-in-college-bribery-scandal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. To Adopt UN Declaration On The Rights of Indigenous Peoples]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to introduce legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, mandating the government to bring its laws and policies into harmony with the principles of the declaration.The legislation does not set a timeline for achieving its goals, but the minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation said the bill&nbsp;&ldquo;is about ending discrimination and conflict in our province,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-to-adopt-un-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-to-adopt-un-declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria, B.C. Photographer Sherida Rae Taylor Captures Emotional Breast Pumping Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Victoria photographer recently captured a familiar but rarely-seen side of motherhood in a series of photos of one mom pumping for three babies.Sherida Rae Taylor&rsquo;s photography focuses on maternity, so she frequently shoots expectant and new parents. But recently she had the opportunity to photograph something a little different.It&rsquo;s a combination of some common experiences, she said, although they&rsquo;re rarely spoken about: the collaboration between mothers who can pump but can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-bc-photographer-sherida-rae-taylor-captures-emotional-breast-pumping-photos/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-bc-photographer-sherida-rae-taylor-captures-emotional-breast-pumping-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trans Mountain Could Raise $500M Annually For Clean Energy: Morneau]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere.Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau told The Canadian Press in an interview this week that the expanded pipeline is not fodder for negotiating with other parties in the minority government. Rather, he said, it is a crucial piece of the puzzle of financing Canada&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-could-raise-500m-annually-for-clean-energy-morneau/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-could-raise-500m-annually-for-clean-energy-morneau/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Says Election Showed Canada's Voting System Is 'Broken']]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; If there&rsquo;s any election that has highlighted how &ldquo;broken&rdquo; Canada&rsquo;s electoral system is, it&rsquo;s this one, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in his morning-after assessment.Monday&rsquo;s vote saw his party relegated to fourth place in the House of Commons behind the Bloc Quebecois despite finishing third in the popular vote.The Liberals under Justin Trudeau eked out a minority-government victory despite securing only 33.1 per cent of the popular vote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-says-election-showed-canadas-voting-system-is-broken/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 03:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-says-election-showed-canadas-voting-system-is-broken/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Smooths Over NDP Party Losses With Promise Of Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is poised to be the king-maker in Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s Liberal minority government &mdash; even though his party&rsquo;s caucus is significantly smaller than it was going into this election campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite losing 15 seats from the party&rsquo;s existing caucus, Monday night was ultimately a win for the rookie party leader who at the start of this campaign seemed poised to drop below the 12 seats required for official party status, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-smooths-over-ndp-party-losses-with-promise-of-change/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-smooths-over-ndp-party-losses-with-promise-of-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jody Wilson Raybould Wins Back Vancouver Riding As Independent Candidate]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Former Liberal cabinet minister Jody Wilson-Raybould has been successful in her bid to get re-elected as an Independent candidate in Vancouver Granville.Wilson-Raybould quit Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s cabinet after she accused the prime minister and his office of inappropriately pressuring her as the attorney general to intervene in the criminal prosecution of Quebec engineering giant SNC-Lavalin on corruption charges.Wilson-Raybould&rsquo;s decision to leave cabinet was followed b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jody-wilson-raybould-wins-back-vancouver-riding-as-independent-candidate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jody-wilson-raybould-wins-back-vancouver-riding-as-independent-candidate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[▶️ Party Leaders Head To The Polls In 2019 Canada Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal party leaders cast their votes on election day after a tight race and divisive campaign.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/-party-leaders-head-to-the-polls-in-2019-canada-election/</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/-party-leaders-head-to-the-polls-in-2019-canada-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best And Worst Cities In Canada To Find Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re looking for work in Canada, you couldn&rsquo;t have picked a better time.&nbsp;The job market has rarely looked this strong in data sets going back more than 40 years: youth unemployment is near a record low; labour force participation is picking up; and part-time jobs are being converted into full-time employment.Still, where you look for work makes a big difference in a country as diverse as this one. So where are the best places to find work these days? The answer is Brantford]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-best-and-worst-cities-in-canada-to-find-work/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2019 22:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-best-and-worst-cities-in-canada-to-find-work/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Vancouver Granville, Jody Wilson-Raybould Is On Cusp Of Beating The Party That Ejected Her]]></title><description><![CDATA[In July, before candidates were chosen for most of the major parties, Vancouver Granville resident David Leverton said he didn&rsquo;t think the SNC-Lavalin affair would cast that large a shadow over the federal election in Vancouver Granville.&nbsp;&ldquo;Unless people are reminded, I think people will have forgotten about it when it&rsquo;s time to vote,&rdquo; he told HuffPost.Leverton has lived in the riding now known as Vancouver Granville since the late 1980s. He says he believes Liberal L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-vancouver-granville-jody-wilson-raybould-is-on-cusp-of-beating-the-party-that-ejected-her/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-vancouver-granville-jody-wilson-raybould-is-on-cusp-of-beating-the-party-that-ejected-her/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Kelowna–Lake Country, Liberal Stephen Fuhr Aims To Prove His Surprise 2015 Win Was No Fluke]]></title><description><![CDATA[KELOWNA, B.C. &mdash; Was the Liberal win in Kelowna&ndash;Lake Country a blip, or could it be a beachhead?&nbsp;Stephen Fuhr, the Grit incumbent who won a surprise victory in 2015, is hoping to replicate his unlikely win in a riding that hadn&rsquo;t seen a Liberal elected since Pierre Elliott Trudeau was prime minister. In a longtime fortress for the centre-right &mdash; the Progressive Conservative, Reform, Canadian Alliance and Conservative parties have all elected MPs here &mdash; Fuhr&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-kelownalake-country-liberal-stephen-fuhr-aims-to-prove-his-surprise-2015-win-was-no-fluke/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 21:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-kelownalake-country-liberal-stephen-fuhr-aims-to-prove-his-surprise-2015-win-was-no-fluke/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Urges Voters To Think Of Climate Change For Their Kids' Futures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds has one issue top of mind when it comes to the upcoming Canadian election: climate change.On Wednesday, the Canadian actor posted a Twitter photo of himself, wife Blake Lively, and their new baby girl surrounded by trees, and urged voters to think about the federal candidates&rsquo; climate change policies&nbsp;when it comes to their vote.I love B.C. &#127464;&#127462; I want my daughters to experience the same natural playground I grew up in. On Oct. 21, the candidate you vote for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-urges-voters-to-think-of-climate-change-for-their-kids-futures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-urges-voters-to-think-of-climate-change-for-their-kids-futures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Urges B.C. Voters To Think Of Climate Change For Their Kids' Futures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds has one issue top of mind when it comes to the upcoming Canadian election: climate change.On Wednesday, the Canadian actor posted a Twitter photo of himself, wife Blake Lively, and their new baby girl surrounded by trees, and urged B.C. voters to think about the federal candidates&rsquo; climate change policies&nbsp;when it comes to their vote.I love B.C. &#127464;&#127462; I want my daughters to experience the same natural playground I grew up in. On Oct. 21, the candidate you vot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-urges-bc-voters-to-think-of-climate-change-for-their-kids-futures/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Oct 2019 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-urges-bc-voters-to-think-of-climate-change-for-their-kids-futures/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Problematic Legal Tools Party Leaders Would Use To Build Pipelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Canadians can recall the $4.5-billion Trans Mountain pipeline that Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s government purchased in what appeared to be a last-ditch effort to save the expansion project from B.C. opposition. What those living outside Alberta may forget is that Trudeau&rsquo;s government also cancelled the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline at an expense of nearly $15 million.It was this Northern Gateway Pipeline, that would have stretched across the northern part of the A]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-problematic-legal-tools-party-leaders-would-use-to-build-pipelines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-problematic-legal-tools-party-leaders-would-use-to-build-pipelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Buys 1,481 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) - Riverton Roll]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Buys 1,481 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Riverton Roll]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-buys-1481-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-riverton-roll/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2019 04:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-buys-1481-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-riverton-roll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Flyers Comparing Greens To Conservatives Are 'Blatantly Dishonest': May]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI &mdash; Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is calling out the NDP for sending out what she calls &ldquo;blatantly dishonest&rdquo; literature in battleground ridings in southern Vancouver Island. The NDP, however, says it is just repeating May&rsquo;s own words.&ldquo;It is a typical smear campaign,&rdquo; May told HuffPost Canada during an interview on a drive between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, where she visited provincially held Green seats the federal party hopes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-flyers-comparing-greens-to-conservatives-are-blatantly-dishonest-may/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-flyers-comparing-greens-to-conservatives-are-blatantly-dishonest-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative Platform Makes Free Speech Policies A Requirement For Unviversity Grants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian post-secondary institutions that bar racist, anti-LGBTQ or other speakers from their campuses could see their research grants slashed under a Conservative government.That&rsquo;s according to the Conservative Party of Canada&rsquo;s official platform, which launched Friday and contains a pledge to &ldquo;promote free speech on campus.&rdquo;&nbsp;Under a Conservative government, post-secondary institutions will have to have &ldquo;an expressed commitment to free speech and academic free]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservative-platform-makes-free-speech-policies-a-requirement-for-unviversity-grants/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 01:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservative-platform-makes-free-speech-policies-a-requirement-for-unviversity-grants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative Platform Makes Free Speech Policies A Requirement For University Grants]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian post-secondary institutions that bar racist, anti-LGBTQ or other speakers from their campuses could see their research grants slashed under a Conservative government.That&rsquo;s according to the Conservative Party of Canada&rsquo;s official platform, which launched Friday and contains a pledge to &ldquo;promote free speech on campus.&rdquo;&nbsp;Under a Conservative government, post-secondary institutions will have to have &ldquo;an expressed commitment to free speech and academic free]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservative-platform-makes-free-speech-policies-a-requirement-for-university-grants/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 01:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservative-platform-makes-free-speech-policies-a-requirement-for-university-grants/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Finds Oscar Arfmann Guilty Of Killing B.C. Police Officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. &mdash; A man accused of gunning down a police officer in Abbotsford, B.C., sat in the prisoner&rsquo;s box without reacting as a judge read out her verdict of &ldquo;guilty&rdquo; in his first-degree murder trial.Justice Carol Ross of the B.C. Supreme Court found Oscar Arfmann guilty in the death of Const. John Davidson in 2017.After releasing her decision, the judge approved a motion by Arfmann&rsquo;s lawyers seeking further assessment of whether the man&nbsp;&mdash;&nbs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/judge-finds-oscar-arfmann-guilty-of-killing-bc-police-officer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/judge-finds-oscar-arfmann-guilty-of-killing-bc-police-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former B.C. sergeant-at-arms ‘failed to tell the truth’ during probe: report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest report in the B.C. legislature spending scandal accuses the building&rsquo;s former security chief of &ldquo;neglect of duty&rdquo; and &ldquo;discreditable conduct&rdquo; in the removal of booze from the building.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/former-bc-sergeant-at-arms-failed-to-tell-the-truth-during-probe-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/former-bc-sergeant-at-arms-failed-to-tell-the-truth-during-probe-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syphilis Infection Rates In British Columbia Reach The Highest In 30 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The rate of syphilis infection in British Columbia is the highest it&rsquo;s been in 30 years and the provincial health officer is asking the public to get proactive about testing and treatment.Figures from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show there were 919 new cases of syphilis reported in 2018, a 33 per cent jump from the year before and many of those infections occurred in gay and bisexual men.Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says after watching rates de]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/syphilis-infection-rates-in-british-columbia-reach-the-highest-in-30-years/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2019 04:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/syphilis-infection-rates-in-british-columbia-reach-the-highest-in-30-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver Steps Down, Will Not Run In 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; B.C. Green Leader Andrew Weaver, who led the party to a historic election breakthrough two years ago, will not seek re-election in the next provincial election.Weaver reduced his work schedule as he recovered from labyrinthitis after he suddenly had symptoms typical of the condition last month, but in announcing his decision to not run again in 2021 he cited his aversion to becoming a career politician for stepping down.He has asked the party to begin the process to elect a new]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-green-party-leader-andrew-weaver-steps-down-will-not-run-in-2021/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-green-party-leader-andrew-weaver-steps-down-will-not-run-in-2021/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syphilis infection rate jumps in B.C., prompting call for testing and treatment]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rate of syphilis infection in British Columbia is the highest it's been in 30 years and the provincial health officer is asking the public to get proactive about testing and treatment.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/syphilis-infection-rate-jumps-in-bc-prompting-call-for-testing-and-treatment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/syphilis-infection-rate-jumps-in-bc-prompting-call-for-testing-and-treatment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chilliwack Pregnancy Care Centre Hands Out Anti-Abortion Goodie Bags At Parade]]></title><description><![CDATA[A crisis pregnancy centre in Chilliwack, B.C. handed out goodie bags featuring candy, replica mini fetuses, and anti-abortion messages at a parade on Saturday.The Chilliwack Pregnancy Care Centre had a float in the Rosedale Harvest Festival parade, and passed out the bags along the route.&nbsp;This is what was handed out at the Rosedale Harvest parade this morning by a pro-life &lsquo;pregnancy care centre&rsquo; float. I&rsquo;m embarrassed of my town but not surprised. Won&rsquo;t be taking my]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chilliwack-pregnancy-care-centre-hands-out-anti-abortion-goodie-bags-at-parade/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chilliwack-pregnancy-care-centre-hands-out-anti-abortion-goodie-bags-at-parade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Student Housing In Canada Is Being Ignored, And It Might Be Why You Can’t Afford Rent]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the endless debate over Canada&rsquo;s high house prices and rising rents, foreign buyers have become the most popular target for blame, and a popular target for policy action now, too.But the problem may have more to do with a somewhat different group of people landing on our shores, and the fact no one is building housing for them: international students.The number of students from abroad in Canadian universities and colleges is rising rapidly, up 119 per cent between 2010 and 2017, accordi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/student-housing-in-canada-is-being-ignored-and-it-might-be-why-you-cant-afford-rent/</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 15:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/student-housing-in-canada-is-being-ignored-and-it-might-be-why-you-cant-afford-rent/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Buys 1,481 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) - Mayfield Recorder]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Buys 1,481 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Mayfield Recorder]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-buys-1481-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-mayfield-recorder/</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 04:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-buys-1481-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-mayfield-recorder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) Shares Purchased by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - Riverton Roll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) Shares Purchased by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;Riverton Roll]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-shares-purchased-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-riverton-roll/</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2019 04:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-shares-purchased-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-riverton-roll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teen Arrested For Allegedly Threatening To Bomb Montreal Airport]]></title><description><![CDATA[VERNON, B.C. &mdash; A 16-year-old boy from British Columbia is facing charges for allegedly making several false bomb threats over the internet aimed at Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport in Montreal.The RCMP said Friday in a news release that the youth was arrested in Enderby.Police say their investigation started after authorities in Montreal notified them about threats that were allegedly made over a month-long period.Const. Kelly Brett says the suspect is facing possible charges of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-arrested-for-allegedly-threatening-to-bomb-montreal-airport/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 03:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-arrested-for-allegedly-threatening-to-bomb-montreal-airport/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative Party Candidate Heather Leung Dropped After Homophobic Video Emerges]]></title><description><![CDATA[UPDATE: In a statement Friday evening, the Conservative Party of Canada said Leung will no longer be representing the party.&nbsp;&ldquo;Recent media reports have brought to light offensive comments made by Ms. Leung saying &lsquo;homosexuals recruit&rsquo; children, and describing the sexual orientation of the LGBTQ community as &lsquo;perverted.&rsquo;&ldquo;There is no tolerance in the Conservative Party for those types of offensive comments.&rdquo;A video that surfaced of a Vancouver-area Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservative-party-candidate-heather-leung-dropped-after-homophobic-video-emerges/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 00:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservative-party-candidate-heather-leung-dropped-after-homophobic-video-emerges/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Conservative Candidate Said LGBTQ People Try To ‘Recruit’ Kids In 2011 Video]]></title><description><![CDATA[A video that surfaced of a Vancouver-area Conservative Party candidate claiming that LGBTQ people attempt to &ldquo;recruit&rdquo; kids, has other candidates calling on leader Andrew Scheer to dump her from the party.&nbsp;The 2011 video&nbsp; resurfaced Friday by the Vancouver Sun shows Burnaby North-Seymour Conservative candidate Heather Leung warning that the Burnaby School Board was &ldquo;promoting&rdquo; homosexual lifestyles by introducing Sexual Orientiation and Gender Identity (SOGI) po]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-conservative-candidate-said-lgbtq-people-try-to-recruit-kids-in-2011-video/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Oct 2019 00:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-conservative-candidate-said-lgbtq-people-try-to-recruit-kids-in-2011-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Canada's Opioid Crisis Matters In The 2019 Federal Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[The riding of Peterborough-Kawartha&#65279; has voted for the MP of the party that ends up forming government in every election since 1965. This year, candidates will have to address the issue of a growing opioid crisis. The area has Ontario&rsquo;s highest rate of opioid deaths with more than 25 recorded at the end of August plus a significant number of overdoses.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-canadas-opioid-crisis-matters-in-the-2019-federal-election/</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-canadas-opioid-crisis-matters-in-the-2019-federal-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto, Vancouver Home Sales Soar In Possible Return To 'Rapid House Price Gains']]></title><description><![CDATA[The Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver housing markets are growing tighter, and that could mean a return to rapid house price growth, a new report says.In a report issued Thursday, Capital Economics noted that the supply of homes on the market is shrinking, even as buyers are returning, pointing to stronger house price growth.&ldquo;The recent jump in the home sales-to-new listings ratio seems to point to a renewed period of rapid house price gains, which would normally be matched by a pick-u]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-home-sales-soar-in-possible-return-to-rapid-house-price-gains/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-home-sales-soar-in-possible-return-to-rapid-house-price-gains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housing Bubble Risk Index Shows Toronto Worsening, Vancouver Improving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto has risen to second place in an annual ranking of the major cities with the highest risk of a housing bubble burst, while the risk of a bubble burst in Vancouver has fallen &#8213; because prices are deflating.The ranking from Swiss bank UBS looked at 24 major cities on four continents and concluded Toronto has the second-highest risk of a bubble, behind Munich, Germany. That&rsquo;s up one spot from third place last year.Vancouver, meanwhile, slid to sixth place, from fourth last year.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/housing-bubble-risk-index-shows-toronto-worsening-vancouver-improving/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 20:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/housing-bubble-risk-index-shows-toronto-worsening-vancouver-improving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Home Sales Have ‘Room To Run’ In 2020, CREA Predicts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home sales rose Canada-wide for the sixth straight month in August, leading one of the country&rsquo;s largest real estate industry groups to&nbsp;increase its 2019 sales forecast&nbsp;on the back of the sustained strong results.According to Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) data and commentary released earlier this month, the impacts of the new mortgage rules introduced in 2018 are running their course and the market adjustment is entering a new stage that will see more sidelined&nbsp;buy]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-have-room-to-run-in-2020-crea-predicts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-have-room-to-run-in-2020-crea-predicts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Propose $30 Million Federal Funding Increase For B.C. Ferries]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is proposing a $30-million increase in federal funding for BC Ferries, saying it would help make fares cheaper for families who rely on the service.&ldquo;The ferries are incredibly important for people,&rdquo; Singh said aboard a ferry travelling between Victoria and Vancouver.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like the way to connect for so many residents on Vancouver Island and on the rest of the coastline.&rdquo;Singh was campaigning for a fifth straight day in Briti]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-propose-30-million-federal-funding-increase-for-bc-ferries/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2019 00:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-propose-30-million-federal-funding-increase-for-bc-ferries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Prove No Town Is Too Small For A Climate Strike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Climate strikes aren&rsquo;t just for big city folks.&nbsp;There were 278 demonstrations across Canada to call for action on climate change Friday, according to Fridays for Future. While tens of thousands of people crowded the streets in cities like Toronto and Montreal, protests in smaller centres still packed a punch.&nbsp;In Yellowknife, organizer Kyle Rogers said more than five per cent of the city&rsquo;s population of 18,800 &mdash; or about 1,000 people &mdash; showed up.&nbsp;&ldquo;Clim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-prove-no-town-is-too-small-for-a-climate-strike/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2019 02:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-prove-no-town-is-too-small-for-a-climate-strike/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Victoria, B.C. Is A Riding To Watch If You Care About The Environment]]></title><description><![CDATA[With Canada warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world, it&rsquo;s no surprise climate change is a ballot issue for the 2019 federal election. In the riding of Victoria, it&rsquo;s where the Green Party hopes to gain ground as part of a green wave that would grow their party from two seats to three.&nbsp;But first, they&rsquo;ll have to unseat the NDP who have a 13-year winning streak in the riding.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-victoria-bc-is-a-riding-to-watch-if-you-care-about-the-environment/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2019 01:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-victoria-bc-is-a-riding-to-watch-if-you-care-about-the-environment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession Video Found With Murder Suspects Bryer Schmegelsky, Kam McLeod Contained No Motive]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; Two suspects confessed to the murders of three people in northern British Columbia in several videos taken before they shot themselves in a suicide pact,&nbsp;the RCMP said Friday.The Mounties said Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19, expressed no remorse in the videos and did not explain their motives behind the killings that sparked a nationwide manhunt this summer.Before their deaths, the men were charged with the murder of Leonard Dyck, a University of British Colu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/confession-video-found-with-murder-suspects-bryer-schmegelsky-kam-mcleod-contained-no-motive/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2019 00:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/confession-video-found-with-murder-suspects-bryer-schmegelsky-kam-mcleod-contained-no-motive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Berry Guilty Of Stabbing Deaths Of Daughters Aubrey And Chloe]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A jury found a father guilty of second-degree murder Thursday in the stabbing deaths of his two daughters on Christmas Day in 2017.Andrew Berry had pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder in the deaths of four-year-old Aubrey Berry and six-year-old Chloe Berry at his apartment in the Victoria suburb of Oak Bay.A woman in the front row of the court gasped loudly when the jury&rsquo;s verdict was read.Berry hung his head and spoke quietly with his lawyers as the court took a s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/andrew-berry-guilty-of-stabbing-deaths-of-daughters-aubrey-and-chloe/</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 04:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/andrew-berry-guilty-of-stabbing-deaths-of-daughters-aubrey-and-chloe/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives' Gas Price Claim Is 'Misleading Canadians': Climate Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash;&nbsp;A new Conservative ad manipulates the numbers to make it look like Liberal environmental policies will cost Canadians more than they really will, one climate change group charged Thursday.&nbsp;The ad, posted online Tuesday, claims that &ldquo;everything will cost more&rdquo; if Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is re-elected Oct. 21.<br />
It says the price of gas will rise 31 cents per litre if Trudeau wins a second term, citing the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Clean Energy Canad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservatives-gas-price-claim-is-misleading-canadians-climate-group/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 22:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservatives-gas-price-claim-is-misleading-canadians-climate-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Strike Prompts MEC, Others To Close Stores Friday]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &#8213; A global movement aimed at pressuring governments into action over climate change is calling on Canadians to join a mass strike planned for Friday and &ldquo;disrupt business as usual.&rdquo;But many retailers in Canada seem to be ignoring that call, with only three chains planning to shutter operations to help raise awareness about Swedish activist Greta Thunberg&rsquo;s movement.&ldquo;Sustainability is really part of our DNA,&rdquo; said Phil Arrata, CEO of Vancouver-based M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/climate-strike-prompts-mec-others-to-close-stores-friday/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 17:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/climate-strike-prompts-mec-others-to-close-stores-friday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Will Tackle B.C. Money Laundering To Ease Housing Costs]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is releasing platform pledges he insists will make life more affordable for families in British Columbia &mdash; especially when it comes to the sky-high cost of housing.Singh announced Wednesday that an NDP government would take new federal actions and put forward the funding necessary to help tackle money laundering and speculation in the housing market. The efforts, he said, to address the housing crisis would build on some of the real-estate measure]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-will-tackle-bc-money-laundering-to-ease-housing-costs/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 20:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-will-tackle-bc-money-laundering-to-ease-housing-costs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Victoria, Climate Change Is At The Heart Of An Intriguing, 3-Way Race]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; &ldquo;I&rsquo;m really afraid of the future that my son is going to face.&rdquo;Charles Campbell is sitting in his dining room, the crimson walls lined with some of his artwork, an upright piano to his left side. In the next room, his wife, Hillary Quinn, a family doctor, plays with their nine-month-old son, Remy.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re on the threshold of disaster, really, if we don&rsquo;t truly address this both as a nation and [as] this global community,&rdquo; he tells me. &ldq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-victoria-climate-change-is-at-the-heart-of-an-intriguing-3-way-race/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 17:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-victoria-climate-change-is-at-the-heart-of-an-intriguing-3-way-race/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Canada Could Face Water Shortages From Climate Change, Warns UN Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damage to Earth&rsquo;s oceans and glaciers from climate change is outpacing the ability of governments to protect them, a new report from an international scientific panel concludes.&ldquo;The capacity of governance systems in polar and ocean regions to respond to climate change impacts has strengthened recently,&rdquo; says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.&ldquo;But this development is not sufficiently rapid or robust to adequately address the scale of increasing projected risks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/western-canada-could-face-water-shortages-from-climate-change-warns-un-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/western-canada-could-face-water-shortages-from-climate-change-warns-un-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western Canada Could Face Water Shortages From Climate Change: UN Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[Damage to Earth&rsquo;s oceans and glaciers from climate change is outpacing the ability of governments to protect them, a new report from an international scientific panel concludes.&ldquo;The capacity of governance systems in polar and ocean regions to respond to climate change impacts has strengthened recently,&rdquo; says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.&ldquo;But this development is not sufficiently rapid or robust to adequately address the scale of increasing projected risks.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/western-canada-could-face-water-shortages-from-climate-change-un-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/western-canada-could-face-water-shortages-from-climate-change-un-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh On Justin Trudeau Brownface Call: ‘It Doesn’t Matter What He Tells Me’]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; Less than two hours after taking a private call on board his campaign bus, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said &ldquo;it doesn&rsquo;t matter&rdquo; what the Liberal leader said to him regarding old photos that surfaced showing Justin Trudeau in blackface and brownface.<br />
&ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t matter what he tells me. I&rsquo;m not a proxy for the people of Canada,&rdquo; Singh told a crowd of around 200 supporters at a town hall in Burnaby Tuesday evening.<br />
According to reports f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-on-justin-trudeau-brownface-call-it-doesnt-matter-what-he-tells-me/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Sep 2019 07:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-on-justin-trudeau-brownface-call-it-doesnt-matter-what-he-tells-me/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Respond To Liberal Climate Plan With ‘You. Bought. A. Pipeline.’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you don&rsquo;t need a lot of words to get your point across. That was definitely the case Tuesday when the NDP issued a press release in response to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s climate plan.Trudeau was campaigning in NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh&rsquo;s B.C. riding Tuesday to announce his party&rsquo;s climate change policies in its election platform. Trudeau says he plans to push Canada to net-zero emissions by 2050, through strategies such as tax cuts for small clean energy bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-respond-to-liberal-climate-plan-with-you-bought-a-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-respond-to-liberal-climate-plan-with-you-bought-a-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP Drops The Mic With Response To Liberal Climate Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you don&rsquo;t need a lot of words to get your point across. That was definitely the case Tuesday when the NDP issued a press release in response to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s climate plan.Trudeau was campaigning in NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh&rsquo;s B.C. riding Tuesday to announce his party&rsquo;s climate change policies in its election platform. Trudeau says he plans to push Canada to net-zero emissions by 2050, through strategies such as tax cuts for small clean energy bu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-drops-the-mic-with-response-to-liberal-climate-plan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-drops-the-mic-with-response-to-liberal-climate-plan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Granted Temporary Ban On Alberta's 'Turn-Off-The-Taps' Legislation From Federal Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; A Federal Court judge has granted the British Columbia government a temporary injunction against an Alberta law that could have limited oil exports to other provinces.In a decision released Tuesday, Justice Sebastien Grammond said Alberta&rsquo;s so-called turn-off-the-taps legislation raises a serious issue and could cause irreparable harm to the residents of B.C.&ldquo;British Columbia has met the criteria usually applied by the courts for the issuance of such an injunction,&rd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-granted-temporary-ban-on-albertas-turn-off-the-taps-legislation-from-federal-court/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-granted-temporary-ban-on-albertas-turn-off-the-taps-legislation-from-federal-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Things You Might Not Know About Green Party Leader Elizabeth May]]></title><description><![CDATA[She was born in Hartford, Conn. and is best known as leader of the Green Party of Canada, but here are five things you might not know about Elizabeth May.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Things To Know About Green Party Leader Elizabeth May]]></title><description><![CDATA[She was born in Hartford, Conn. and is best known as leader of the Green Party of Canada, but here are five things you might not know about Elizabeth May.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-things-to-know-about-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-things-to-know-about-green-party-leader-elizabeth-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Burnaby North-Seymour, At Ground Zero Of Trans Mountain, Pipeline Politics Are Personal]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash;&nbsp; &ldquo;I call them the Trojan horse government.&rdquo;John Clarke is upset with Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s Liberal government. Livid might be a better description.&nbsp;&ldquo;They snuck in, hidden, under false pretences. They got elected, and once they were in, then we found their true colours.&rdquo;I am standing at the end of a march protesting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve joined about 40 concerned residents and nearby environmentalis]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-burnaby-north-seymour-at-ground-zero-of-trans-mountain-pipeline-politics-are-personal/</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2019 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/in-burnaby-north-seymour-at-ground-zero-of-trans-mountain-pipeline-politics-are-personal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man In Justin Trudeau Brownface Photo Calls It &lsquo;Not A Big Thing']]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; A man who was photographed with Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in brownface said he doesn&rsquo;t view the costume he was wearing at a theme party in 2001 as racist.Sunny Khurana said his two children attended West Point Grey Academy in Vancouver, where Trudeau taught, and the school had a &ldquo;very high standard.&rdquo;&ldquo;There was no tolerance for anyone who mistreated anyone or for any racism,&rdquo;&nbsp;he said in an interview on Thursday at his Indian clothing sto]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/man-in-justin-trudeau-brownface-photo-calls-it-lsquonot-a-big-thing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/man-in-justin-trudeau-brownface-photo-calls-it-lsquonot-a-big-thing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Hotel Strike Sees Nearly 1,000 Workers Walk Off The Job]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly 1,000 workers at three luxury hotels in Vancouver walked off the job Thursday, as they continue to press for safer working conditions and more stable working hours.&nbsp;&nbsp;Workers at the Hyatt Regency, Pinnacle Harbourfront and Westin Bayshore hotels launched an &ldquo;indefinite strike&rdquo; after contract negotiations broke down. They&rsquo;ve been without a contract for over a year.&nbsp;&ldquo;Throughout the spring and summer, we held rallies, we continued in bargaining, but the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-hotel-strike-sees-nearly-1000-workers-walk-off-the-job/</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-hotel-strike-sees-nearly-1000-workers-walk-off-the-job/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naked Swimmer Who Jumped Into Toronto Shark Tank Admits Mischief]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; A British Columbia man accused of stripping naked and jumping into a shark tank at a Toronto aquarium has pleaded guilty to mischief.David Weaver, of Nelson, B.C., was arrested and charged last October, four days after the incident went viral.&nbsp;Police say he went to Ripley&rsquo;s Aquarium in downtown Toronto on Oct. 12, bought a ticket, then stripped naked and jumped into the facility&rsquo;s shark tank.&nbsp;A large crowd was at the aquarium that night and some in attendanc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/naked-swimmer-who-jumped-into-toronto-shark-tank-admits-mischief/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 20:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/naked-swimmer-who-jumped-into-toronto-shark-tank-admits-mischief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May Appears To Endorse Jody Wilson-Raybould At Vancouver Rally]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a very hard year,&rdquo; Markham-Stouffville candidate Jane Philpott said as she took the stage in support of fellow independent candidate Jody Wilson-Raybould in Vancouver Wednesday night.&nbsp;&ldquo;None of us could&rsquo;ve predicted being here tonight under these circumstances.&rdquo;Philpott is right &mdash; though &ldquo;hard year&rdquo; is an understatement.&nbsp;Philpott and Wilson-Raybould have gone from star cabinet ministers under the Trudeau government to part]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/may-appears-to-endorse-jody-wilson-raybould-at-vancouver-rally/</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/may-appears-to-endorse-jody-wilson-raybould-at-vancouver-rally/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's Causing The Vaping Illness? Here's What Doctors Suspect]]></title><description><![CDATA[People in the United States have experienced symptoms of a new vaping-related illness. Some have died. Doctors haven&rsquo;t been able to pinpoint an exact cause yet, but suspect some ingredients in vape juices may be the culprit.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/whats-causing-the-vaping-illness-heres-what-doctors-suspect/</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/whats-causing-the-vaping-illness-heres-what-doctors-suspect/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rick Mercer Calls Out Burnaby Conservatives For Fake Quote In Meme]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian comedian Rick Mercer took to Twitter this week to call out a B.C. federal election candidate, after a quote was falsely attributed to him saying to vote Conservative.Last week, the Conservative Burnaby North-Seymour Constituency Association Facebook page shared an image of Mercer with text urging people to vote Conservative. Their candidate for the riding is Heather Leung.&ldquo;Take 20 minutes out of your day and do what young people all around the world are dying to do. Vote Conservat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rick-mercer-calls-out-burnaby-conservatives-for-fake-quote-in-meme/</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rick-mercer-calls-out-burnaby-conservatives-for-fake-quote-in-meme/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Canadians Pledge Not To Have Kids Until Politicians Act On Climate Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Emma-Jane Burian refuses to bring the next generation into a world with unrelenting wildfires, flooding and extreme weather.&nbsp;If her future children cannot grow up as she did, playing in B.C.&rsquo;s water and forests, she&rsquo;d rather not have them at all.&nbsp;Burian, 17, is one of the organizers behind Climate Strike Canada&rsquo;s #NoFutureNoChildren pledge. In the early days of the campaign, 200 people have made the commitment not to have children if the Canadian government continues]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/young-canadians-pledge-not-to-have-kids-until-politicians-act-on-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/young-canadians-pledge-not-to-have-kids-until-politicians-act-on-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario, Quebec Can Expect A Bitter Cold Winter: Weather Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadians can expect average temperatures this fall that will give way to a cold winter in central and eastern parts of the country,&nbsp;according to The Weather Network.The network is predicting Western Canada, including British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, will have slightly warmer-than-normal temperatures for fall because of warmer oceans and wetter conditions along coastal areas. This forecast also includes parts of Atlantic Canada.&nbsp;&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t thin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-quebec-can-expect-a-bitter-cold-winter-weather-network/</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-quebec-can-expect-a-bitter-cold-winter-weather-network/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black Bear Gets Stuck In Vehicle In Port Moody, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A resident of Port Moody, B.C., got quite the Friday the 13th surprise when they heard their car alarm go off early in the morning.Upon investigation, they discovered something completely unexpected: a black bear had climbed into their unlocked vehicle and then gotten stuck inside.A video posted by Port Moody Police on Twitter shows the bear wreaking havoc after locking itself inside, pulling at seatbelts and trying to escape.&ldquo;How does a bear get into somebody&rsquo;s car and lock the door]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/black-bear-gets-stuck-in-vehicle-in-port-moody-bc/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/black-bear-gets-stuck-in-vehicle-in-port-moody-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Least 2 Dead After Vancouver Island Bus Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORT ALBERNI, B.C. &mdash; Two people are dead after a bus rolled over on Vancouver Island on Friday night.The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria, B.C., says the incident happened on a gravel road between the communities of Port Alberni and Bamfield and that it received a call for assistance at around 10 p.m.Air Force Capt. David Burneau says three people were airlifted to a hospital in Victoria with serious or critical injuries.He says the Port Alberni Fire Department transpor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/at-least-2-dead-after-vancouver-island-bus-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/at-least-2-dead-after-vancouver-island-bus-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Dead After Vancouver Island Bus Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two University of Victoria students died and more than a dozen other people were injured Friday after a bus on its way to a marine research centre rolled over on a narrow gravel road on Vancouver Island.The incident happened between the communities of Port Alberni and Bamfield, said the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria, which received a call for assistance at around 10 p.m.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s pretty austere out there. Lots of trees, lots of hills, lots of rugged terrain, and the weath]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-dead-after-vancouver-island-bus-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Sep 2019 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-dead-after-vancouver-island-bus-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Outdoor Play Is Essential For Kids' Health, Even If Parents Worry: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[Parents just want their children to be safe &mdash;&nbsp;to make it out of childhood, and all the scary things that threaten it, unscathed and in one piece. But too many restrictions on their freedom could actually be detrimental to their health: kids today are far less fit than they were a generation ago.Not only are they less fit, but they&rsquo;re also &ldquo;weaker and fatter,&rdquo; too, say the researchers behind &ldquo;Running Free: Children&rsquo;s Independent Mobility,&rdquo; a new docu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/outdoor-play-is-essential-for-kids-health-even-if-parents-worry-study/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/outdoor-play-is-essential-for-kids-health-even-if-parents-worry-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spending 'Stress' Test Could Help Canada's Millennials Rein In Debt]]></title><description><![CDATA[Millennials are doing most of the borrowing as Canadian consumer debt rapidly heads towards the $2-trillion mark. But what if you had to pass a test prove you could afford to borrow in the first place? The idea could save us from ourselves.&nbsp;RELATEDCanada&rsquo;s Millennials May Have A Mortgage Fraud ProblemDebt Soars Among Canada&rsquo;s Young Adults, But It&rsquo;s Not Mortgages5 Ways Plunging Interest Rates Are Changing Canadians&rsquo; LivesCanadians Are Stressing Over Money And It's Cos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/spending-stress-test-could-help-canadas-millennials-rein-in-debt/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/spending-stress-test-could-help-canadas-millennials-rein-in-debt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moose Smashes Into Peace River North School District's Foyer]]></title><description><![CDATA[FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. &mdash; A moose that may have had a yearning for learning smashed its way into the Peace River North School District office in Fort St. John, B.C.Jarrod Bell, a director of instruction in the district, says it was just before closing on Wednesday when he heard what sounded like an entire band of cymbal players falling down the stairs.Instead, he came out of his office to see a young moose in the building&rsquo;s foyer that had crashed through the glass front door.He says seve]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/moose-smashes-into-peace-river-north-school-districts-foyer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/moose-smashes-into-peace-river-north-school-districts-foyer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Woman Fined For Driving While Holding Bowl And Chopsticks]]></title><description><![CDATA[KELOWNA, B.C. &mdash; A provincial court judge has served up a searing decision to a driver in Kelowna, B.C., who was spotted eating with chopsticks in one hand and a bowl of spinach in the other.Judicial justice Brian Burgess handed down the ruling in Kelowna traffic court in August, finding the &ldquo;egregious&rdquo; offence took place in the city last November as Corinne Jackson drove past a roadside vehicle enforcement operation.The RCMP officer who flagged Jackson&rsquo;s vehicle testified]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-fined-for-driving-while-holding-bowl-and-chopsticks/</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 02:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-woman-fined-for-driving-while-holding-bowl-and-chopsticks/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Pitches Tax On Foreign Buyers To Cool Housing Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Justin Trudeau says a re-elected Liberal government would impose a national one per cent tax on properties owned by non-Canadians and non-residents in an effort to curb foreign speculation in real estate.At a campaign stop in Victoria, the Liberal leader said the tax would help deter foreigners who wish to speculate in the housing market, which has been a key contributor to a surge in home prices in some markets in recent years.The Liberals say the changes would help ease afford]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-pitches-tax-on-foreign-buyers-to-cool-housing-prices/</link><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 19:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-pitches-tax-on-foreign-buyers-to-cool-housing-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May Kicks Off Election Campaign, Says Quebec Separatists Will Not Run For Green Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Green leader Elizabeth May says Canadians are about to participate in the most important election in the country&rsquo;s history.May told about 200 cheering supporters at a Victoria hotel the Greens will stand firm on their climate values, which include banning new pipeline projects and working to transform Canada&rsquo;s economy to generate and use renewable energy.May&rsquo;s campaign launch also touched on the issues of abortion and Quebec separatism, which have been the sour]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-kicks-off-election-campaign-says-quebec-separatists-will-not-run-for-green-party/</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-kicks-off-election-campaign-says-quebec-separatists-will-not-run-for-green-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have You Been Told To 'Go Back To Your Country'? We Want To Hear From You.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Extreme incidents of violence, racism and hate have marked this past year &mdash; from the deadly shootings at a Pittsburgh synagogue and a Texas Walmart to the New Zealand mosque shooting and Sri Lanka church bombings.&nbsp;And one white nationalist phrase and variations of it are gaining popularity:&ldquo;Go back to where you came from.&rdquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;President Donald Trump himself told four congresswomen of colour, all of whom are American, to &ldquo;go back and help fix the totally broken]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/have-you-been-told-to-go-back-to-your-country-we-want-to-hear-from-you/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/have-you-been-told-to-go-back-to-your-country-we-want-to-hear-from-you/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything You Need To Know About The 2019 Federal Leaders' Debates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social media posts. News conferences and statements. Door to door. Rallies. Text messages. Lawn signs.&nbsp;Canadian voters may be inundated with information these days, but hearing directly from federal party leaders remains a vital way to make an informed election choice. As the Leaders&rsquo; Debates Commission states, debates &ldquo;give you a chance to see the character, temperament, and unscripted approaches of leaders seeking to be Canada&rsquo;s prime minister.&rdquo;Here&rsquo;s how you]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2019-federal-leaders-debates/</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-2019-federal-leaders-debates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jacob Forman Tells Court He's Responsible For Killing Wife, 2 Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[KELOWNA, B.C. &mdash; A man wept as he pleaded guilty Thursday to killing his wife and two young daughters days before Christmas in 2017.Jacob Forman entered guilty pleas in B.C. Supreme Court to one count of second-degree murder in the death of his wife Clara Forman and two charges of first-degree murder for the deaths of seven-year-old Karina and eight-year-old Yesenia.Their bodies were found in the family&rsquo;s home in Kelowna, B.C., on Dec. 19, 2017.Crown attorney Murray Kay said he would]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jacob-forman-tells-court-hes-responsible-for-killing-wife-2-kids/</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 04:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jacob-forman-tells-court-hes-responsible-for-killing-wife-2-kids/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh's French NDP Ad Pulls No Punches Over Quebec's Secularism Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[The NDP leader&rsquo;s latest video campaign is a direct pitch to Quebec voters ahead of the 2019 fall federal election.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singhs-french-ndp-ad-pulls-no-punches-over-quebecs-secularism-law/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singhs-french-ndp-ad-pulls-no-punches-over-quebecs-secularism-law/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real Estate In Toronto, Vancouver Sees Another Month Of Rebound]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s priciest housing markets, Toronto and Vancouver, continued their sales rebound in August, but while Toronto is seeing a return to moderate price growth, Vancouver&rsquo;s steep declines in selling prices continued.Sales were up by 15.7 per cent in Greater Vancouver in August, the region&rsquo;s real estate board reported, although that compares to a very weak August a year ago.&ldquo;With more demand from homebuyers, the supply of homes listed for sale isn&rsquo;t accumulating lik]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/real-estate-in-toronto-vancouver-sees-another-month-of-rebound/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/real-estate-in-toronto-vancouver-sees-another-month-of-rebound/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chilliwack City Council Votes Against Rainbow Crosswalk, Calling It 'Divisive']]></title><description><![CDATA[A British Columbia city has voted against creating a crosswalk to celebrate LGBTQ Pride, with many councillors calling the issue incredibly &ldquo;divisive.&rdquo;&nbsp;Chilliwack city council voted down the motion Tuesday to install a rainbow crosswalk in downtown Chilliwack. All but one councillor voted in favour of denying a petition for the colourful crossing. The petition had over 780 signatures and letters behind it.Chilliwack is located about 100 km southeast of Vancouver and has a popula]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chilliwack-city-council-votes-against-rainbow-crosswalk-calling-it-divisive/</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/chilliwack-city-council-votes-against-rainbow-crosswalk-calling-it-divisive/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beloved Vancouver Icon Canuck The Crow Is Missing]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver&rsquo;s most famous avian resident &ldquo;Canuck the Crow&rdquo; has disappeared, and there is a $10,000 reward for information leading to his safe return.Shawn Bergman, who runs the Facebook page &ldquo;Canuck And I&rdquo; says the beloved bird hasn&rsquo;t been spotted in his East Vancouver neighbourhood for nearly a week.&nbsp;&ldquo;I am extremely worried about him,&rdquo; Bergman says in a video posted to the page. &ldquo;This is not like him, he hasn&rsquo;t gone off on any multi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/beloved-vancouver-icon-canuck-the-crow-is-missing/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 22:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/beloved-vancouver-icon-canuck-the-crow-is-missing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Court Approves 6 Legal Challenges To Trans Mountain Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The Federal Court of Appeal says six legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project focusing on Indigenous consultation can proceed.The federal government has twice approved a plan to triple the capacity of an existing pipeline from Alberta&rsquo;s oilpatch to a terminal in Burnaby, B.C.Last year the Federal Court of Appeal tore up the original approval, citing both an insufficient environmental review and inadequate consultations with Indigenous communities.The Libera]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/federal-court-approves-6-legal-challenges-to-trans-mountain-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/federal-court-approves-6-legal-challenges-to-trans-mountain-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Investment Management Decreased Its Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) Stake; Lexinfintech Holdings LTD. – American Depositary S (LX) Shorts Lowered By 8.1% - The NBO News]]></title><description><![CDATA[British Columbia Investment Management Decreased Its Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) Stake; Lexinfintech Holdings LTD. &ndash; American Depositary S (LX) Shorts Lowered By 8.1%&nbsp;&nbsp;The NBO NewsLexinfintech Holdings LTD. &ndash; American Depositary S (NASDAQ:LX) had a decrease of 8.1% in short interest. LX's SI was 763,100 shares in August as released ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-decreased-its-alexandria-real-estate-eq-in-are-stake-lexinfintech-holdings-ltd-american-depositary-s-lx-shorts-lowered-by-81-the-nbo-news/</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Aug 2019 14:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-decreased-its-alexandria-real-estate-eq-in-are-stake-lexinfintech-holdings-ltd-american-depositary-s-lx-shorts-lowered-by-81-the-nbo-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Could See More Wildfires This Fall Thanks To Warm Weather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labour Day is fast approaching, and Canadians know what that means &mdash; summer is coming to an end.But that doesn&rsquo;t mean you have to put away your T-shirts just yet.&nbsp;Accuweather recently released its fall weather forecast for Canada, and it includes some good news for those who enjoy warm weather.&nbsp;But there could also be some implications, especially in the coming weeks.After a relatively calm wildfire season, the conditions are ripe for that to change, Accuweather senior mete]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-could-see-more-wildfires-this-fall-thanks-to-warm-weather/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-could-see-more-wildfires-this-fall-thanks-to-warm-weather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Oler, Leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Sentenced For Trying To Marry 15-Year-Old]]></title><description><![CDATA[CRANBROOK, B.C. &mdash; A former leader of a polygamous sect in British Columbia has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for taking a 15-year-old girl into the United States to be married.James Oler, the one-time leader of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bountiful, showed no reaction when he was sentenced in Cranbrook by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Martha Devlin.The sentencing concludes a legal process that began five years ago when he was charged with the removal of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/james-oler-leader-of-fundamentalist-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-sentenced-for-trying-to-marry-15-year-old/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 05:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/james-oler-leader-of-fundamentalist-church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints-sentenced-for-trying-to-marry-15-year-old/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Feeds Wild Bear Timbit, Gets Fine And Restraining Order]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man in B.C. learned the hard way about why you shouldn&rsquo;t feed wild bears Timbits after he was fined $2,000.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/man-feeds-wild-bear-timbit-gets-fine-and-restraining-order/</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 02:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/man-feeds-wild-bear-timbit-gets-fine-and-restraining-order/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Ford's Right. Show Ontarians The Full Price They're Paying At The Pumps.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario Premier Doug Ford is right. Canadian gas buyers have a right to know how much they are paying when it comes to the hidden costs of the gas they buy. This is the premise of the so-called Federal Carbon Tax Transparency Act (CTTA) and Ford&rsquo;s plan to require stickers for gas pumps starting Aug. 30, which would disclose how much drivers pay in carbon taxes when they buy gas. On the issue of transparency, it seems some groups are already crying foul. The Ontario Chamber of Commerce and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/doug-fords-right-show-ontarians-the-full-price-theyre-paying-at-the-pumps/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/doug-fords-right-show-ontarians-the-full-price-theyre-paying-at-the-pumps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Trails All Provinces Except 1 In Legal Weed Sales Across Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia sold less legal cannabis than any province other than Prince Edward Island in the first nine months of legalization and officials blame supply shortages and a slow rollout of retail stores.Statistics Canada data shows B.C. sold $19.5 million worth of legal pot from October 2018 through June 2019. The only province that sold less was P.E.I., which took in $10.7 million with only a fraction of B.C.&rsquo;s population.In its annual report, B.C.&rsquo;s liquor dist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-trails-all-provinces-except-1-in-legal-weed-sales-across-canada/</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-trails-all-provinces-except-1-in-legal-weed-sales-across-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Cougar' Reported To Surrey RCMP Was Actually Just A Chunky Housecat]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police responding to a cougar sighting near a Metro Vancouver elementary school were in for a surprise when they found the big cat was smaller than expected &mdash; much smaller.In fact, the supposed 150-pound cougar turned out to be a &ldquo;large domestic cat.&rdquo;A woman who lived in the South Surrey neighbourhood emailed Peace Arch News early Tuesday to report that a cat &ldquo;maybe 150lbs&rdquo; had walked down the road in front of her neighbours&rsquo; house Monday. The sighting was nea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cougar-reported-to-surrey-rcmp-was-actually-just-a-chunky-housecat/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 21:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cougar-reported-to-surrey-rcmp-was-actually-just-a-chunky-housecat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals’ First-Time Homebuyer Incentive To Deliver Good Economic News 6 Days Before Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Standing at a Richmond Hill, Ont. construction site Wednesday, federal Families, Children and Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos formally announced the launch of the First-Time Homebuyer Incentive, the policy on which the Liberals are staking their housing-affordability credentials this election.Under the plan launching Sept. 2, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. will buy a share of a first-time homebuyer&rsquo;s house &#8213; 5 per cent for resale homes, and 5 or 10 per cent for newly]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-first-time-homebuyer-incentive-to-deliver-good-economic-news-6-days-before-election/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-first-time-homebuyer-incentive-to-deliver-good-economic-news-6-days-before-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Do Canadian Mortgage Rates Compare To The Rest Of The World?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian mortgage rates have been coming down and that has been a big boost to housing markets in recent months.&nbsp;With lower monthly costs, more people can afford to buy, and that&rsquo;s probably the main reason home sales soared 24 per cent in Toronto and Vancouver in July.With fixed-rate mortgages going for as little as 2.39 per cent in Canada these days, you would think it couldn&rsquo;t get any cheaper to borrow.&nbsp;But you&rsquo;d be wrong.&nbsp;Watch: The best communities in Canada]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-do-canadian-mortgage-rates-compare-to-the-rest-of-the-world/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 17:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-do-canadian-mortgage-rates-compare-to-the-rest-of-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tristin Hopper Explains Why He Killed That Raccoon]]></title><description><![CDATA[It starts like any other night. You&rsquo;re out for a romantic date with your wife, when suddenly someone and their dog is attacked by a raccoon and you have to stomp it to death.Oh, and also your dad is there with a machete.&nbsp;And then you post about it on Twitter.Romantic night with wife cut short by having to kick a potentially rabid raccoon to death. Randomly attacked a pedestrian. pic.twitter.com/4BZuUWWFTz&mdash; Tristin Hopper (@TristinHopper) August 24, 2019This is apparently what ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tristin-hopper-explains-why-he-killed-that-raccoon/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tristin-hopper-explains-why-he-killed-that-raccoon/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halifax Tops Major Canadian Cities For Cannabis Use, Study Suggests]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; A pilot project that analyzed wastewater in five major urban centres suggests Canadians may use drugs differently depending on which city they call home.For example, the analysis by Statistics Canada showed cannabis levels are much higher in Montreal and Halifax than in Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton.But the findings reported Monday showed methamphetamine levels were significantly higher in the latter two cities. Methamphetamine levels were particularly low in Halifax &mdash; s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/halifax-tops-major-canadian-cities-for-cannabis-use-study-suggests/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 15:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/halifax-tops-major-canadian-cities-for-cannabis-use-study-suggests/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Is Jim Pattison And Why Is His Name On Those Maxime Bernier Billboards?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Controversial anti-immigration billboards in support of Maxime Bernier&rsquo;s People&rsquo;s Party Of Canada were posted and quickly taken down this week. The signs were posted in cities across Canada with the slogan &ldquo;Say NO to Mass Immigration.&rdquo;But you might&rsquo;ve noticed a vaguely familiar name in the bottom corner of many of these billboard &mdash; Pattison.That&rsquo;s because the billboards are owned by Pattison Outdoor Advertising, the out-of-home-advertising division of B.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/who-is-jim-pattison-and-why-is-his-name-on-those-maxime-bernier-billboards/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/who-is-jim-pattison-and-why-is-his-name-on-those-maxime-bernier-billboards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Suzuki Foundation Launches Satirical Push To Drop Voting Age To 8]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Vancouver-based environmental charity is making a satirical push to lower the voting age to eight to underscore the importance of protecting future generations from the effects of climate change.The David Suzuki Foundation launched the campaign Monday, dubbed &ldquo;18 to 8,&rdquo; with a website calling for voters to listen to young voices and &ldquo;prioritize a livable climate over all other issues&rdquo; in this fall&rsquo;s election.&ldquo;When you get into the voting booth on October 21,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/david-suzuki-foundation-launches-satirical-push-to-drop-voting-age-to-8/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2019 21:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/david-suzuki-foundation-launches-satirical-push-to-drop-voting-age-to-8/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou's Defence Alleges Canada Acted As "Agent" For FBI]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A defence team for a Chinese telecom executive is alleging Canadian officials acted as &ldquo;agents&rdquo; of American law enforcement while she was detained at Vancouver&rsquo;s airport for three hours ahead of her arrest.In court documents released this week, defence lawyers for Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou point to handwritten notes by Canadian officers indicating Meng&rsquo;s electronics were collected in anticipation of a request from the Federal Bureau of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhous-defence-alleges-canada-acted-as-agent-for-fbi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huawei-executive-meng-wanzhous-defence-alleges-canada-acted-as-agent-for-fbi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking For A Hard Seltzer In Canada? Vodka Soda In A Can Is Taking The West Coast By Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;It tastes like a soda water, but with booze!&rdquo;&nbsp;&ldquo;Imagine alcoholic LaCroix!&rdquo;That&rsquo;s how canned vodka sodas are usually pitched by friends, bars and liquor stores in Western Canada. These vodka sodas in cans &mdash; with brand names like Nude, Nutrl and PYUR &mdash; are marketed as low-calorie, refreshing and easy to drink alternatives to other alcoholic beverages. Right now in Canada, they&rsquo;re a uniquely West Coast thing &mdash; head to any beach or patio in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/looking-for-a-hard-seltzer-in-canada-vodka-soda-in-a-can-is-taking-the-west-coast-by-storm/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 22:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/looking-for-a-hard-seltzer-in-canada-vodka-soda-in-a-can-is-taking-the-west-coast-by-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Luxury Housing Market Is World’s Weakest For A Year Straight Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to lose money in real estate these days, almost anywhere, but Vancouver is among an elite group of cities where the wealthy are doing just that.The city, once an unstoppable juggernaut of foreign money and rising prices, has ranked at the bottom of a list of the world&rsquo;s hottest luxury housing markets for the fourth quarter in a row.That means Vancouver has now spent a year as the world&rsquo;s weakest luxury market in Knight Frank&rsquo;s ranking of 46 major world cities. L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-luxury-housing-market-is-worlds-weakest-for-a-year-straight-now/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 22:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-luxury-housing-market-is-worlds-weakest-for-a-year-straight-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernier Claims ‘Islamist Extremists’ Have Infiltrated Canadian Politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[GATINEAU, Que. &mdash; Islamic extremists are infiltrating Canadian political parties, Maxime Bernier told reporters Sunday, alleging that political party leaders are playing footsie with them to get votes.The leader of the People&rsquo;s Party of Canada was responding to questions about whether he shares views espoused by the guest speaker at his party&rsquo;s inaugural conference. Benjamin Dichter, contended that the Liberal party of Canada is &ldquo;infested with Islamiscists&rdquo; and that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bernier-claims-islamist-extremists-have-infiltrated-canadian-politics/</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Aug 2019 19:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bernier-claims-islamist-extremists-have-infiltrated-canadian-politics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Lawyers Offer Doug Ford A 'Cautionary Tale' On Legal Aid Cuts]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Nicole Bell was in the hospital recovering from an emergency C-section when her ex first threatened to kidnap their newborn daughter.&nbsp;That began a six-year nightmare the Fraser Valley, B.C. mom describes as &ldquo;by far the most terrible thing I&rsquo;ve ever experienced in my life.&rdquo;&nbsp;After the baby was born in December 2012, the father was charged and put on probation for uttering threats. Months later, Bell initiated a court application to get full custody of th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-lawyers-offer-doug-ford-a-cautionary-tale-on-legal-aid-cuts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-lawyers-offer-doug-ford-a-cautionary-tale-on-legal-aid-cuts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Vacant Home Rate Is 5 Times Higher Than U.S., And Rising]]></title><description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s no doubt Canada&rsquo;s housing supply &#8213; at least in many places &#8213; is very tight. Apartment vacancy rates are near historic lows, and the country&rsquo;s home ownership rate is shrinking.&nbsp;But somehow, there is a growing number of empty homes to be found.Many of Canada&rsquo;s largest cities have seen a spike in empty home rates in recent years, according to new research from Point2 Homes that shows the issue is a much larger phenomenon in Canada than in the U.S.The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-vacant-home-rate-is-5-times-higher-than-us-and-rising/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-vacant-home-rate-is-5-times-higher-than-us-and-rising/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Got The Sweetest Vancouver-Themed Gift From Blake Lively]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds loves Vancouver. Like, really really loves Vancouver. The Deadpool star grew up in the city and still returns frequently. He runs a gin distillery there. His social media handles are @vancityrenyolds, for goodness&rsquo; sake.&nbsp;To celebrate that West Coast love, this week Reynolds&rsquo; wife Blake Lively gave him the sweetest Vancouver-themed gift &mdash; a custom painting from American artist Danny Galieote. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Ryan Reynolds (@vancityr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-got-the-sweetest-vancouver-themed-gift-from-blake-lively/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-got-the-sweetest-vancouver-themed-gift-from-blake-lively/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics Watchdog Sides Firmly With Jody Wilson-Raybould On SNC-Lavalin Affair]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; After insisting for six months that his government had done nothing wrong in the SNC-Lavalin affair, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to accept a verdict Wednesday that backed his former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould&rsquo;s version of events rather than his own.In a scathing report, House of Commons&rsquo; Conflict of Interest and Ethics commissioner,&nbsp;Mario Dion found Trudeau used his position of authority over Wilson-Raybould to try to influence her decision]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ethics-watchdog-sides-firmly-with-jody-wilson-raybould-on-snc-lavalin-affair/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ethics-watchdog-sides-firmly-with-jody-wilson-raybould-on-snc-lavalin-affair/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taleeb Noormohamed Running Against Jody Wilson-Raybould In B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Liberals now have a candidate in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Granville, where their biggest rival will be someone they once called their own.Taleeb Noormohamed, a 42-year-old tech entrepreneur, has been acclaimed as the Liberal vying to unseat Jody Wilson-Raybould, the former justice minister now seeking re-election as an Independent candidate.Wilson-Raybould, who won the seat for the Liberals as a star candidate with about 44 per cent of the vote in 2015, rocked]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/taleeb-noormohamed-running-against-jody-wilson-raybould-in-bc/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 18:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/taleeb-noormohamed-running-against-jody-wilson-raybould-in-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's A Mistake To Compare Hong Kong Protesters To Terrorists: Freeland]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vincent Wong has never felt more connected to his Hong Kong roots than during this summer of protests.&nbsp;From Toronto, he&rsquo;s closely followed news coverage of black-clad protesters showing up in the millions to demonstrate on Hong Kong&rsquo;s hot streets, facing riot police, tear gas and rubber bullets, standing up for human rights and the rule of law.&nbsp;&ldquo;I was shocked at the amount of people who care about their city and the awareness of the political and legal issues at stake]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-a-mistake-to-compare-hong-kong-protesters-to-terrorists-freeland/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-a-mistake-to-compare-hong-kong-protesters-to-terrorists-freeland/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most Affordable Communities In Canada For Housing]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new list published by Maclean&rsquo;s magazine, has found 100 of the most affordable places to live in Canada.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/most-affordable-communities-in-canada-for-housing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 21:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/most-affordable-communities-in-canada-for-housing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Murder Suspects Bryer Schmegelsky And Kam McLeod Died By Suicide By Gunfire, RCMP Confirm]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The RCMP say two British Columbia men who led police on a cross-Canada manhunt died by what appears to be suicide by gunfire.Police say Bryer Schmegelsky and Kam McLeod appeared to be dead for a number of days before their bodies were found in northern Manitoba but the exact time of their deaths isn&rsquo;t known.However, police say in a statement that there were strong indications that the teens had been alive for a few days since they were last seen in July and during the ext]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-murder-suspects-bryer-schmegelsky-and-kam-mcleod-died-by-suicide-by-gunfire-rcmp-confirm/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 22:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-murder-suspects-bryer-schmegelsky-and-kam-mcleod-died-by-suicide-by-gunfire-rcmp-confirm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Celebrating Indigenous Languages’ Project Aims To Save Thousands of Dialects]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new initiative between Google Earth and researchers at the University of Victoria is helping to preserve 55 Indigenous languages that are at risk of being forgotten.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/celebrating-indigenous-languages-project-aims-to-save-thousands-of-dialects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/celebrating-indigenous-languages-project-aims-to-save-thousands-of-dialects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Home Affordability Sees Biggest Improvement In A Decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a bit premature to say houses in Canada are affordable again &#8213; in fact, it&rsquo;s way&nbsp;too premature to say that &#8213; but things are moving in the right direction, and fast.The latest housing affordability monitor from National Bank of Canada shows the cost of owning a home, relative to income, saw its steepest drop in a decade in the second quarter of this year.The last time affordability improved this much, it was due to a sharp slowdown during the financial crisis of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-affordability-sees-biggest-improvement-in-a-decade/</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2019 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-affordability-sees-biggest-improvement-in-a-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Squamish Gondola Collapse May Have Been Intentional: RCMP]]></title><description><![CDATA[SQUAMISH, B.C. &mdash; Police believe someone may have intentionally cut a gondola cable at a tourist attraction in Squamish, B.C., sending several unoccupied cabins to the ground early Saturday.RCMP say they&rsquo;re still assessing the damage, but early signs point to the Sea to Sky Gondola cable being cut.Spokeswoman Const. Ashley MacKay says authorities are working to inspect the full length of the gondola line.Earlier: RCMP say bodies believed to B.C. murder suspects found in northern Manit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/squamish-gondola-collapse-may-have-been-intentional-rcmp/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2019 06:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/squamish-gondola-collapse-may-have-been-intentional-rcmp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Kristian Lee Baxter Freed After Months Of Detention In Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEIRUT &mdash; A British Columbia man detained in Syria since late last year has been released, Lebanese authorities said Friday.&nbsp;Kristian Lee Baxter,&nbsp;who has been described by his family as a &ldquo;world traveller,&rdquo;&nbsp;spoke from Beirut and thanked the Lebanese and Canadian governments for securing his release.He broke down in tears during a televised news conference as he described his eight-month ordeal.&ldquo;I thought I would be there forever,&rdquo; Baxter told reporters]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-kristian-lee-baxter-freed-after-months-of-detention-in-syria/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 18:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-kristian-lee-baxter-freed-after-months-of-detention-in-syria/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unemployment Rate Jumps To 5.7% As Canada Posts Surprise Job Losses]]></title><description><![CDATA[After stellar growth over the past few years, Canada&rsquo;s job market is showing signs of slowing down &#8213; even as wage growth is accelerating.The country posted a decline of 24,200 jobs in July, according to Statistics Canada, pushing the unemployment rate up to 5.7 per cent &#8213; still a very low rate by historic standards.The decline came as a surprise to experts, who had been expecting job gains of around 12,000 to 14,000. This marks the third consecutive month that Canada&rsquo;s ec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/unemployment-rate-jumps-to-57-as-canada-posts-surprise-job-losses/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 15:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/unemployment-rate-jumps-to-57-as-canada-posts-surprise-job-losses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. RCMP Investigating After 5-Day-Old Baby Cow Killed With Arrows]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGLEY, B.C. &mdash; A Metro Vancouver dairy farmer is at a loss to explain why someone would shoot several arrows into a five-day-old calf, ensure it was dead and then make off with the carcass.Erin Anderson, who co-owns Eagle Acres Dairy with her husband in Langley, B.C., says they came out to &ldquo;a bloody scene&rdquo; in the early morning of Aug. 1 and believed a coyote may have taken the calf.&nbsp;But the couple had recently installed closed circuit video cameras and instead of seeing a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-investigating-after-5-day-old-baby-cow-killed-with-arrows/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-investigating-after-5-day-old-baby-cow-killed-with-arrows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Peschisolido, B.C. Liberal MP,  Faces Investigation From Ethics Watchdog]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal ethics watchdog has launched an investigation into allegations that Liberal MP Joe Peschisolido failed to update his public records when the Law Society of B.C. took control of his law firm earlier this year.Ethics commissioner Mario Dion confirmed in a letter to Conservative MP Peter Kent, who requested the inquiry, that he is looking into the matter.Federal ethics rules require MPs to report any material changes to their investments and other private interests within]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/joe-peschisolido-bc-liberal-mp-faces-investigation-from-ethics-watchdog/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/joe-peschisolido-bc-liberal-mp-faces-investigation-from-ethics-watchdog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child Bitten By Bear At Greater Vancouver Zoo Was In Restricted Area]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGLEY, B.C. &mdash; A manager with the Greater Vancouver Zoo says a two-year-old girl who was bitten by a bear somehow got past a locked gate to access an enclosure with three young black bears.Menita Prasad, the zoo&rsquo;s animal care manager, says there is a combination of chain-link and wooden fencing around the enclosure and steel gates keeping the bears in and the public out.Prasad says it&rsquo;s unclear how the girl accessed the enclosure late Monday, but the only feasible explanation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/child-bitten-by-bear-at-greater-vancouver-zoo-was-in-restricted-area/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/child-bitten-by-bear-at-greater-vancouver-zoo-was-in-restricted-area/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southern Resident Killer Whale Population Declines With 3 Presumed Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Three southern resident killer whales have been declared missing or presumed dead by the Center for Whale Research, bringing the population down to 73.The missing killer whales are J17, a 42-year-old matriarch, a 28-year-old adult called K25, and a 29-year-old male called L84, the institute posted on its website.&ldquo;These whales are from the extremely endangered southern resident killer whale population, that historically frequent the Salish Sea almost daily in summer months]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/southern-resident-killer-whale-population-declines-with-3-presumed-deaths/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/southern-resident-killer-whale-population-declines-with-3-presumed-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killer Whale Species Moves Closer To Extinction With 3 Presumed Deaths]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Three southern resident killer whales have been declared missing or presumed dead by the Center for Whale Research, bringing the population down to 73.The missing killer whales are J17, a 42-year-old matriarch, a 28-year-old adult called K25, and a 29-year-old male called L84, the institute posted on its website.&ldquo;These whales are from the extremely endangered southern resident killer whale population, that historically frequent the Salish Sea almost daily in summer months]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/killer-whale-species-moves-closer-to-extinction-with-3-presumed-deaths/</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/killer-whale-species-moves-closer-to-extinction-with-3-presumed-deaths/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Find Items Linked To B.C. Murder Suspects Near Manitoba River]]></title><description><![CDATA[GILLAM, Man. &mdash; RCMP in northern Manitoba say they have found several items linked to two murder suspects from British Columbia.Mounties did not say what the items are but that they were found on the shore of the Nelson River.On Aug 2, several items directly linked to the suspects were found on shoreline, 9km along the Nelson River. RCMP Underwater Recovery Team did not find additional items. Roadblock on PR 290 has been removed, but officers remain in the Gillam area. #rcmpmbhttps://t.co/e]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-find-items-linked-to-bc-murder-suspects-near-manitoba-river/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-find-items-linked-to-bc-murder-suspects-near-manitoba-river/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child Bitten By Bear At Greater Vancouver Zoo, Airlifted To Hospital]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A child has been injured after being bitten by a bear at the Greater Vancouver Zoo.The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it received information Monday night that a child was injured due to an animal bite at the zoo in Langley.A spokesman for the Environment Ministry confirmed a bear bit the child.RELATEDDog Walker Blasts Metallica To Scare Off Cougar In B.C.Here Comes The Chonk: Study Shows Our Cats Are Getting FatterOttawa Lifts Speed Limits For Gulf Of St. L]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/child-bitten-by-bear-at-greater-vancouver-zoo-airlifted-to-hospital/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 22:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/child-bitten-by-bear-at-greater-vancouver-zoo-airlifted-to-hospital/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto, Vancouver Home Sales Soar 24%, Dashing Buyers’ Hopes Of A Cooler Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Would-be homebuyers hoping for a slowdown in the real estate market will find little good news in the latest monthly reports from the real estate boards in Canada&rsquo;s priciest cities.Sales in both Toronto and Vancouver jumped by just about 24 per cent in both cities in June, compared to the same month a year earlier.Watch: Is Canada&rsquo;s economy addicted to money laundering? Story continues below.&nbsp;The average selling price in Greater Toronto was up 3.2 per cent from a year earlier, t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-home-sales-soar-24-dashing-buyers-hopes-of-a-cooler-market/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-vancouver-home-sales-soar-24-dashing-buyers-hopes-of-a-cooler-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Call Off Nelson River Underwater Search For B.C. Murder Suspects]]></title><description><![CDATA[GILLAM, Man. &mdash; RCMP say they will no longer be searching a river in northern Manitoba for two murder suspects.Mounties say the search of the river began after a damaged aluminum boat was discovered on the shore of the Nelson River on Friday.The dive team arrived in Gillam and conducted an underwater search &ldquo;of significant areas of interest&rdquo; on Sunday.This is the damaged aluminum boat found by #rcmpmb officers on the shores of the Nelson River during a helicopter search on frida]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-call-off-nelson-river-underwater-search-for-bc-murder-suspects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-call-off-nelson-river-underwater-search-for-bc-murder-suspects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau Calls Out Andrew Scheer For Not Joining Party Leaders At Vancouver Pride]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver&rsquo;s annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday.The prime minister took the opportunity to offer his condolences to the victims of two mass shootings that left a combined 29 people dead in Texas and Ohio over the weekend, before he joined NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Leader Elizabeth May on the parade route.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s so important that we all stand to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-calls-out-andrew-scheer-for-not-joining-party-leaders-at-vancouver-pride/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 21:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-calls-out-andrew-scheer-for-not-joining-party-leaders-at-vancouver-pride/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thieves Break Into Edmonton Airbnb And Wear Guests' Clothes, Do Laundry]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; A Vancouver Island couple had a bizarre experience in a downtown Edmonton Airbnb earlier this week.Rod and Kat Gordon, who arrived in the city Sunday,&nbsp;went out to visit family after dropping off their belongings at the suite.&ldquo;Nothing appeared like there was any kind of problem &mdash; until we opened the door. Then it was like another world,&rdquo; said Kat Gordon.The lights were all on and death metal music was blaring.&ldquo;The first thing we noticed was two pairs]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/thieves-break-into-edmonton-airbnb-and-wear-guests-clothes-do-laundry/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 04:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/thieves-break-into-edmonton-airbnb-and-wear-guests-clothes-do-laundry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ontario Police Investigating Influx Of Tips About Bryer Schmegelsky And Kam McLeod]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ontario Provincial Police have assigned a team of investigators to look into a spike in tips regarding two young men wanted in multiple murders in British Columbia.Police said Friday the reports have come in from across the province, and investigators cannot confirm at this time whether any of the sightings are, in fact, of 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky and 19-year-old Kam McLeod.A few possible sightings were reported in Ontario at a time when the hunt for the suspects was focused in Manitoba, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-police-investigating-influx-of-tips-about-bryer-schmegelsky-and-kam-mcleod/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 03:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ontario-police-investigating-influx-of-tips-about-bryer-schmegelsky-and-kam-mcleod/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotel Georgia Employees Set To File Human Rights Complaint Against Luxury Vancouver Hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[A group of current and former restaurant servers at Vancouver&rsquo;s historic Rosewood Hotel Georgia are filing a formal human rights complaint for sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.The complaint, which was shared with HuffPost Canada, is set to be filed at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal early next week. It was submitted by former Rosewood Hotel Georgia restaurant and bar staff Casey Vanderveen, Jesse Perry Huson, Sierra Garrison and a fourth woman, who the union representing the w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hotel-georgia-employees-set-to-file-human-rights-complaint-against-luxury-vancouver-hotel/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Aug 2019 01:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hotel-georgia-employees-set-to-file-human-rights-complaint-against-luxury-vancouver-hotel/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toad Migration Closes B.C. Road]]></title><description><![CDATA[WHISTLER, B.C. &mdash; Some very small creatures are forcing some big changes in a popular section of the Resort Municipality of Whistler, B.C., as an annual migration begins to peak.The municipality has closed the Lost Lake access road, a parking lot and the events lawn,&nbsp;and says other closures are possible as thousands of western toadlets make their trek from the lake into the surrounding forest.The dime-sized amphibians are native to British Columbia and listed as a species of special co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toad-migration-closes-bc-road/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 14:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toad-migration-closes-bc-road/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May Draws NDP Heat With ‘Idea’ About SNC-Lavalin And First Nations Water]]></title><description><![CDATA[Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she was merely &ldquo;floating an idea&rdquo; when she proposed getting SNC-Lavalin involved in projects to help deliver safe drinking water on First Nations reserves.It&rsquo;s a proposal that has been blasted by New Democrats in what May sees as a sign that the upcoming election campaign will be &ldquo;ugly.&rdquo;At a town hall meeting in Ashcroft, B.C. in July, May suggested that if SNC-Lavalin is found guilty on corruption and fraud charges, the Quebec-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-draws-ndp-heat-with-idea-about-snc-lavalin-and-first-nations-water/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-draws-ndp-heat-with-idea-about-snc-lavalin-and-first-nations-water/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manhunt For Suspected B.C. Killers Brings Fear To Northern Manitoba]]></title><description><![CDATA[YORK LANDING, Man. &mdash; Doors were locked, roads were empty and people were on edge,&nbsp;said a chief in northeastern Manitoba as armed police officers searched the area for two suspects in killings in British Columbia.&ldquo;The manhunt is on here,&rdquo; York Factory Chief Leroy Constant said Monday.&ldquo;Until these suspects are caught or our area deemed safe, that fear will still remain.&rdquo;RCMP received a tip Sunday just before 5 p.m. local time that two men matching the description]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/manhunt-for-suspected-bc-killers-brings-fear-to-northern-manitoba/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/manhunt-for-suspected-bc-killers-brings-fear-to-northern-manitoba/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manhunt For Suspected B.C. Killers Bring Fear To Northern Manitoba]]></title><description><![CDATA[YORK LANDING, Man. &mdash; Doors were locked, roads were empty and people were on edge,&nbsp;said a chief in northeastern Manitoba as armed police officers searched the area for two suspects in killings in British Columbia.&ldquo;The manhunt is on here,&rdquo; York Factory Chief Leroy Constant said Monday.&ldquo;Until these suspects are caught or our area deemed safe, that fear will still remain.&rdquo;RCMP received a tip Sunday just before 5 p.m. local time that two men matching the description]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/manhunt-for-suspected-bc-killers-bring-fear-to-northern-manitoba/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/manhunt-for-suspected-bc-killers-bring-fear-to-northern-manitoba/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Are The Bear Clan Patrol, The Group Helping RCMP In York Landing Manhunt?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A massive manhunt for a pair of teenage murder suspects&nbsp;in northern Manitoba took a turn Sunday after a Winnipeg-based group made an unlikely sighting.A volunteer with the community safety group Bear Clan Patrol&nbsp;spotted two men in York Landing, Man., who matched the descriptions of Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and Kam McLeod, 19. The two suspects are wanted in connection with a string of murders in British Columbia.&nbsp;On Monday, RCMP couldn&rsquo;t confirm the sighting of the wanted men,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/who-are-the-bear-clan-patrol-the-group-helping-rcmp-in-york-landing-manhunt/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/who-are-the-bear-clan-patrol-the-group-helping-rcmp-in-york-landing-manhunt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Searching York Landing, Manitoba, For B.C. Murder Suspects]]></title><description><![CDATA[GILLAM, Man. &mdash; A new tip has led police involved in the escalating manhunt for two B.C. murder suspects to another remote community in northern Manitoba.RCMP posted an update on Twitter late Sunday afternoon saying they were sending helicopters, a plane, heavily armed officers and police canine units to York Landing to investigate a tip that Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, and 19-year-old Kam McLeod of Port Alberni, B.C., may have been spotted in the area.The duo are charged with second-degree murd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-searching-york-landing-manitoba-for-bc-murder-suspects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-searching-york-landing-manitoba-for-bc-murder-suspects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Least 4 Dead In B.C. Float Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Four people have been confirmed dead in a float plane crash on an uninhabited island off the northern tip of Vancouver Island.Lt. Chelsea Dubeau with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria said they received word Friday afternoon that a Cessna 208 float plane had crashed on Addenbroke Island, about 100 kilometres off the northern end of Vancouver Island.Dubeau said the BC Ferries vessel Northern Sea Wolf was on scene quickly because it was nearby and a Canadian Coast]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/at-least-4-dead-in-bc-float-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/at-least-4-dead-in-bc-float-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Asks Public To Come Forward If They Helped Bryer Schmegelsky And Kam McLeod Flee]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mounties in Manitoba are asking that anyone who may have unwittingly helped two teen homicide suspects leave the area where they were last seen to come forward.Cpl. Julie Courchaine says police aren&rsquo;t saying that&rsquo;s what happened, but aren&rsquo;t ruling out any possibilities.Courchaine says Bryer Schmegelsky,&nbsp;who is 18, and his 19-year-old friend Kam McLeod may have changed their appearance.She urges the public across the country to keep a careful watch out for the pair, who are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-asks-public-to-come-forward-if-they-helped-bryer-schmegelsky-and-kam-mcleod-flee/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2019 00:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-asks-public-to-come-forward-if-they-helped-bryer-schmegelsky-and-kam-mcleod-flee/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bryer Schmegelsky's Dad Claims Son Isn't A Neo-Nazi]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORT ALBERNI, B.C. &mdash; A murder suspect who allegedly sent photographs of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online friend was not a Nazi sympathizer, but he did think the memorabilia was &ldquo;cool,&rdquo; says his father.RCMP are investigating the photographs, which also show Bryer Schmegelsky, 18,&nbsp;in military fatigues, holding an airsoft rifle and wearing a gas mask. The man is a suspect along with Kam McLeod, 19, in three murders in British Columbia.Alan Schmegelsky]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bryer-schmegelskys-dad-claims-son-isnt-a-neo-nazi/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2019 02:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bryer-schmegelskys-dad-claims-son-isnt-a-neo-nazi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspect In 1987 B.C. Cold Case Gets Life In Prison Thanks To DNA Evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[EVERETT, Wash. &mdash; A man convicted of killing a young Canadian couple more than three decades ago after a trial that hinged on DNA evidence and newly-emerged genealogical technology was sentenced in the state of Washington to life in prison on Wednesday.William Talbott II received two consecutive life terms with no parole, The Daily Herald in Everett, Wash., reported.Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, and her 20-year-old boyfriend, Jay Cook, disappeared in November 1987 after leaving their home near]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/suspect-in-1987-bc-cold-case-gets-life-in-prison-thanks-to-dna-evidence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 17:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/suspect-in-1987-bc-cold-case-gets-life-in-prison-thanks-to-dna-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Murder Suspects Kam McLeod And Bryer Schmegelsky Charged With Second-Degree Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A second-degree murder charge has been laid against 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, the two teenagers that have set off a Canada-wide manhunt after three murders in northern British Columbia.RCMP say they&rsquo;ve identified the body found near Dease Lake, B.C.,&nbsp;as Leonard Dyck of Vancouver.His body was found on a highway pullout about two kilometres from a burned-out truck and camper police have said the teenagers had been driving.PREVIOUSLYEvery]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-murder-suspects-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-charged-with-second-degree-murder/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 03:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-murder-suspects-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-charged-with-second-degree-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything We Know About Kam McLeod And Bryer Schmegelsky, B.C. Killing Suspects]]></title><description><![CDATA[The investigation into the suspicious deaths of three people in Northern B.C. took a turn Tuesday, when the RCMP announced two teens who were originally considered missing were now suspects in the case.Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, are wanted in connection to the murder of a tourist couple &mdash; 24-year-old American Chynna Deese and 23-year-old Australian Lucas Fowler &mdash; who were found shot to death on July 15 near Liard Hot Springs. The pair had been visiting Canada as part]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/everything-we-know-about-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-bc-killing-suspects/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/everything-we-know-about-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-bc-killing-suspects/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Murder Suspect Bryer Schmegelsky's Father Expects His Son Will Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[MILL BAY, B.C. &mdash; The father of a suspect in the deaths of three people in northern British Columbia says his son is in &ldquo;very serious pain&rdquo; and he expects a nationwide manhunt will end in the young man&rsquo;s death.Alan Schmegelsky says his son, 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, had a troubled upbringing. He struggled through his parents&rsquo; acrimonious split in 2005 and his main influences became video games and YouTube&ldquo;A normal child doesn&rsquo;t travel across the coun]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-murder-suspect-bryer-schmegelskys-father-expects-his-son-will-die/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 00:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-murder-suspect-bryer-schmegelskys-father-expects-his-son-will-die/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murray Rankin Tapped By Trudeau To Chair National Security And Intelligence Review Agency]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making an outgoing New Democrat MP the chair of a new national-security review agency.Murray Rankin has been the member of Parliament for Victoria since 2012, but isn&rsquo;t seeking re-election this fall.Trudeau is naming Rankin and University of Ottawa law professor Craig Forcese to the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, whose job is to review any security or intelligence activities of the federal government to make sure they&rsquo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/murray-rankin-tapped-by-trudeau-to-chair-national-security-and-intelligence-review-agency/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/murray-rankin-tapped-by-trudeau-to-chair-national-security-and-intelligence-review-agency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jody Wilson-Raybould's Book &lsquo;From Where I Stand&rsquo; Being Published In September]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A book by former federal justice minister and attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be released on Sept. 20, according to her publisher.The book,&nbsp;which is titled From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a Stronger Canada,&nbsp;will be released by Purich Books &mdash;&nbsp;part of the University of British Columbia Press.They say in a news release that it&rsquo;s a timely, forthright, impassioned and optimistic book for all Canadians.It urges Indigenous an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jody-wilson-rayboulds-book-lsquofrom-where-i-standrsquo-being-published-in-september/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jody-wilson-rayboulds-book-lsquofrom-where-i-standrsquo-being-published-in-september/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teens Kam McLeod And Bryer Schmegelsky Now Suspects In Three Homicides]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are asking the public that if you spot Kam McLeod or Bryer Schmegelsky to consider them as dangerous - take no actions &ndash; do not approach &ndash; and call 911 immediately. pic.twitter.com/RdhBNVr5im&mdash; BCRCMP (@BCRCMP) July 23, 2019VANCOUVER &mdash; RCMP say two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.Sgt. Janelle Shoihet says 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky are]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teens-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-now-suspects-in-three-homicides/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teens-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-now-suspects-in-three-homicides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teens Kam McLeod And Bryer Schmegelsky Now Suspects In 3 Homicides]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Two British Columbia teenagers who were first thought to be missing are now considered suspects in the deaths of three people in northern B.C.Kam McLeod, 19, and Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, are suspects in the deaths of Australian Lucas Fowler, his American girlfriend Chynna Deese and an unidentified man found a few kilometres from the teens&rsquo; burned-out vehicle, RCMP said Tuesday.McLeod and Schmegelsky were last seen in northern Saskatchewan, driving a grey 2011 Toyota Rav 4,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teens-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-now-suspects-in-3-homicides/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teens-kam-mcleod-and-bryer-schmegelsky-now-suspects-in-3-homicides/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dad Of Lucas Fowler, B.C. Double Homicide Victim, Devastated By Son's Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; The father of an Australian man who was gunned down with his girlfriend while travelling on a remote British Columbia highway says the deaths are a tragic end to a love story between the inseparable couple.Chief Insp. Stephen Fowler of the New South Wales Police Force said he spoke with his globe-trotting 23-year-old son Lucas Fowler within hours of his leaving on a road trip from northern B.C. with his 24-year-old American girlfriend Chynna Deese.&ldquo;Our son Lucas was ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dad-of-lucas-fowler-bc-double-homicide-victim-devastated-by-sons-death/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 04:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dad-of-lucas-fowler-bc-double-homicide-victim-devastated-by-sons-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cat Filter Flub Gets B.C. Police Attention For All The Wrong Reasons]]></title><description><![CDATA[Like an&nbsp;episode of &ldquo;Black Mirror,&rdquo;&nbsp;British Columbia police&nbsp;livestreamed a news conference on Facebook about a double homicide using a filter that made an officer appear to be a feline/homo sapiens hybrid.&nbsp;READ MOREB.C. Teens Are Missing Near Site Where Body DiscoveredAustralian Man, American Woman Killed In B.C. Double HomicideObama Tells Canadian Crowd He&rsquo;s Worried About 'Deepfake' VideosA spokesman for the B.C. Royal Canadian Mounted Police apologized for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cat-filter-flub-gets-bc-police-attention-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 17:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cat-filter-flub-gets-bc-police-attention-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teens Are Missing Near Site Where Body Discovered]]></title><description><![CDATA[DEASE LAKE, B.C. &mdash; RCMP in northern British Columbia are searching for two young Vancouver Island men whose vehicle was discovered on fire Friday in the same area where police say a body was found.Police said in a release Sunday night that officers investigating a vehicle fire on Highway 37 about 50 kilometres south of Dease Lake, B.C., received information that led them to discover a body at a highway pullout about two kilometres from the scene of the fire.They said the burned vehicle bel]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teens-are-missing-near-site-where-body-discovered/</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teens-are-missing-near-site-where-body-discovered/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada’s Mortgage Borrowers Are Moving To The Back Alleys Of The Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &#8213; When people are desperate for something but can&rsquo;t get it through official channels, they often turn to less-official ones.&nbsp;And typically, there&rsquo;s someone there to meet the demand. The Raps game may be sold out, but there&rsquo;s a guy in the alley going, &ldquo;Raps tickets! Get Raps ticket right here!&rdquo;The mortgage market works according to similar principles. In Canada, the home-lending equivalent of a scalper is known as a mortgage investment corporation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-mortgage-borrowers-are-moving-to-the-back-alleys-of-the-market/</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2019 18:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-mortgage-borrowers-are-moving-to-the-back-alleys-of-the-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Bid To Stop Alberta's 'Turn Off The Taps' Bill Denied By Calgary Judge]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; A Calgary judge has denied British Columbia&rsquo;s attempt to block Alberta legislation that would allow that province to stop oil shipments to the coast.In a decision released Friday on the so-called Turn Off the Taps bill,&nbsp;Queen&rsquo;s Bench Justice Robert Hall said that B.C. doesn&rsquo;t have the right to take Alberta to court in Alberta over legislation passed by the Alberta legislature.&ldquo;The only parties with standing to bring this action in this court are the (]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-bid-to-stop-albertas-turn-off-the-taps-bill-denied-by-calgary-judge/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-bid-to-stop-albertas-turn-off-the-taps-bill-denied-by-calgary-judge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affordable Rental Apartments Almost Non-Existent For Canada's Low Earners: CCPA]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is nowhere to hide from Canada&rsquo;s rental housing crisis.That&rsquo;s the conclusion of a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), which found there are very few places left in the country where minimum wage workers can afford to rent apartments without stretching their finances.And the blame lies with a continuing lack of apartment building construction, the CCPA concludes, urging governments to do more to bring rental buildings online.Watch: Vancouver tops]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/affordable-rental-apartments-almost-non-existent-for-canadas-low-earners-ccpa/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/affordable-rental-apartments-almost-non-existent-for-canadas-low-earners-ccpa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Split $1.5B Military Contracts With Shipyards In 3 Provinces]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Warship repair contracts worth $1 billion will be split evenly between two shipyards, with a third deal on the way, the federal government announced Tuesday.The Davie shipyard in Quebec and Seaspan Victoria Shipyards in British Columbia were each awarded a&nbsp;$500-million contract for maintenance work on the country&rsquo;s fleet of 12 Halifax-class frigates.A similar deal with Irving Shipyards in Nova Scotia is being finalized now, the government said. In an emailed statement,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-split-15b-military-contracts-with-shipyards-in-3-provinces/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2019 21:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-split-15b-military-contracts-with-shipyards-in-3-provinces/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Weakest Housing Markets Now Include Toronto, Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Canada&rsquo;s housing markets are becoming a story of east versus west, with solid sales and rising prices in Ontario and points east, and the exact opposite in the western provinces.Nationwide home sales stayed steady in June, the Canadian Real Estate Association reported on Monday, declining a miniscule 0.2 per cent from May. The benchmark house price for all markets rose 0.3 per cent in the month, to $616,600. That&rsquo;s still about 1 per cent lower than its peak at the end of last y]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-weakest-housing-markets-now-include-toronto-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2019 18:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-weakest-housing-markets-now-include-toronto-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Prices Are Falling In 25 Canadian Communities ― Here’s The Scoreboard]]></title><description><![CDATA[Western Canada&rsquo;s housing market doldrums will continue, while some previously sleepy housing markets in the east will be Canada&rsquo;s strongest this year, a forecast from Royal LePage predicts.The real estate brokerage collected median house price data for 63 communities across Canada and offered forecasts for the rest of the year for nine of the largest.Watch: The best places in Canada to buy a house in 2019, according to MoneySense. Story continues below.&nbsp;Vancouver&rsquo;s housing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/house-prices-are-falling-in-25-canadian-communities-heres-the-scoreboard/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/house-prices-are-falling-in-25-canadian-communities-heres-the-scoreboard/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[City of Victoria’s Plastic Bag Ban Overturned By B.C. Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s top court has quashed a bylaw prohibiting single-use plastic bags in Victoria, saying the city failed to get the approval of the province&rsquo;s environment minister.The B.C. Court of Appeal said in its written ruling Thursday that the bylaw is intended to regulate businesses from providing plastic checkout bags but its aim was to protect the environment, and the effects of the bylaw are felt by businesses.The Canadian Plastic Bag Association, which rep]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/city-of-victorias-plastic-bag-ban-overturned-by-bc-court/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2019 00:46:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/city-of-victorias-plastic-bag-ban-overturned-by-bc-court/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air Canada Flight Diverted To Hawaii After 'Sudden Turbulence']]></title><description><![CDATA[An Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Sydney, Australia made an unplanned landing in Hawaii.Approximately 35 passengers are being treated for minor injuries after facing &ldquo;unforecasted&rdquo; and &ldquo;sudden&rdquo; turbulence, according to a statement from the airline to HuffPost.There were 269 passengers and 15 crew members on board Flight AC033 when the plane diverted to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu at 6:45 a.m. local time.&ldquo;Our first priority is always the s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/air-canada-flight-diverted-to-hawaii-after-sudden-turbulence/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 20:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/air-canada-flight-diverted-to-hawaii-after-sudden-turbulence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Condo And Rental Building Boom Is The Biggest Since 1990]]></title><description><![CDATA[Contractors haven&rsquo;t been building condos and rental apartments at this frenzied rate in nearly 30 years.So says a Bank of Montreal analysis of&nbsp;preliminary housing starts&nbsp;data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) for the month of June.Construction of multi-family dwellings &mdash; which include units in condo and rental buildings &mdash; roared last month at an annualized rate of about 186,000 starts, or &ldquo;the highest level on record going back to 1990,&rdquo; writes]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-condo-and-rental-building-boom-is-the-biggest-since-1990/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2019 16:57:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-condo-and-rental-building-boom-is-the-biggest-since-1990/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBC Banned From Marching In Vancouver Pride]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver&rsquo;s largest university has been barred from participating in the city&rsquo;s annual Pride march.In a statement posted to its website Monday, the Vancouver Pride Society announced that the University of British Columbia will not be permitted to participate as an institution. In the statement, the Pride Society says that the barring is &ldquo;due to [UBC&rsquo;s] decision to provide a platform for transphobic hate speech.&rdquo;VPS has made the decision to rescind @UBC's entry in th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-banned-from-marching-in-vancouver-pride/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2019 00:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-banned-from-marching-in-vancouver-pride/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Immigration Detention Centres Exist. Here's What Happens There]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The treatment of migrants has recently been thrust into the spotlight as accounts emerge of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in American border detention facilities. Here&rsquo;s a look at how Canada deals with immigration detainees.Immigration holding centres, sometimes jailsThe Canada Border Services Agency can detain foreign nationals and permanent residents under certain conditions &mdash;&nbsp;including if they pose security risks or are unlikely to appear for immigrat]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-immigration-detention-centres-exist-heres-what-happens-there/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 21:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-immigration-detention-centres-exist-heres-what-happens-there/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Government Under Fire For Plans To Save Threatened Caribou]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Premier John Horgan&rsquo;s New Democrats continue to face widespread criticism in northeast British Columbia over the government&rsquo;s attempts to introduce plans to save threatened caribou herds.Political friends and foes say deep concerns remain about plans to save jobs and the caribou, calling last month&rsquo;s introduction of an interim moratorium on new resource development a fence-mending stalling tactic.Indigenous leaders said they have become the scapegoats of the go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-government-under-fire-for-plans-to-save-threatened-caribou/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 22:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-government-under-fire-for-plans-to-save-threatened-caribou/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Southern Resident Killer Whales Spotted With New Calf Off B.C. Coast]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Researchers with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans are cheering after spotting all three pods that make up the endangered southern resident killer whale population.The department said in a tweet on Friday that they&rsquo;re happy to report that researchers encountered members of J, K and L pod off the west coast of Vancouver Island last week..Three cheers! We&rsquo;re happy to report that our researchers had the privilege of encountering Southern Resident killer whales fro]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/southern-resident-killer-whales-spotted-with-new-calf-off-bc-coast/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2019 01:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/southern-resident-killer-whales-spotted-with-new-calf-off-bc-coast/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits B.C.'s Haida Gwaii Region]]></title><description><![CDATA[BELLA BELLA, B.C. &mdash; A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit British Columbia&rsquo;s Haida Gwaii archipelago region off the west coast Wednesday.The United States Geological Survey says the earthquake hit around 9:30 p.m. local time.It reports the quake&rsquo;s epicentre was 196 kilometres west southwest of Bella Bella and it occurred at a depth of 10 kilometres.Earthquake Canada says the tremor was &ldquo;lightly felt&rdquo; on northern Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland coast.It says the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/62-magnitude-earthquake-hits-bcs-haida-gwaii-region/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/62-magnitude-earthquake-hits-bcs-haida-gwaii-region/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver's Benchmark House Price Drops Back Below $1 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good news, would-be homebuyers in Vancouver: Things have just gotten a little easier for you.Not easy, mind you. But easier.The latest data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) shows the benchmark house price in the city has fallen below the $1-million mark for the first time since 2017. At $998,700, the June benchmark price is down 9.6 per cent over the past year.Watch: Is Canada&rsquo;s economy addicted to money laundering? Story continues below.&nbsp;That price includes bot]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-benchmark-house-price-drops-back-below-1-million/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2019 20:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-benchmark-house-price-drops-back-below-1-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Aquariums Names Seal Pups After Meghan Markle, Prince Harry]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you missed the royal wedding and weren&rsquo;t able to jet over to Australia or Morocco in the last few months, you may have another opportunity to meet&nbsp; everybody&rsquo;s famous royals. All you have to do is take a trip to the Vancouver Aquarium.OK, so the Duke and Duchess of Sussex won&rsquo;t actually be there in person. But here&rsquo;s the next best thing: rescued baby harbour seal pups bearing their names.Yes, these tiny seals recovering at the aquarium&rsquo;s Marine Mammal Rescue]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquariums-names-seal-pups-after-meghan-markle-prince-harry/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquariums-names-seal-pups-after-meghan-markle-prince-harry/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garbage Arrives Back In Canada From Philippines After Long Feud]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; An infamous load of Canadian trash that had been rotting in the Philippines for more than five years has come full circle, arriving by ship at a port south of Vancouver on Saturday morning.The Anna Maersk arrived at Deltaport near the Tsawwassen ferry terminal just after 7 a.m., carrying nearly 70 containers and 1,500 tons of Canadian refuse.The ship began unloading shortly afterwards, and the trash will be held at the terminal before it can be disposed of at an incineration fa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/garbage-arrives-back-in-canada-from-philippines-after-long-feud/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2019 02:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/garbage-arrives-back-in-canada-from-philippines-after-long-feud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Public Health Manager 'Sorry' For Giving B.C. Kids Graphic Sex Guide]]></title><description><![CDATA[CRANBROOK, B.C. &mdash; The manager of a public health nurse says she is sorry for mistakenly giving a class of British Columbia students a sex-education guide that contained graphic images, including a picture of bondage between cartoon animals.Roger Parsonage, executive director of clinical operations for the East Kootenay region served by the Interior Health Authority, says he&rsquo;s not sure why the adult booklet was distributed to students in Grades 6 and 7 after a session on sexual health]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/public-health-manager-sorry-for-giving-bc-kids-graphic-sex-guide/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/public-health-manager-sorry-for-giving-bc-kids-graphic-sex-guide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There Is No Such Thing As A 'Canadian' Genocide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Genocide is a crime that belongs at the helm of international law, not in domestic law. The National Inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) invokes the language of a &ldquo;Canadian&rdquo; genocide. This suggests that Canada has recognized that such a crime has taken place according to its laws, and even suggests a tentative step toward justice. Unfortunately, a domestic inquiry into what is fundamentally an international crime is no more than a smokescreen. The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-canadian-genocide/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-canadian-genocide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Have A Disability. My School Told Me I'd Die In An Emergency.]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was 10 years old when I sprained my ankle playing cops and robbers in my backyard. Instead of my bruised, swollen foot healing after an ice pack and some ibuprofen, the pain became unbearable. Three weeks later, sitting in B.C. Childrens&rsquo; Hospital&rsquo;s emergency room, I was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome&nbsp;(CRPS). CRPS is a rare neurological disorder that causes extreme pain, limits mobility, and causes changes to bone and skin.&nbsp;Over the coming months, I juggled]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-have-a-disability-my-school-told-me-id-die-in-an-emergency/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-have-a-disability-my-school-told-me-id-die-in-an-emergency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Is Surveying Residents About Possibly Ending Daylight Saving Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the second Sunday in November, every year, humans in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere wake up tired, confused, and sleep-deprived.British Columbia is considering ending that forever.On Monday, the provincial government launched an online survey to determine what residents think about daylight saving time, and whether they want to avoid the twice-a-year time change of &ldquo;springing forward&rdquo; and then &ldquo;falling back.&rdquo;Confusingly, this move wouldn&rsquo;t actually be disc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-is-surveying-residents-about-possibly-ending-daylight-saving-time/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 23:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-is-surveying-residents-about-possibly-ending-daylight-saving-time/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peter Winterburn, Retired UBC Prof, Killed In Chile, University Confirms]]></title><description><![CDATA[VALPARAISO, Chile &mdash; The University of British Columbia says a retired geochemistry professor has died in Chile.A spokesperson for UBC confirmed in an email that Peter Winterburn, a retired professor in the school&rsquo;s faculty of science, was killed in the South American country.Global Affairs Canada also confirms that a Canadian citizen has been murdered in Chile, although for privacy reasons the department does not identify the citizen.Spokesperson Stefano Maron says consular officials]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/peter-winterburn-retired-ubc-prof-killed-in-chile-university-confirms/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/peter-winterburn-retired-ubc-prof-killed-in-chile-university-confirms/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gay Suicides Are On The Rise. Epidemiologist Travis Salway Explains Why.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photos by Jackie DivesOne of the indescribable aspects of being a member of a minority group is knowing that things are better than they have ever been and, simultaneously, not good enough.The LGBTQ community has won the right to same-sex marriage and achieved unprecedented visibility in politics, media and entertainment. Yet we still lag&nbsp;far behind the straight and cis population when it comes to mental health, substance abuse and HIV rates.Travis Salway is an epidemiologist trying to clos]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/gay-suicides-are-on-the-rise-epidemiologist-travis-salway-explains-why/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Jun 2019 18:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/gay-suicides-are-on-the-rise-epidemiologist-travis-salway-explains-why/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Queer Hairdresser Helped Me Find The Perfect Haircut — And Myself]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last month, my hairdresser moved salons.It was very sudden. One day I was walking past the salon in my neighbourhood and looked through the window to see her chair empty, the Polaroids of her and her girlfriend and their cat gone and replaced by someone else. I panicked. Where did she go? I had been seeing her for two years. She wasn&rsquo;t just my hairdresser, she was my queer hairdresser. I needed her.&nbsp;&nbsp;I stand by the idea that your hairdresser is one of the most important relations]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/my-queer-hairdresser-helped-me-find-the-perfect-haircut-and-myself/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 18:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/my-queer-hairdresser-helped-me-find-the-perfect-haircut-and-myself/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Approves B.C. Oil Tanker Ban, Environmental Assessment Bills]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A pair of controversial environmental bills scaled their final hurdle in the Senate on Thursday, over the objections of critics who warn the two pieces of legislation will kneecap Canada&rsquo;s oil industry and fuel separatist sentiment in Alberta.Senators passed Bill C-69, which overhauls the federal environmental assessment process for major construction projects, by a vote of 57-37.They also approved&nbsp;&mdash; just barely &mdash; Bill C-48, legislation barring oil tankers f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/senate-approves-bc-oil-tanker-ban-environmental-assessment-bills/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/senate-approves-bc-oil-tanker-ban-environmental-assessment-bills/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenwashing Trans Mountain Profits Won't Put Oil Back In The Ground]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s government approved the Trans Mountain Pipeline for the second time, he added a new twist &mdash; every dollar of profit the project produced, which he pegged as an estimated $500 million a year in new annual corporate tax revenues, would go into green energy projects. It&rsquo;s a nice thought, but it wont offset the pipeline&rsquo;s climate damage.The first problem is the science. According to the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report that gave us 12]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greenwashing-trans-mountain-profits-wont-put-oil-back-in-the-ground/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greenwashing-trans-mountain-profits-wont-put-oil-back-in-the-ground/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tory MP Mark Warawa Dies From Pancreatic And Colon Cancer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Veteran Conservative MP Mark Warawa has died after a battle with pancreatic and colon cancer.Warawa&rsquo;s family confirmed the news Thursday with a post on Facebook.&ldquo;Mark&rsquo;s new address is in heaven, where he hopes to see you someday,&rdquo; it reads.&nbsp;First elected in 2004, the MP for B.C.&rsquo;s Langley-Aldergrove went public with his health challenges in April, saying he was &ldquo;praying for a miracle.&rdquo; By the end of the month, he confirmed that it had spread to his]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tory-mp-mark-warawa-dies-from-pancreatic-and-colon-cancer/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 16:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/tory-mp-mark-warawa-dies-from-pancreatic-and-colon-cancer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teenager Killed By Fallen Tree At Wilderness Camp On Vancouver Island]]></title><description><![CDATA[SOOKE, B.C. &mdash; One teenager has died and another is in critical but stable condition after a tree fell on at least one of them at a camp near the Vancouver Island community of Sooke, B.C.Officials with the Otter Point Volunteer Fire Department say they were called to Camp Barnard after receiving a report that a boy was trapped under a tree.One person was seen being transported by ambulance while rescuers attempted CPR on another person on a nearby river bank.READ MORE$100,000 Gold Hunt Has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/teenager-killed-by-fallen-tree-at-wilderness-camp-on-vancouver-island/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/teenager-killed-by-fallen-tree-at-wilderness-camp-on-vancouver-island/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video Shows New Look At B.C's Rare Young White Orca]]></title><description><![CDATA[The juvenile orca is named Tl&rsquo;uk, which is a coast Salish word for moon. Experts think he will likely grow up to have normal colouring.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/video-shows-new-look-at-bcs-rare-young-white-orca/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/video-shows-new-look-at-bcs-rare-young-white-orca/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video Gives New Look At B.C's Rare Young White Orca]]></title><description><![CDATA[The juvenile orca is named Tl&rsquo;uk, which is a coast Salish word for moon. Experts think he will likely grow up to have normal colouring.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/video-gives-new-look-at-bcs-rare-young-white-orca/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 02:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/video-gives-new-look-at-bcs-rare-young-white-orca/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Things To Know In Business Today: Worst May On Record For Canadian House Price Index]]></title><description><![CDATA[House prices down in Vancouver, up in TorontoThe Teranet-National Bank house price index clocked an increase of 0.5 per cent in May, the worst performance ever for the month in the history of the index that dates back to 2008. May usually sees strong upticks in housing prices. Compared to a year earlier, prices are up 0.7 per cent, the weakest showing since the last recession, National Bank of Canada economists wrote in a client note&nbsp;Wednesday. Prices are down from a year ago in Vancouver,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-things-to-know-in-business-today-worst-may-on-record-for-canadian-house-price-index/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-things-to-know-in-business-today-worst-may-on-record-for-canadian-house-price-index/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trans Mountain Pipeline Project Approved Again By Trudeau Government]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave Canada&rsquo;s controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion a second lease on life Tuesday, framing the decision in starkly political terms that portrayed his Liberal government as best positioned to walk the narrow tightrope between economic development and environmental protection.Trapped between the need to find new markets for Canadian oil and his own party&rsquo;s branding as environmental stewards, Trudeau made his best case for a pipeli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-project-approved-again-by-trudeau-government/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-project-approved-again-by-trudeau-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deadline For Trans Mountain Pipeline Project Looms For Liberals]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government is widely expected to green light the Trans Mountain expansion project a second time Tuesday. But even with approval,&nbsp;construction is likely weeks, if not months away.The federal cabinet will be reconsidering the project at its weekly meeting this morning, nine months after the Federal Court of Appeal shelved the original approval. Any decision isn&rsquo;t likely to be announced until after the markets close for the day.International Trade Minister Jim]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/deadline-for-trans-mountain-pipeline-project-looms-for-liberals/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/deadline-for-trans-mountain-pipeline-project-looms-for-liberals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here’s How Far Millennials Need House Prices To Fall In Canadian Cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good news, frustrated Canadian would-be homebuyers: We now have a target for how much you should wish house prices to fall by: 50 per cent.Unless you&rsquo;re in Toronto, in which case you should be hoping for house prices to fall by an improbable two-thirds. Or Vancouver, where you&rsquo;ll need house prices to fall by what would be a shocking 75 per cent.That&rsquo;s according to research from Generation Squeeze, a campaign run by a University of British Columbia professor drawing attention to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-how-far-millennials-need-house-prices-to-fall-in-canadian-cities/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 19:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-how-far-millennials-need-house-prices-to-fall-in-canadian-cities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Anderson, Former Liberal Environment Minister, Tells Trudeau To Reject Trans Mountain Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A former Liberal environment minister is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau&rsquo;s cabinet to reject the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, arguing there is no economic basis for the project.David Anderson, who served 10 years in the cabinets of prime ministers Jean Chretien and Paul Martin, sent letters to six members of Trudeau&rsquo;s cabinet this week asking them to dismiss the pipeline proposal.&ldquo;There is no credible evidence to suggest that Asia is likely to be a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/david-anderson-former-liberal-environment-minister-tells-trudeau-to-reject-trans-mountain-expansion/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2019 14:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/david-anderson-former-liberal-environment-minister-tells-trudeau-to-reject-trans-mountain-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly Half Of Canadian Renters Are At Risk Of Being House Poor: Survey]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lot of ink has been spilled chronicling the epic affordability problems facing Canada&rsquo;s homeowners, but a new survey suggests it&rsquo;s Canada&rsquo;s renters that are more likely to be in a precarious financial situation.In a survey carried out by Leger for RateSupermarket, 44 per cent of renters said they spend more than a third of their income on housing.Spending one-third of your income is the cutoff line for what constitutes an affordable home, according to Canada Mortgage and Hous]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nearly-half-of-canadian-renters-are-at-risk-of-being-house-poor-survey/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nearly-half-of-canadian-renters-are-at-risk-of-being-house-poor-survey/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Police Chief Issues $575 Fine To Man Who Tossed Cigarette Butt]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A litterbug was issued a hefty fine after Victoria&rsquo;s police chief caught him flicking a cigarette butt out his car window.Chief Const. Del Manak said he was travelling on a highway in his unmarked police car when he noticed the driver of a Ford Mustang ahead of him toss the lit cigarette butt.&ldquo;I am driving in the curb lane, traffic was fairly light on Saturday evening, and I noticed that the driver had a cigarette in his hand.&nbsp;He had put the ashes out the window]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-issues-575-fine-to-man-who-tossed-cigarette-butt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-issues-575-fine-to-man-who-tossed-cigarette-butt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Police Chief Issues $575 Fine To Driver Who Tossed Cigarette Butt]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A litterbug was issued a hefty fine after Victoria&rsquo;s police chief caught him flicking a cigarette butt out his car window.Chief Const. Del Manak said he was travelling on a highway in his unmarked police car when he noticed the driver of a Ford Mustang ahead of him toss the lit cigarette butt.&ldquo;I am driving in the curb lane, traffic was fairly light on Saturday evening, and I noticed that the driver had a cigarette in his hand.&nbsp;He had put the ashes out the window]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-issues-575-fine-to-driver-who-tossed-cigarette-butt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2019 13:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-police-chief-issues-575-fine-to-driver-who-tossed-cigarette-butt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Shares Sold by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - Rockland Register]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Shares Sold by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;Rockland RegisterBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp cut its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 7.2% in the first quarter, according ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-shares-sold-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-rockland-register/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 07:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-shares-sold-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-rockland-register/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Grocery Store Tries To Shame You Out Of Using Plastic Bags]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Vancouver grocery store is hoping embarrassing slogans is&nbsp;enough to encourage customersto bring their own bags.&nbsp;If you ask for a plastic bag at independent grocer East West Market, you might end up carrying your groceries home in one emblazoned with &ldquo;Into the Weird Adult Video Emporium.&rdquo;Or perhaps you&rsquo;d think twice about a plastic bag with &ldquo;Dr. Toews Wart Ointment Wholesale&rdquo; or &ldquo;Colon Care Co-Op.&rdquo;&ldquo;We redesigned our bags to stop people f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-grocery-store-tries-to-shame-you-out-of-using-plastic-bags/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2019 01:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-grocery-store-tries-to-shame-you-out-of-using-plastic-bags/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want To Tackle Sexism In Soccer? Start At The World Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FIFA Women&rsquo;s World Cup kicks off today. Media coverage and build-up are underwhelming compared to last year&rsquo;s World Cup &mdash; which did not have the denominating &ldquo;men&rsquo;s&rdquo; in the official event name.Men have held back the development of women&rsquo;s soccer, from prohibiting female participation in the past to creating toxic environments in today&rsquo;s professional clubs and national teams. Laws preventing women from playing are now rare, but sexual harassment]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/want-to-tackle-sexism-in-soccer-start-at-the-world-cup/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/want-to-tackle-sexism-in-soccer-start-at-the-world-cup/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill C-48: Senate Passes Up Chance To Kill Contentious Liberal Tanker Legislation]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Senate passed up a chance Thursday to kill the Trudeau government&rsquo;s bill to ban oil tanker traffic in the environmentally sensitive waters off northern British Columbia.Senators voted 53-38 to reject a committee report that recommended that Bill C-48 be scrapped; one senator abstained.But that&rsquo;s not a guarantee the bill will survive.A number of Independent senators are opposed to C-48 but nevertheless voted against the Conservative-written report of the Senate&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bill-c-48-senate-passes-up-chance-to-kill-contentious-liberal-tanker-legislation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 15:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bill-c-48-senate-passes-up-chance-to-kill-contentious-liberal-tanker-legislation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Court Sets Date For Huawei Executive Meng Wanzhou's Extradition Hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia&rsquo;s Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she was taken into custody.Defence lawyer David Martin proposed six blocks of court dates over the next 16 months, telling the court it&rsquo;s the most &ldquo;aggressive&rdquo; schedule they believe is workable.A quick hearing would be in the public and national interest,&nbsp;he said.&ldqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-court-sets-date-for-huawei-executive-meng-wanzhous-extradition-hearing/</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2019 01:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-court-sets-date-for-huawei-executive-meng-wanzhous-extradition-hearing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bill C-48: Liberals Will Stoke Alberta Separatism With B.C. Oil Tanker Ban, Senate Committee Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A Senate committee says the Trudeau government&rsquo;s bill to ban oil tanker traffic off British Columbia&rsquo;s northern coast will divide the country, inflame separatist sentiment in Alberta and stoke resentment of Indigenous Peoples.Worse, the Senate&rsquo;s transportation and communications committee says the bill is a cynical, intentional bid to cripple the economy of Prairie provinces,&nbsp;particularly Alberta,&nbsp;and curry political favour elsewhere in the country.And]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bill-c-48-liberals-will-stoke-alberta-separatism-with-bc-oil-tanker-ban-senate-committee-says/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bill-c-48-liberals-will-stoke-alberta-separatism-with-bc-oil-tanker-ban-senate-committee-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver's Infamous Knife-Wielding Crow Is Now A Father]]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Just in time for Father&rsquo;s Day, Canada&rsquo;s most notorious crow has welcomed some new family members.Canuck, his partner Cassiar and their new baby birds live in East Vancouver. Shawn Bergman, who runs social media for Canuck under the name &ldquo;Canuck and I,&rdquo; said in 2015 that his landlord&rsquo;s son helped rehabilitate the black bird when he fell from a nest.&ldquo;He and I became friends on the day he was released, when we met,&rdquo; Bergman told HuffPost. &ldquo;He ho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-infamous-knife-wielding-crow-is-now-a-father/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2019 22:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-infamous-knife-wielding-crow-is-now-a-father/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newborn Orca Spotted In Pod Of Killer Whales Near Tofino, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A newborn calf in a southern resident killer whale pod has been spotted in the waters around Tofino, British Columbia.Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine mammal co-ordinator Paul Cottrell called the birth wonderful news.He says the southern resident killer whales are currently an endangered population, numbering just 75,&nbsp;so any births are significant.He says the first year is tough for killer whales babies, with a 50 per cent mortality rate,&nbsp;but another calf bor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/newborn-orca-spotted-in-pod-of-killer-whales-near-tofino-bc/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2019 16:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/newborn-orca-spotted-in-pod-of-killer-whales-near-tofino-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. May Hate Toronto, But We Are All The North With The Raptors]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; If you live anywhere but Toronto, there are a lot of reasons to hate Toronto. People from &ldquo;The Six&rdquo; act like the city is the centre of the universe. They pronounce it &ldquo;Taranna.&rdquo; Yonge and Dundas is trying way too hard to be Times Square. And they get Drake as a living meme, whereas in Vancouver we just get Seth Rogen on our transit announcements. &nbsp;By nature, we in the West shouldn&rsquo;t like Toronto. We should find pleasure in jealousy and making]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-may-hate-toronto-but-we-are-all-the-north-with-the-raptors/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 19:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-may-hate-toronto-but-we-are-all-the-north-with-the-raptors/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Stake Lessened by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - Rockland Register]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Stake Lessened by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;Rockland RegisterBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp lessened its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 7.2% in the first ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-stake-lessened-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-rockland-register/</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 13:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-stake-lessened-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-rockland-register/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[&#9654;&#65039;5 Facts About The NBA's Vancouver Grizzlies]]></title><description><![CDATA[At the start of the 1995 season, two new Canadian professional basketball teams played their first games in the NBA. In 2019, one of those teams will face the Golden State Warriors in the NBA finals. The other is only a memory.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/9654650395-facts-about-the-nbas-vancouver-grizzlies/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 00:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/9654650395-facts-about-the-nbas-vancouver-grizzlies/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal MP Terry Beech Brings Daughter Into House Of Commons For Climate Debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Liberal MP brought his infant daughter into the House of Commons to help make the case that more must be done to combat climate change. Terry Beech spoke Monday in support of a Liberal motion for the House to declare a national climate emergency and commit to Canada meeting the greenhouse gas emissions targets outlined in the Paris climate accord.Beech, who represents the B.C. riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, wore his five-month-old daughter Nova in a carrier throughout his nine-minute remarks]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberal-mp-terry-beech-brings-daughter-into-house-of-commons-for-climate-debate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 19:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberal-mp-terry-beech-brings-daughter-into-house-of-commons-for-climate-debate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Businesses Are Feeling The Pain From The Housing Downturn]]></title><description><![CDATA[Realtors aren&rsquo;t the only ones whose business is taking a hit as the housing market corrects in Vancouver and across the rest of the province.Some retailers are also feeling the pinch, a recent report from Central 1 Credit Union says.Specifically, Central 1 Deputy Chief Economist Bryan Yu suggests that retailers who benefit to some extent from homebuying activity, such as furniture stores, are seeing slower sales these days. &ldquo;In terms of the retail segment&hellip; what we can see is t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-businesses-are-feeling-the-pain-from-the-housing-downturn/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 17:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-businesses-are-feeling-the-pain-from-the-housing-downturn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Soldier's Remains Identified More Than 100 Years After His Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The remains of a Canadian soldier who was only 18 when he was killed in the First World War have been identified in France, more than 100 years after his death.The Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces say the remains were discovered in July 2017 near the village of Vendin-le-Vieil and were identified earlier this year as those of Pte. George Alfred Newburn.He enlisted in Esquimalt, B.C., at the age of 16 and died barely two years later on Aug. 15, 1917, dur]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-soldiers-remains-identified-more-than-100-years-after-his-death/</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2019 17:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-soldiers-remains-identified-more-than-100-years-after-his-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer 2019 Will Be A Tale Of Two Canadas, The Weather Network Forecasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The weather this summer could be starkly different across the country, according to the latest long range forecast from The Weather Network.Chief meteorologist Chris Scott predicts the wet weather that Ontario and Quebec have experienced in May will continue during the summer months and could lead to a heightened risk of flash flooding in some areas.In sharp contrast, he&rsquo;s forecasting more hot, dry weather for most of western Canada, raising the wildfire threat, which has already prompted]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/summer-2019-will-be-a-tale-of-two-canadas-the-weather-network-forecasts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 16:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/summer-2019-will-be-a-tale-of-two-canadas-the-weather-network-forecasts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Condos Are Way More Expensive Than Resale, And Now They're Risky Too]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is it about buying a new house or condo that appeals to so many people? Is it that new-home smell? Shiny new appliances you can see your reflection in? The decreased likelihood of there being a scary old ghost living in the closet?Whatever the reasons, Canadians pay quite a premium for a brand-new home. Which these days &#8213; given that&nbsp;80 per cent of all new residential units in Canada are condos &#8213; means a brand-new condo.According to Urbanation, a new condo in Toronto cost an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-condos-are-way-more-expensive-than-resale-and-now-theyre-risky-too/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2019 20:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-condos-are-way-more-expensive-than-resale-and-now-theyre-risky-too/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garbage From Philippines Will Be Sent To Burnaby, B.C. Waste-To-Energy Plant]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; About 1,500 tonnes of garbage that is being sent back to Canada from the Philippines will be taken to a facility in Burnaby, B.C., that turns waste into electricity.The regional district of Metro Vancouver says it has been selected as the preferred site for the disposal of the waste by Environment and Climate Change Canada partly because of its proximity to the Port of Vancouver, where the garbage is scheduled to arrive.The regional district&rsquo;s website says its mass-burn f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/garbage-from-philippines-will-be-sent-to-burnaby-bc-waste-to-energy-plant/</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2019 01:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/garbage-from-philippines-will-be-sent-to-burnaby-bc-waste-to-energy-plant/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scheer Scraps Pledge To Balance Budget In 2 Years, Blames Liberals]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the economy has become such a mess under the Liberals that it would take a Conservative government five years to clean it up.He accused the Liberal government of embarking on a &ldquo;deficit spree&rdquo; and spending $79.5 billion of previously unbudgeted funds since 2017, adding balancing the budget in the short-term is &ldquo;impossible.&rdquo;Scheer says even the most optimistic projections don&rsquo;t have the Liberals doing so for 20]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/scheer-scraps-pledge-to-balance-budget-in-2-years-blames-liberals/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 22:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/scheer-scraps-pledge-to-balance-budget-in-2-years-blames-liberals/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Court Rules Province Can’t Regulate Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A court has ruled that British Columbia cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and Alberta&rsquo;s efforts to get its resources to overseas markets.The province filed a constitutional reference question to the B.C. Court of Appeal that asked whether it had the authority to create a permitting regime for companies that wished to increase their flow of diluted bitumen.A five-judge panel agreed una]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-court-rules-province-cant-regulate-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 19:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-court-rules-province-cant-regulate-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Sells 5,006 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) - Rockland Register]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Sells 5,006 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Rockland RegisterBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp cut its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 7.2% in the 1st quarter, ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-sells-5006-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-rockland-register/</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 13:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-sells-5006-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-rockland-register/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terry Lake, Ex-B.C. Health Minister, Says Trudeau's Climate Plan Brought Him Off Sidelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMLOOPS, B.C. &mdash; Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party&rsquo;s action plan on climate change has brought one former British Columbia politician out of retirement and back into the arena.At his nomination event Tuesday night for the riding of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo, Terry Lake, a former B.C. health minister, described to the prime minister the conditions the area faces every summer with the wildfires.&ldquo;It is like a war zone here, prime minister, in the summer,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/terry-lake-ex-bc-health-minister-says-trudeaus-climate-plan-brought-him-off-sidelines/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 13:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/terry-lake-ex-bc-health-minister-says-trudeaus-climate-plan-brought-him-off-sidelines/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Most Expensive City to Rent Two-Bedroom Apartment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Related:]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-most-expensive-city-to-rent-two-bedroom-apartment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 00:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-most-expensive-city-to-rent-two-bedroom-apartment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Most Expensive City To Rent 2-Bedroom Apartment]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new survey suggests that Vancouver is the most expensive city in Canada to rent a two-bedroom apartment, while Toronto tops the list for one-bedroom accommodation,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-most-expensive-city-to-rent-2-bedroom-apartment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 00:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-most-expensive-city-to-rent-2-bedroom-apartment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian House Price Forecast: What The Next 5 Years Will Look Like In 33 Cities]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest Canadian house price forecast from Moody&rsquo;s Analytics really has no good news for anyone. If you&rsquo;re a homeowner hoping to make big equity gains, forget it. And if you&rsquo;re an aspiring homebuyer hoping for a reprieve from astronomical urban house prices, forget that too.The forecast calls for house prices nationwide to grow by an average of 2.2 per cent per year over the next five years. Given that the Bank of Canada is predicting inflation at 2 per cent in the coming ye]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-price-forecast-what-the-next-5-years-will-look-like-in-33-cities/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-price-forecast-what-the-next-5-years-will-look-like-in-33-cities/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Pilot's Father Mourns Death Of Son Killed In Honduras Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[TRUJILLO, Honduras &mdash; A 32-year-old British Columbia pilot who was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday is being described by his father as a spontaneous person who was a happy child.Larry Forseth said in a phone interview with The Canadian Press from Honduras that he had spoken with his son Patrick earlier on the morning of the crash.Patrick Forseth, who also goes by Danny,&nbsp;told his father of a&nbsp;&ldquo;minor issue with a battery terminal,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;The cable]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-pilots-father-mourns-death-of-son-killed-in-honduras-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2019 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-pilots-father-mourns-death-of-son-killed-in-honduras-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada 300,000 Homes Short Because Students Ignored In Statistics: CIBC]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; If policymakers want to help solve Canada&rsquo;s housing affordability crisis, they should start by building rental housing near colleges and universities.That&rsquo;s the implication of a new study from CIBC, which estimates that Canada has a shortage of about 300,000 housing units because of the way it counts &mdash; or doesn&rsquo;t count &mdash; students.In Canada&rsquo;s census, a student who lives away from home during the school year but returns to their parents&rsquo; h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-300000-homes-short-because-students-ignored-in-statistics-cibc/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 18:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-300000-homes-short-because-students-ignored-in-statistics-cibc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even With Fewer Seats, Justin Trudeau Should Try To Form Minority: Elizabeth May]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; &nbsp;If the 2019 election ends up in a minority situation but the Tories have the most seats, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May thinks the Liberal government should try to form a new &nbsp;government with support from other parties.In an interview with HuffPost Canada&rsquo;s politics podcast &lsquo;Follow-Up,&rsquo; May said that if the campaign results in a hung Parliament, &ldquo;yes, of course&rdquo; the party in power should try to convince the governor general that they can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/even-with-fewer-seats-justin-trudeau-should-try-to-form-minority-elizabeth-may/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/even-with-fewer-seats-justin-trudeau-should-try-to-form-minority-elizabeth-may/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May Open To Working With Justin Trudeau To Keep Andrew Scheer From Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; &nbsp;If the 2019 election ends up in a minority situation but the Tories have the most seats, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May thinks the Liberal government should try to form a new &nbsp;government with support from other parties.In an interview with HuffPost Canada&rsquo;s politics podcast &lsquo;Follow-Up,&rsquo; May said that if the campaign results in a hung Parliament, &ldquo;yes, of course&rdquo; the party in power should try to convince the governor general that they can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-open-to-working-with-justin-trudeau-to-keep-andrew-scheer-from-power/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2019 16:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-open-to-working-with-justin-trudeau-to-keep-andrew-scheer-from-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport Ranked 9th Worst In The World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Toronto Island Airport ranked poorly mainly because of its on-time performance, according to AirHelp, an air passenger rights website. The best airport in Canada was Edmonton International.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/torontos-billy-bishop-airport-ranked-9th-worst-in-the-world/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2019 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/torontos-billy-bishop-airport-ranked-9th-worst-in-the-world/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Follow-Up' Podcast: Elizabeth May Is Feeling Pretty Good These Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The timing of competing Liberal and NDP motions this week to declare warming temperatures a &ldquo;climate emergency&rdquo; is no coincidence, according to Elizabeth May.<br />
A breakthrough in P.E.I. followed by a Green Party win in Nanaimo&mdash;Ladysmith has brought &nbsp;renewed attention to the federal party. And the Green Party leader thinks that&rsquo;s a good thing for everyone.<br />
&ldquo;It means that the better Greens do, the more that the other parties are forced to think about]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/follow-up-podcast-elizabeth-may-is-feeling-pretty-good-these-days/</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 15:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/follow-up-podcast-elizabeth-may-is-feeling-pretty-good-these-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treasure Hunts In B.C., Alberta Have People Hoping To Hit Gold]]></title><description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a fantasy straight out of a children&rsquo;s novel. Get the map. Follow the clues. Find the buried treasure. Seems simple, right?According to the Edmonton-based company GoldHunt, finding $100,000 in solid gold and silver buried in your city could be that easy.In a plot straight out of Treasure Island, the company says it has buried three chests containing $100,000 in gold within the city limits of Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. Participants can sign up for the treasure hunt online f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/treasure-hunts-in-bc-alberta-have-people-hoping-to-hit-gold/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 23:06:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/treasure-hunts-in-bc-alberta-have-people-hoping-to-hit-gold/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Mortgage Rates Are Coming Down, With Record Lows For 10-Year Loans]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; There&rsquo;s a little bit of good news out there for Canada&rsquo;s increasingly stressed-out homebuyers: The pressure from rising mortgage rates is ramping down, at least a little.In the latest sign, HSBC has cut its rate on a fixed, 10-year mortgage to 3.24 per cent, while two smaller lenders &mdash; Intellimortgage and Butler Mortgage &mdash; are offering 3.22 per cent.According to comparison site RateSpy, these are the lowest rates for that type of mortgage on record.Not on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-mortgage-rates-are-coming-down-with-record-lows-for-10-year-loans/</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2019 21:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-mortgage-rates-are-coming-down-with-record-lows-for-10-year-loans/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edmonton Hospital's Baby Goose Camera Is All Set Up For 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[A family of geese on top of an Edmonton hospital is welcoming six new members &mdash; and you don&rsquo;t have to go on a wild goose chase to catch &nbsp;what is probably the most adorable reality TV event of the summer.Last month, two Canada geese &nbsp;&mdash; nicknamed Alex and Zandra &mdash; settled into the rooftop Healing Garden at Edmonton&rsquo;s Royal Alexandra Hospital, and staff there set&nbsp;up a webcam streaming live on the platform Twitch to monitor the parents-to-be.&nbsp;Watch l]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/edmonton-hospitals-baby-goose-camera-is-all-set-up-for-2019/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 21:07:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/edmonton-hospitals-baby-goose-camera-is-all-set-up-for-2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McDonald’s Joins Nanaimo Bar Craze,  Releases New McFlurry Inspired By B.C. Treat]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the focus of a Canada Post stamp, to being served at the White House in 2016, to the subject of a New York Times feature, we&rsquo;re living in the golden age of the Nanaimo bar this year. And now McDonald&rsquo;s Canada is joining the craze.This week, the popular fast-food chain introduced its &ldquo;Great Canadian Tastes&rdquo; summer features, including a McFlurry inspired by the infamous no-bake treat named for the Vancouver Island city.&ldquo;Canadians love Nanaimo bars and our McFlurr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/mcdonalds-joins-nanaimo-bar-craze-releases-new-mcflurry-inspired-by-bc-treat/</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2019 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/mcdonalds-joins-nanaimo-bar-craze-releases-new-mcflurry-inspired-by-bc-treat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Couple Elsa And Ryan Wilk Identified As Victims Of Alaska Plane Crash]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER&mdash;A Metro Vancouver woman died with her husband and brother in a float plane crash in Alaska on Monday, and friends and family are remembering them as driven, passionate people who will be deeply missed.Elsa Wilk, 37, from Richmond, B.C., and Ryan Wilk, 39, originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, were married and lived together in Metro Vancouver where they worked in the tech sector, friends and colleagues said.An American named Louis Botha, 46, also died in the crash. Elsa Wilk&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-couple-elsa-and-ryan-wilk-identified-as-victims-of-alaska-plane-crash/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 23:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-couple-elsa-and-ryan-wilk-identified-as-victims-of-alaska-plane-crash/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Launching Public Inquiry Into Money Laundering 'Crisis']]></title><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;VICTORIA &mdash; The British Columbia government has launched a public inquiry into money laundering, a crime the premier says has distorted the provincial economy, infiltrated casinos, fuelled the overdose crisis and increased the price of real estate.Premier John Horgan said Wednesday the impact of dirty money in the province was made clear by two reports released last week that the depth and magnitude of the problem was far worse than they had imagined.``That criminal activity has had a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-launching-public-inquiry-into-money-laundering-crisis/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 21:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-launching-public-inquiry-into-money-laundering-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push for fresh, local hospital food across Canada over 'pitiful' alternatives]]></title><description><![CDATA[The initiative aims to elevate the role of food as an important part of healing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/push-for-fresh-local-hospital-food-across-canada-over-pitiful-alternatives/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2019 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/push-for-fresh-local-hospital-food-across-canada-over-pitiful-alternatives/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Scheer Says He Wants To Scale Back Canada's Mortgage Stress Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Changes to Canada's mortgage stress test could be coming, depending on the outcome of the October federal election.Official Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer says he's "absolutely committed" to reviewing the stress test that policymakers introduced in January 2018 &mdash; though that hinges on the head of the federal Conservative Party defeating Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Watch: How Canada's housing market is impacting jobs. Story continues below.Scheer's remarks were delivered this pas]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/andrew-scheer-says-he-wants-to-scale-back-canadas-mortgage-stress-test/</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/andrew-scheer-says-he-wants-to-scale-back-canadas-mortgage-stress-test/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Grilled On B.C. LNG Project In Light Of NDP Push For More Climate Action]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh appears to be walking back support for a major liquified natural gas project in British Columbia that has the backing of that province's NDP government.Singh spoke to reporters outside of the House of Commons Monday to introduce an NDP motion calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to declare a climate emergency, end subsidies to the fossil fuel industry, and scrap the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.The federal NDP leader also pledged to make massive cuts to Canada's gr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-grilled-on-bc-lng-project-in-light-of-ndp-push-for-more-climate-action/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 20:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-grilled-on-bc-lng-project-in-light-of-ndp-push-for-more-climate-action/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP's Climate Plan Will Cut Canada&rsquo;s Emissions Nearly In Half Over Next Decade: Singh]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says his party will cut Canada's emissions almost in half over the next decade as he tries to stake out a claim to the climate change agenda in the looming federal election.The pledge is one contained in an NDP motion expected today in the House of Commons that will lay out eight broad strokes of the NDP's climate change platform. The motion asks for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to declare "an environment and climate emergency" as well as pledge to cut em]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndps-climate-plan-will-cut-canadarsquos-emissions-nearly-in-half-over-next-decade-singh/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 15:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndps-climate-plan-will-cut-canadarsquos-emissions-nearly-in-half-over-next-decade-singh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Gas Price Forecast Calls For Near-Record Highs This Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Gasoline prices are expected to remain just below record highs all across Canada this summer except in Vancouver &mdash; where a perfect storm of factors will likely ensure motorists continue to set new all-time records at the pumps.Fuel market analysts say average retail prices in Canada are within a penny or two of their year-ago levels, which were some of the highest on record for many markets."Vancouver certainly is (at historic highs) but the other major markets we're lookin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-gas-price-forecast-calls-for-near-record-highs-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 15:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-gas-price-forecast-calls-for-near-record-highs-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Suitcase Project Personalizes History Of Japanese Internment]]></title><description><![CDATA[What would you take with you if you only had 24 to 48 hours to pack your most important belongings into one suitcase?That's the question Canadian photographer Kayla Isomura asked her subjects for The Suitcase Project &mdash; and it's a question that has new relevance, threading together a part of Canada's racist history with the current global crisis of displacement and increasingly insular policies in the U.S.Isomura found 83 people &mdash; all fourth- or fifth-generation Canadians and American]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-suitcase-project-personalizes-history-of-japanese-internment/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 04:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/the-suitcase-project-personalizes-history-of-japanese-internment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wildfire In Central B.C. Prompts Evacuations And State Of Emergency]]></title><description><![CDATA[FRASER LAKE, B.C. &mdash; An active wildfire in central British Columbia has prompted a local state of emergency and several evacuations.The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako issued a state of emergency Saturday night and ordered people to leave an area near the community of Lejac, about five kilometres east of Fraser Lake.'Significant winds'Regional district chairman Gerry Thiessen said he first received a call at around 4 p.m. when the fire was about four hectares in size, and it grew to 26]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wildfire-in-central-bc-prompts-evacuations-and-state-of-emergency/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2019 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wildfire-in-central-bc-prompts-evacuations-and-state-of-emergency/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toddler Dead After Being Left In Burnaby, B.C. Car During Heat Wave]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; RCMP in British Columbia say a toddler has died after being left in a vehicle for hours during a spring heat wave.Mounties in Burnaby say officers responded late Thursday afternoon to a report of an unconscious 16-month-old who was in a car near the city's Central Park.RCMP say the tot was taken to hospital and declared dead.Andy Watson with the BC Coroners Service confirms the child was a boy and says the office is in the early stages of its investigation.Police say initia]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toddler-dead-after-being-left-in-burnaby-bc-car-during-heat-wave/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 21:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toddler-dead-after-being-left-in-burnaby-bc-car-during-heat-wave/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money Laundering In B.C. Drove Up Home Prices By 5% In 2018: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A report that estimates $5 billion was laundered through British Columbia's real estate market last year also lifts the lid on the extent of illegal cash moving across Canada.Some $7.4 billion overall was laundered in B.C. in 2018, out of an estimated total of $47 billion in Canada, concluded the report by an expert panel led by former B.C. deputy attorney general Maureen Maloney.The report is one of two released Thursday and says B.C. ranks fourth for money laundering among a d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/money-laundering-in-bc-drove-up-home-prices-by-5-in-2018-report/</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2019 04:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/money-laundering-in-bc-drove-up-home-prices-by-5-in-2018-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada May Be Expensive For Middle Earners, But For The World’s Rich, It’s A Bargain]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; Canada has become one of the world's hottest destinations for wealthy migrants, and one clear reason for it is low housing costs.Yes, low housing costs.While Canada's largest housing markets are, overall, some of the least affordable in the world, that's not the case for the world's wealthy, who enjoy house prices here well below what they would pay in many other destinations, research shows.Canada saw the world's third-largest influx of rich migrants in 2018, according to a rep]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-may-be-expensive-for-middle-earners-but-for-the-worlds-rich-its-a-bargain/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-may-be-expensive-for-middle-earners-but-for-the-worlds-rich-its-a-bargain/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Launches Medical Alert Bracelet Program For Kids With Mental Illnesses]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Children and youth in British Columbia who are coping with psychiatric issues now have access to a medical identification service similar to those with diabetes or severe allergies.A pilot program launched at BC Children's Hospital aims to help first responders and health-care professionals treat young mental-health patients in an emergency.Young patients can enrol with MedicAlert Foundation Canada to receive an identification bracelet and a custom care plan.The bracelet can al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-launches-medical-alert-bracelet-program-for-kids-with-mental-illnesses/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 22:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-launches-medical-alert-bracelet-program-for-kids-with-mental-illnesses/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Tries To Find Silver Lining For Liberals After Green Byelection Win]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Monday's byelection win for the Green party in B.C. is a sign that Canadians are "preoccupied" with the issue of climate change going into this fall's federal election, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Green hopeful Paul Manly took a commanding 37.3 per cent of the vote in the Vancouver Island riding of Nanaimo-Ladysmith, besting Conservative challenger John Hirst, who earned 24.8 per cent of ballots cast. The NDP's Bob Chamberlin came in third at 23.1 per cent.Trudeau's Liberal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-tries-to-find-silver-lining-for-liberals-after-green-byelection-win/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 16:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-tries-to-find-silver-lining-for-liberals-after-green-byelection-win/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading My Mother's Journals Is Like Having Her Back, If Only For A Moment]]></title><description><![CDATA[For 92 years, we were inseparable. But ever one to enter the room with a flourish, my mother proved to be a master of the timely exit. She passed away right before Mother's Day.She died unexpectedly after a brief hospital stay, an "annual blood-pressure tune-up," we had jokingly coined it when it became a predictable spring occurrence. But, at 92 and otherwise healthy, she contracted pneumonia. Within three days, she went from being cognitively alert, to laboured breathing on oxygen and permanen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/reading-my-mothers-journals-is-like-having-her-back-if-only-for-a-moment/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 15:54:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/reading-my-mothers-journals-is-like-having-her-back-if-only-for-a-moment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party's Paul Manly Wins Nanaimo-Ladysmith Byelection]]></title><description><![CDATA[NANAIMO, B.C. &mdash; Voters in Nanaimo, B.C., have elected a new MP, barely six months before October's federal election.Paul Manly of the Green Party captured the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding in a byelection political experts and party officials say is a test run before October's vote.The riding has been vacant since January when former New Democrat MP Sheila Malcolmson resigned the seat to run successfully in a provincial byelection in Nanaimo.More from HuffPost Canada:<br />
Jagmeet Singh Downplays Si]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-partys-paul-manly-wins-nanaimo-ladysmith-byelection/</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2019 07:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-partys-paul-manly-wins-nanaimo-ladysmith-byelection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Are Paying The Cost Of Climate Change. Will Big Oil?]]></title><description><![CDATA["Apr&egrave;s nous, le d&eacute;luge."After us, the flood.It's a French expression attributed to Madame de Pompadour, the mistress of 18th-century French monarch King Louis the XV, or, alternatively, to the king himself. Said to have been uttered after a particularly disastrous loss in battle, the expression's been taken to mean that the king didn't care about the fate of the country after his death because, well, he'd be gone.It's not a noble sentiment, but it's a familiar one. For as today's w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-are-paying-the-cost-of-climate-change-will-big-oil/</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2019 22:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-are-paying-the-cost-of-climate-change-will-big-oil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver House Prices Fall By $7,000 A Month As Sales Hit Record Lows]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you own residential real estate in Greater Vancouver, it's likely your property's value is back to where it was in 2016 or 2017.The latest data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver, released Tuesday, shows no letup in the region's housing correction, with sales down 29.1 per cent in April, compared to the same month a year ago. Sales were little more than half their average over the past 10 years, REBGV noted.According to blogger and realtor Steve Saretsky, sales of all housing typ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-house-prices-fall-by-7000-a-month-as-sales-hit-record-lows/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 18:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-house-prices-fall-by-7000-a-month-as-sales-hit-record-lows/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Launches Legal Fight Against Alberta’s Law To Turn Off Oil Taps]]></title><description><![CDATA[EDMONTON &mdash; British Columbia's premier fought battles over the Trans Mountain pipeline on two fronts Wednesday, going to court against Alberta's premier, who wants the line expanded, while urging Ottawa to start shipping more gasoline through the pipe that's already there.John Horgan, speaking to reporters in Victoria, announced his government has filed court documents challenging the legality of an Alberta law that gives that province the power to squeeze B.C. over oil and gas shipments.Th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-launches-legal-fight-against-albertas-law-to-turn-off-oil-taps/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 14:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-launches-legal-fight-against-albertas-law-to-turn-off-oil-taps/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Game Of Thrones' Dragons Come From Vancouver's Image Engine Studio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tyler Weiss and Thomas Schelesny are part of a small but extremely privileged group: they're among the select few people on earth who know how "Game of Thrones" is going to end.Surprisingly enough, though, both visual effects producers say that no one has ever actually tried to get them to reveal who ends up on the Iron Throne."People are excited that we know what's going to happen," Weiss told HuffPost Canada. "But they immediately qualify that with, 'That's very exciting, but don't tell me wha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/game-of-thrones-dragons-come-from-vancouvers-image-engine-studio/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 17:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/game-of-thrones-dragons-come-from-vancouvers-image-engine-studio/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. RCMP Say Driver Allegedly Pulled Out Machete During Parking Spot Dispute]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGFORD, B.C. &mdash; The RCMP are reminding the public not to engage in road rage after a woman allegedly pulled out a machete during a dispute over a parking spot in Langford, B.C.The Mounties say they received a report from a woman on Sunday afternoon who said she was trying to park at Costco when another woman cut her off and "abruptly" took the parking stall.When the two women got in an argument over the spot, the one who parked allegedly reached into her vehicle, pulled out a machete, and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-say-driver-allegedly-pulled-out-machete-during-parking-spot-dispute/</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 16:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-say-driver-allegedly-pulled-out-machete-during-parking-spot-dispute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oprah Winfrey Will Visit 5 Canadian Cities On Speaking Tour This Summer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Toronto, you get Oprah; Montreal, you get Oprah; Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, you all get Oprah!Oprah Winfrey is bringing her inspirational self to Canada this summer as part of a five-city speaking tour. The former television talk show host will wind her way through four Canadian provinces, O, The Oprah Magazine announced on Tuesday.She's promoting her new book, The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose, and will discuss the "tools that have helped her to live her b]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/oprah-winfrey-will-visit-5-canadian-cities-on-speaking-tour-this-summer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2019 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/oprah-winfrey-will-visit-5-canadian-cities-on-speaking-tour-this-summer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elizabeth May Urges MPs To 'Be More Like Prince Edward Islanders']]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth May is urging members of Parliament to take a page from Canada's smallest province when it comes to celebrating love and honouring loss.The Green Party leader rose in the House of Commons Monday for a member's statement &mdash; a one-minute speech &mdash; before question period. Watch:"I booked this member's statement with the sole purpose of saying to all my friends in this place that I've now been happily married for a whole week," May said with a smile, scoring applause. "And they s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-urges-mps-to-be-more-like-prince-edward-islanders/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 22:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elizabeth-may-urges-mps-to-be-more-like-prince-edward-islanders/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Book Purposefully Light On Political Content, NDP Leader Explains]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Jagmeet Singh rejects the notion that he's a political lightweight."I don't buy that," the NDP leader said in an interview Friday. He begins listing reasons why: he was a member of the Ontario legislature for eight years, served as deputy NDP House leader and was considered the "third most prolific speaker" in that assembly.He suggests the knock against his political experience is tied to the fact that he's the first non-white leader of a federal party. "There's this notion that i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-book-purposefully-light-on-political-content-ndp-leader-explains/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-book-purposefully-light-on-political-content-ndp-leader-explains/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Businessman Frank Giustra Suing Twitter For 'Defamatory' 2016 U.S. Election Tweets]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A British Columbia businessman and philanthropist is suing Twitter for publishing what he calls "false and defamatory" tweets that escalated during the 2016 United States election.Frank Giustra is the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, as well as a member of the board of trustees of the Clinton Foundation.He says in a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court that he faced a targeted attack on Twitter by a group who set out to vi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-businessman-frank-giustra-suing-twitter-for-defamatory-2016-us-election-tweets/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-businessman-frank-giustra-suing-twitter-for-defamatory-2016-us-election-tweets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Businessman Frank Giustra Sues Twitter For 'Defamatory' 2016 U.S. Election Tweets]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A British Columbia businessman and philanthropist is suing Twitter for publishing what he calls "false and defamatory" tweets that escalated during the 2016 United States election.Frank Giustra is the founder of Lionsgate Entertainment and CEO of the Fiore Group of Companies, as well as a member of the board of trustees of the Clinton Foundation.He says in a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court that he faced a targeted attack on Twitter by a group who set out to vi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-businessman-frank-giustra-sues-twitter-for-defamatory-2016-us-election-tweets/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 18:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-businessman-frank-giustra-sues-twitter-for-defamatory-2016-us-election-tweets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's What The Bank Of Canada Says Is The Real Reason For The Housing Slowdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL &mdash; For months now, the real estate industry has been telling us that Canada's mortgage stress test is the primary cause of the housing slowdown in Greater Toronto and Greater Vancouver.The test is never far from the top of any real estate board press release announcing another decline in home sales, and groups like Mortgage Professionals Canada have warned that the rule risks shutting an entire generation out of home ownership. They're calling on the government to remove or loosen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-what-the-bank-of-canada-says-is-the-real-reason-for-the-housing-slowdown/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2019 20:11:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/heres-what-the-bank-of-canada-says-is-the-real-reason-for-the-housing-slowdown/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Aiming To Make Public Transit Free To Increase Ridership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victoria wants to eliminate public transit fares for everyone in the region to encourage more ridership and reduce the impacts of climate change.Mayor Lisa Helps will bring a motion to the regional transit commission Monday, asking it to embrace a policy of phasing out user fees and expanding bus service to meet an anticipated increase in demand.Coun. Ben Isitt, who introduced the motion that was passed Thursday by council, said it would begin with the elimination of fares for youth under 19 nex]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-aiming-to-make-public-transit-free-to-increase-ridership/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2019 03:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-aiming-to-make-public-transit-free-to-increase-ridership/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Needs To Revamp Recycling Program, Environmental Group Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; An environmental organization based in Vancouver says one million recyclable bottles and cans "go missing" every day in British Columbia and it's calling for higher deposits to discourage consumers from littering or throwing them away.Chloe Dubois, of the Ocean Legacy Foundation, says her organization analysed data from the Brewers Recycled Container Collection Council and Encorp Pacific, the corporation in charge of container management, to compare bottles and cans sold with t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-needs-to-revamp-recycling-program-environmental-group-says/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2019 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-needs-to-revamp-recycling-program-environmental-group-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Politicians Withhold A Safe Drug Supply, Canadians Die]]></title><description><![CDATA[In last week's National Day of Action on the Overdose Crisis, people who use drugs, their families and harm-reduction workers gathered in dozens of communities for the largest demonstrations for drug decriminalization and safe supply in Canada's history. In Toronto, lead organizers We Grieve Thousands staged a "die-in" and let off smoke bombs in front of Health Canada's offices. Vancouver's event was styled as a parade, complete with floats and a New Orleans-style marching band. Prince George, B]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/when-politicians-withhold-a-safe-drug-supply-canadians-die/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2019 16:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/when-politicians-withhold-a-safe-drug-supply-canadians-die/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dozens Injured After Deck Collapses During Langley, B.C. Wedding Celebration]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGLEY, B.C. &mdash; Police say dozens of people were injured, some critically, when the second storey deck of a home in Langley, B.C., collapsed Friday evening during a wedding celebration.RCMP Cpl. Craig Van Herk said 911 calls started flooding in around 5:45 p.m. local time reporting multiple injuries at a home on 268th Street.Van Herk said police, the B.C. Ambulance Service and local firefighters all responded to the scene where they found 35 to 40 injured people ranging in age from childre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dozens-injured-after-deck-collapses-during-langley-bc-wedding-celebration/</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2019 20:41:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dozens-injured-after-deck-collapses-during-langley-bc-wedding-celebration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School Bus Driver Implores Feds To Move Faster On Seatbelts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gary Lillico drives dozens of kids on his school bus over an old, narrow bridge crossing British Columbia's Fraser River. Everyday, he wishes his young passengers were wearing seatbelts.It's not uncommon for kindergarteners to walk up to Lillico while he's at the wheel and tug on his sleeve, or switch seats to get a good look at an eagle's nest, he said. "That kind of stuff, distraction and safety, really irks me."Kids are the most precious cargo Canada transports.Gary Lillico, school bus driver]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/school-bus-driver-implores-feds-to-move-faster-on-seatbelts/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/school-bus-driver-implores-feds-to-move-faster-on-seatbelts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Government Extends Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Deadline To June 18]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government is delaying a decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project to June 18.Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the extended deadline will give the government more time to complete its consultations with Indigenous groups.The National Energy Board endorsed an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline on Feb. 22, starting the clock on a 90-day period for Ottawa to make a decision.Report made 16 new recommendationsThat would have set the previo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/federal-government-extends-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-deadline-to-june-18/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/federal-government-extends-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-deadline-to-june-18/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Government Extends Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Deadline To June]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government says it is delaying its decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project until June 18 in order to wrap up consultations with Indigenous groups.The deadline is being pushed back by almost a month on the recommendation of both Indigenous communities and former Supreme Court justice Frank Iacobucci, who is advising the government on the consultation process, Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said Thursday."The government has consistently said t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/federal-government-extends-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-deadline-to-june/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 15:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/federal-government-extends-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-deadline-to-june/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Targeted' Shootings Leave 4 Dead In Penticton, British Columbia]]></title><description><![CDATA[PENTICTON, B.C. &mdash; RCMP say four people were found dead Monday in three locations within a five-kilometre radius in Penticton, B.C.Supt. Ted De Jager said a lone male suspect turned himself in at the city's police headquarters.The four people who died were shot and the victims were targeted, he said."We're still trying to find the motive for this whole incident, so that's part of the ongoing investigation."Devastating news out of Penticton. My thoughts are with the families of the victims,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/targeted-shootings-leave-4-dead-in-penticton-british-columbia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2019 00:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/targeted-shootings-leave-4-dead-in-penticton-british-columbia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Houses Are For Sale At Huge Discounts, All Chronicled With Glee On Social Media]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver's epic housing meltdown has made news around the world, and with sales down by 31.6 per cent over the past year, people listing their homes are turning motivated. After years of what can only be described as a ludicrously strong seller's market, buyers are in the driver's seat today.And to chronicle this turnaround, a number of Twitter accounts have popped up, gleefully displaying homes sold for way below asking, or listed for well below their last sold or assessed price. Chief among t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-houses-are-for-sale-at-huge-discounts-all-chronicled-with-glee-on-social-media/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 21:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-houses-are-for-sale-at-huge-discounts-all-chronicled-with-glee-on-social-media/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Home Sales, Prices Fizzle In March, Adding Up To Another 'Disappointing' Month]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Home sales in March fell to their lowest level for the month since 2013, the Canadian Real Estate Association said Monday.The association said sales through the Multiple Listing Service fell 4.6 per cent compared with a year ago, while the average sale price also moved lower.Sales in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan were more than 20 per cent below their 10-year average for the month, while Quebec and New Brunswick were well above-average, CREA said.Watch: Calgary is North America's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-prices-fizzle-in-march-adding-up-to-another-disappointing-month/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 18:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-prices-fizzle-in-march-adding-up-to-another-disappointing-month/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mark Warawa, Longtime Tory MP, Praying ‘For A Miracle’ After Being Hospitalized]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A Conservative MP from British Columbia says he is undergoing tests to determine if he has pancreatic cancer &mdash; and, if so, how far the disease may have spread.Mark Warawa posted a note on his Facebook page saying he was "very sick in hospital" and asking anyone to pray "for a miracle."Warawa says he was scheduled to have a procedure this morning, along with additional tests over the coming days to see if the cancer has spread to other organs.He says pancreatic cancer would m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/mark-warawa-longtime-tory-mp-praying-for-a-miracle-after-being-hospitalized/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 17:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/mark-warawa-longtime-tory-mp-praying-for-a-miracle-after-being-hospitalized/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elder Gordon Parmenter Killed In Salmon Arm, B.C. Church Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A 25-year-old man is in custody following a shooting at a church in Salmon Arm, B.C. that left one dead and sent another to hospital on Sunday morning.Salmon Arm RCMP say the attack happened during an event at the Church of Christ in the city about 100 kilometres north of Kelowna, and investigators do not believe it was religiously motivated.They said a man entered the church at about 10:30 a.m. and allegedly shot two parishioners. One died at the scene, while the other was tak]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elder-gordon-parmenter-killed-in-salmon-arm-bc-church-shooting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2019 06:27:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elder-gordon-parmenter-killed-in-salmon-arm-bc-church-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Visits Sikhs In Vancouver After Government Ditches Reference To Extremism In Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted the strength and contributions of Canada's Sikh community as he celebrated the religion's holy day of Vaisakhi in Vancouver."As we celebrate Vaisakhi, let us also celebrate all the incredible contributions of this community," he said in a speech after he walked in a parade Saturday organized by the Khalsa Diwan Society. The society formed in 1902 and built the first Sikh Gurdwara in Canada several years later, according to its website.Trudea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-visits-sikhs-in-vancouver-after-government-ditches-reference-to-extremism-in-report/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-visits-sikhs-in-vancouver-after-government-ditches-reference-to-extremism-in-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau To Visit Sikh Temple After Government Ditches Reference To Extremism In Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit one of the largest Sikh temples in Canada this morning, just hours after his government agreed to remove a reference to Sikh extremism from a report on terrorism.Trudeau and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan will speak at the Ross Street Gurdwara in Vancouver, then partake in the city's Vaisakhi Parade to mark the Sikh holy day.Editing reportThe visit comes a day after the Liberals agreed to make a change to the 2018 Public Report on the Te]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-to-visit-sikh-temple-after-government-ditches-reference-to-extremism-in-report/</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2019 19:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-to-visit-sikh-temple-after-government-ditches-reference-to-extremism-in-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption Agency Shutdown Leaves 140 B.C. Families In Limbo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Patricia and Aaron Pearson were overjoyed when, after four years of trying, they finally conceived their daughter Emma.But they always dreamed of giving her a sibling. Since pregnancy had been such a struggle, and they knew there were children out there who needed a home, they turned to Choices Adoption and Pregnancy Counselling Agency on Vancouver Island, B.C.The couple spent $12,000, underwent numerous background checks, had a home study and took part in an educational course. They were regist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/adoption-agency-shutdown-leaves-140-bc-families-in-limbo/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/adoption-agency-shutdown-leaves-140-bc-families-in-limbo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Man With Dead iPhone Convicted Of Distracted Driving]]></title><description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, B.C. &mdash; A B.C. driver has been found guilty of using a cellphone while behind the wheel, even though its battery was dead.The decision, delivered Monday by judicial justice Brent Adair in Richmond, says Patrick Grzelak was using his iPhone with earbuds in his ears.The ruling says Grzelak was alone in his Mercedes on Oct. 12, 2018, heading home after a long day, with the dead iPhone in the centre cubby hole of his dashboard, when he was pulled over in Surrey.Adair found Grzelak was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-man-with-dead-iphone-convicted-of-distracted-driving/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 03:17:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-man-with-dead-iphone-convicted-of-distracted-driving/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[David Sidoo, Ex-CFL Player, Faces New Money Laundering Charge In U.S. College Admissions Scandal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver businessman David Sidoo faces an additional charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering for his alleged role in a college admissions scandal in the United States.In a new indictment from the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on Tuesday, Sidoo is accused of wiring about $100,000 in January 2013 from an account in Canada to an account in California.The indictment says the money was in the name of college-prep company The Key, and meant to be in exchange for admissions consultant W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/david-sidoo-ex-cfl-player-faces-new-money-laundering-charge-in-us-college-admissions-scandal/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/david-sidoo-ex-cfl-player-faces-new-money-laundering-charge-in-us-college-admissions-scandal/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How To Keep Your Baby Safe During A Measles Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[It seems like there's a new case every day, so you're not alone if you're worried about your little one getting measles."Absolutely, I think parents are worried, and there is reason to because it is such a highly-infectious virus," Dr. Michelle Ponti, a member of the Canadian Paediatric Society's (CPS) Public Education Advisory Committee and a pediatrician in London, Ont., told HuffPost Canada on Monday."[But] there are lots of things you can do to protect yourself and your children, so I think,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-to-keep-your-baby-safe-during-a-measles-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:40:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-to-keep-your-baby-safe-during-a-measles-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Public Schools Must Give Students Free Menstrual Products: Gov't]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; Students at British Columbia public schools will have access to free menstrual products by the end of the year.Education Minister Rob Fleming issued an order Friday that requires the schools to provide the products in washrooms with the province providing $300,000 to cover start-up costs for school districts as well as supplying ongoing funding for the program.The provincewide program is the first of its kind in Canada and comes after school board trustees in New Westminste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-public-schools-must-give-students-free-menstrual-products-govt/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2019 03:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-public-schools-must-give-students-free-menstrual-products-govt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Mom Pries Cougar’s Jaws Open To Free 7-Year-Old Son During Backyard Attack]]></title><description><![CDATA[LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. &mdash; The father of a seven-year-old boy who was attacked by a cougar in a small lakeside community on Vancouver Island is crediting his wife's quick actions for their son's survival.Kevin Bromley said his son Zach was playing in the family's backyard in Lake Cowichan, B.C., on Friday, when a cougar leapt toward him but bounced off a metal fence before clawing its way through the barrier."You can see all the claw marks of it pushing its way through," he said.Zach tried to r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mom-pries-cougars-jaws-open-to-free-7-year-old-son-during-backyard-attack/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-mom-pries-cougars-jaws-open-to-free-7-year-old-son-during-backyard-attack/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Has $7.97 Million Position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Has $7.97 Million Position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 6.0% in the fourth quarter, ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-has-797-million-position-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 01:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-has-797-million-position-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Detached Home Prices Drop By $170,000, And The Industry Is Blaming Government]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver's closely-watched housing market clocked another weak month in March, with sales falling to their lowest level since 1986.Only 1,727 homes changed hands in Greater Vancouver in March, down 31.4 per cent from the same month a year earlier, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Tuesday.Prices for all housing types are falling. The benchmark price of a detached home clocked in at $1.437 million, down 10.5 per cent, or about $170,000, in a year.Condo prices are down 5.9 per cent]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-detached-home-prices-drop-by-170000-and-the-industry-is-blaming-government/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 17:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-detached-home-prices-drop-by-170000-and-the-industry-is-blaming-government/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada&rsquo;s Slow Action On Climate Change &lsquo;Disturbing,' Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Environment Commissioner Julie Gelfand says Canada is not doing enough to combat climate change.Gelfand delivered her final audits Tuesday before her five-year term expires, looking at fossil-fuel subsidies, invasive aquatic species and mining pollution.But her final conclusions as the country's environmental watchdog say it is Canada's slow action to deal with the warming planet that is most "disturbing" to her."For decades, successive federal governments have failed to reach the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadarsquos-slow-action-on-climate-change-lsquodisturbing-environment-commissioner-julie-gelfand-says/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadarsquos-slow-action-on-climate-change-lsquodisturbing-environment-commissioner-julie-gelfand-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Legislature Allows Women To Wear Sleeveless Clothing After Dress Code Criticism]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Women who work in British Columbia's legislature are now allowed to wear sleeveless dresses, shirts and blouses, after a preliminary review prompted alterations to the building's decades-old dress code.Speaker Darryl Plecas said Monday that a full review of the dress code is underway, but until the report is complete, business attire for women can include clothing that shows their arms."I am committed to supporting gender sensitivity and awareness at the legislative assembly, a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-legislature-allows-women-to-wear-sleeveless-clothing-after-dress-code-criticism/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 13:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-legislature-allows-women-to-wear-sleeveless-clothing-after-dress-code-criticism/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Are Ready For 'Free Willy' Bill S-203 To Become Reality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even the largest aquarium in the world is far too small for marine mammals like whales and dolphins. How small? Less than one millionth of their natural range. Canada has the opportunity to be a leader in animal welfare by ending the captivity of these vast-roaming, deep-diving, intelligent, social animals.The Fisheries and Oceans Committee is reviewing Bill S-203, "the Whale and Dolphin Captivity Act," this Tuesday. Also known as the "Free Willy" bill, it would ban the breeding, display and tra]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-are-ready-for-free-willy-bill-s-203-to-become-reality/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-are-ready-for-free-willy-bill-s-203-to-become-reality/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 People Dead After Hostage Taking In Surrey, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; RCMP say a man and a woman have died after a hostage taking in a home in Surrey, B.C.Mounties say in a news release that they responded to residence at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday after a report of a man with a gun and a possible hostage situation.Officers evacuated nearby homes and properties, set up a containment area and activated the Lower Mainland Emergency Response Team, a specialized group of officers and technicians that responds to hostage situations.#surrey hostag]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-people-dead-after-hostage-taking-in-surrey-bc/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 19:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-people-dead-after-hostage-taking-in-surrey-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Port Moody, B.C. Mayor Rob Vagramov Takes Leave Of Absence To Fight Sexual Assault Allegation]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORT MOODY, B.C. &mdash; The mayor of Port Moody, B.C., says he is taking a leave of absence to clear his name after being charged with sexual assault.Robert Vagramov said Thursday that preparing a defence will require his full attention as he fights the charge in court, so he has decided to take a leave of absence starting Friday."The allegation that has led to the charge that is out there is false and will be strongly challenged in court," he told a news conference."When the allegation surface]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/port-moody-bc-mayor-rob-vagramov-takes-leave-of-absence-to-fight-sexual-assault-allegation/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 02:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/port-moody-bc-mayor-rob-vagramov-takes-leave-of-absence-to-fight-sexual-assault-allegation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women Roll Up Sleeves To Protest Dress Code At B.C. Legislature]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A dress code protest at British Columbia's legislature that prompted some women to roll up their sleeves in solidarity on Thursday has resulted in the Speaker's office ordering a review of modern dress expectations at the building.Acting clerk Kate Ryan-Lloyd said Speaker Darryl Plecas directed her to review the legislature's dress code policy to determine what is considered appropriate business attire for women. She said the current policy dates back to 1980."The phrase contemp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/women-roll-up-sleeves-to-protest-dress-code-at-bc-legislature/</link><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 01:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/women-roll-up-sleeves-to-protest-dress-code-at-bc-legislature/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[North America’s Most Affordable Major Housing Market Is .. Calgary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Affordable housing might be the one reason Canadians still envy their southern neighbours these days (a four-bedroom villa in Houston for $300,000, anyone?), but it turns out there may be nothing to envy there, either.According to a new survey from real estate site Zoocasa, Calgary is the most affordable major housing market in the U.S. or Canada.The survey looked at the 30 largest metro areas in the U.S., and the five largest in Canada. It compared the median household income against the income]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/north-americas-most-affordable-major-housing-market-is-calgary/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 18:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/north-americas-most-affordable-major-housing-market-is-calgary/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Drug Users Unfairly Evicted By British Columbia Landlords: Study]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia's housing policies are allowing landlords to evict drug users in Vancouver's rooming houses and there's little or no recourse for people to defend themselves against a practice that is often illegal and creates a risk of overdose, a new study says.The study by the BC Centre on Substance Use says low-income tenants living in private and non-profit single-room occupancy units in the Downtown Eastside are targeted specifically for their drug use and often evicted]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-drug-users-unfairly-evicted-by-british-columbia-landlords-study/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 02:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-drug-users-unfairly-evicted-by-british-columbia-landlords-study/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Grows Position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Grows Position in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp raised its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 6.0% during the 4th quarter, ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-grows-position-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-grows-position-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals&rsquo; Plan To Help Homebuyers Will Mean 'Turbulence' In Market, And Won't Help Pricey Cities: Analysts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The federal Liberals' plan to help homebuyers could slow down home sales in the coming months, while doing little to improve affordability, analysts say.As part of the budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced last week a plan to help homebuyers struggling with the worst home affordability levels Canada has seen in three decades.The plan surprised many observers by not including a number of measures the industry had been pushing for, such as a loosening of the mortgage stress test and an i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberalsrsquo-plan-to-help-homebuyers-will-mean-turbulence-in-market-and-wont-help-pricey-cities-analysts/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 20:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberalsrsquo-plan-to-help-homebuyers-will-mean-turbulence-in-market-and-wont-help-pricey-cities-analysts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau Throws Jabs At Scheer, Harper In Speech To Introduce B.C. Candidate Tamara Taggart]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Justin Trudeau delivered a feisty, campaign-style speech in Vancouver-Kingsway Sunday night as he introduced former TV news anchor Tamara Taggart as the riding's Liberal candidate in the fall federal election.The prime minister fired off a flurry of verbal jabs at Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, and also former prime minister Stephen Harper, giving a glimpse of what could be a heated campaign for the October election."Investing in people and communities is the way to g]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-throws-jabs-at-scheer-harper-in-speech-to-introduce-bc-candidate-tamara-taggart/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-throws-jabs-at-scheer-harper-in-speech-to-introduce-bc-candidate-tamara-taggart/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why This Photo Of A Burning River Should Give You Hope]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's a picture of water I think about a lot. It's not a loon on a misty lake. It's not the classic Canadian image showing the back of a favourite paddling mate in the bow of a canoe. It's a picture of a burning river.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the last fire on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio. In June 1969, a slick of oil and debris floating on the river ignited. This was not the first time that flame and river had met on the Cuyahoga. By 1969, there had been just over a century of riv]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-this-photo-of-a-burning-river-should-give-you-hope/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-this-photo-of-a-burning-river-should-give-you-hope/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Measles Outbreak Prompts Rush To Immunize Before Mandatory Registration]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; British Columbia is starting a measles immunization catch-up drive next month in a bid to vaccinate 95 per cent of the province's youth amid an outbreak of 19 confirmed measles cases.Health Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday the voluntary April to June catch-up campaign comes ahead of next fall's mandatory immunization registration of students at B.C.'s public and private schools.The details of the mandatory registration will be announced in May, but will not include mandatory i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-measles-outbreak-prompts-rush-to-immunize-before-mandatory-registration/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 01:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-measles-outbreak-prompts-rush-to-immunize-before-mandatory-registration/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Police Warn Against Phone Scam Defrauding Seniors Out Of Millions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver police are warning of a new scam that has defrauded at least five seniors out of millions of dollars.Police say fraudsters using a landline to call the victim, pretend to be either an employee of a jewelry store or a police officer and, in a complex scam, have defrauded their victims out of $3.1 million.Vancouver police Sgt. Jason Robillard says the victim is advised their credit card has been used for a large purchase or that police need their help with a fraud investigation, and is t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-warn-against-phone-scam-defrauding-seniors-out-of-millions/</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-warn-against-phone-scam-defrauding-seniors-out-of-millions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Police Seek Suspects In 'Life-Changing' Sucker Punch Outside Yaletown Bar (Video)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver police released video of an assault outside a Yaletown bar last year, in hopes the public can help them identify suspects who were involved.The incident left a 28-year-old Burnaby man with "life-changing injures," said police on Tuesday.Watch the surveillance footage:At about 2 a.m. on March 31, 2018, police were called to Pierre's Champagne Lounge for reports of a fight and an unconscious man. The suspects had fled by the time officers arrived minutes later, according to a press relea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-seek-suspects-in-life-changing-sucker-punch-outside-yaletown-bar-video/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 19:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-seek-suspects-in-life-changing-sucker-punch-outside-yaletown-bar-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Wants Disaster Response Plans In Event Of Trans Mountain Pipeline Accident]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia is not trying to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but it is attempting to prevent environmental damage and hold the corporation responsible for the cleanup of a spill, a lawyer argued Monday.The province's Court of Appeal is considering a reference case filed by B.C. that asks if it has jurisdiction to regulate the transport of oil through its territory and restrict bitumen shipments from Alberta.Joseph Arvay, who represents B.C., said the province h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-wants-disaster-response-plans-in-event-of-trans-mountain-pipeline-accident/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-wants-disaster-response-plans-in-event-of-trans-mountain-pipeline-accident/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joyce Murray, New Treasury Board President, Defends Speaking Out Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Approval]]></title><description><![CDATA[The newest member of federal cabinet says she was just doing her job when she spoke out against the Liberal government's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.Joyce Murray, a veteran MP from the B.C. riding of Vancouver Quadra, was tapped Monday to serve as Treasury Board president and minister of digital government. Murray served as parliamentary secretary to former ministers Scott Brison and Jane Philpott.Speaking to reporters outside of Rideau Hall, Murray was asked if her positio]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/joyce-murray-new-treasury-board-president-defends-speaking-out-against-trans-mountain-pipeline-approval/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 17:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/joyce-murray-new-treasury-board-president-defends-speaking-out-against-trans-mountain-pipeline-approval/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau Shuffles Cabinet Again After Jane Philpott's Resignation]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's newest cabinet minister says she wants to move on from the controversy that has resulted in her appointment to president of the Treasury Board."The past few weeks have been difficult, and I have expressed my confidence in our prime minister and our support for the work we are doing on behalf of Canadians," said British Columbia MP Joyce Murray, after she was sworn in at Rideau Hall.Murray signalled she wants to get past the current scandal and contr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-again-after-jane-philpotts-resignation/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-shuffles-cabinet-again-after-jane-philpotts-resignation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Elizabeth May Thinks P.E.I. Greens And Maxime Bernier Will Boost Her Party's Fortunes]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Elizabeth May is on a bus that's 45 minutes from Regina, thinking about fellow travellers."I've got my earphones on so that I don't disturb other passengers," she says quietly. "I'll try to talk softly."It's been a heady time for the 64-year-old leader of the Green Party of Canada, a role she has held since 2006.In recent weeks, May scored a rare standing ovation from opposition MPs in the House of Commons by calling for Canada's top public servant to be fired for his role in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-elizabeth-may-thinks-pei-greens-and-maxime-bernier-will-boost-her-partys-fortunes/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2019 14:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-elizabeth-may-thinks-pei-greens-and-maxime-bernier-will-boost-her-partys-fortunes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montreal Is Canada's Last Major Housing Market Seeing Price Growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's urban housing markets are deflating under the weight of higher interest rates and a mortgage stress test, with just two major metro areas &mdash; Halifax and Montreal &mdash; showing any price growth in February.And only one of those &mdash; Montreal &mdash; has seen positive price growth over the past six months, according to data from the Teranet-National Bank House Price Index."But price weakness does not mean collapse," National Bank economist Marc Pinsonneault wrote in a client not]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/montreal-is-canadas-last-major-housing-market-seeing-price-growth/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 17:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/montreal-is-canadas-last-major-housing-market-seeing-price-growth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop Pressuring Families To Cook Homemade Meals: UBC Sociologist]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a time of Pinterest-perfect recipes, meal-planning apps, meal-prep posts, and the rise of mommy food bloggers, the average parent might feel pressured that they should &mdash; nay, MUST &mdash; create daily, creative, made-from-scratch meals for their family.Combine that with experts urging parents to do just that (using plant-based proteins and whole grains, please and thanks), articles on the importance of teaching your kids to cook, and ongoing research on the importance of family dinner,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/stop-pressuring-families-to-cook-homemade-meals-ubc-sociologist/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/stop-pressuring-families-to-cook-homemade-meals-ubc-sociologist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indian Day Schools Survivors To Be Compensated Up To $200K: Carolyn Bennett]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The government has reached a proposed settlement with former Indian Day Schools students that would compensate each survivor $10,000, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett announced Tuesday.Those who experienced physical and sexual abuse at the schools are also eligible for additional compensation of between $50,000 and $200,000 based on severity.Bennett called the proposed agreement a historic step forward, adding Canada is committed to righting historical wrongs in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indian-day-schools-survivors-to-be-compensated-up-to-200k-carolyn-bennett/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indian-day-schools-survivors-to-be-compensated-up-to-200k-carolyn-bennett/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Increases Holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Increases Holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp raised its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 6.0% in the 4th ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-increases-holdings-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-increases-holdings-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds Posts Ridiculously Cute Throwback From His Vancouver Childhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ryan Reynolds reps Vancouver hard. He talks up his hometown constantly, includes it in his social media handles, and has lent his support to local causes like a crusade to save an iconic movie theatre and a documentary about B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest.But he took it to the next level when he posted an Instagram photo of the time he was featured in a local newspaper at age three. Just a future movie star, hanging out at the community centre pool in Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood.View this]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-posts-ridiculously-cute-throwback-from-his-vancouver-childhood/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2019 20:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-posts-ridiculously-cute-throwback-from-his-vancouver-childhood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Housing Market Is Breaking Some Alarming Records Right Now]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's quiet out there. Maybe too quiet.Canada's residential real estate market has slowed considerably over the past year, a fact the industry chalks up to a tough new mortgage stress test and rising interest rates.This is having an impact on the broader economy. Canada's GDP growth slowed to a snail's pace of 0.4 per cent annualized in the fourth quarter of 2018, dragged down in part by falling residential investment, which has slid 7.5 per cent over the past year.Watch: The extreme measures Can]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-housing-market-is-breaking-some-alarming-records-right-now/</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2019 17:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-housing-market-is-breaking-some-alarming-records-right-now/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Video Of Fisherman Allan Marsden Tossing Explosive At B.C. Sea Lions Sparks Outrage]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A commercial fisherman who tossed a small explosive into water teeming with sea lions off the coast of British Columbia says he wasn't trying to hurt the creatures.The video prompted strong responses both for and against when it was posted to social media. It has since been taken down.Allan Marsden said he used the "bear banger," a flare that emits a gunshot style noise, to scare the sea lions away from his boat."This was not a case of going out there and trying to kill all the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/video-of-fisherman-allan-marsden-tossing-explosive-at-bc-sea-lions-sparks-outrage/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/video-of-fisherman-allan-marsden-tossing-explosive-at-bc-sea-lions-sparks-outrage/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fearless coyotes spotted hanging out in East Vancouver neighbourhood]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eight coyote sightings have been reported to the Stanley Park Ecological Society in the first week of March alone.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/fearless-coyotes-spotted-hanging-out-in-east-vancouver-neighbourhood/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 17:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/fearless-coyotes-spotted-hanging-out-in-east-vancouver-neighbourhood/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beverley McLachlin, Former Supreme Court Chief Justice, To Probe B.C. Legislature Spending Allegations]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; A former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada has been selected to investigate allegations of spending abuses at British Columbia's legislature.Beverley McLachlin's appointment is expected to go before the legislature for ratification on Thursday, but the three party house leaders announced they have retained her services.Sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz and Clerk Craig James have been suspended with pay since November after members of the legislature learned of an RCMP invest]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/beverley-mclachlin-former-supreme-court-chief-justice-to-probe-bc-legislature-spending-allegations/</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/beverley-mclachlin-former-supreme-court-chief-justice-to-probe-bc-legislature-spending-allegations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Separate Attorney General And Justice Minister Roles, For Canada's Own Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[The SNC-Lavalin scandal has exposed more than just a few cracks in our federal Liberal party; it has rocked some of Canadians' most basic assumptions about our parliamentary structure and has left many &mdash; including the current justice minister &mdash; asking what, if any, role the minister of justice should continue to serve in this country.In her testimony before the House justice committee last week, the former minister, who was also attorney general, delivered one bombshell after another]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/separate-attorney-general-and-justice-minister-roles-for-canadas-own-good/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/separate-attorney-general-and-justice-minister-roles-for-canadas-own-good/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elly Mayday, Body-Positive Model And Advocate, Dies From Ovarian Cancer At 30]]></title><description><![CDATA["One Hell Ova Woman" reads an embroidery Elly Mayday was gifted last summer.In an Instagram post, the body-positive model said: "This is one of my favorite gifts I've received. This little tag line came to me one day and I liked the way it felt. I wanted to create a hashtag that said a bit more than "warrior" or survivor, to be honest I've never identified with either words."#One Hell Ova Woman" is the woman who doesn't back down. The one who faces obstacles with grace and strength. The "Ova" sp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elly-mayday-body-positive-model-and-advocate-dies-from-ovarian-cancer-at-30/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 19:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/elly-mayday-body-positive-model-and-advocate-dies-from-ovarian-cancer-at-30/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver House Prices Continue Sliding As Supply Keeps Rising]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The local real estate board says the benchmark price of a detached home in Metro Vancouver fell nearly 10 per cent year over year as more sellers listed properties, but house hunters continued to take their time in February.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says nearly 28 per cent fewer detached properties sold last month compared with February 2018, and the benchmark price dropped 9.7 per cent to $1,443,100.Watch: Canada's most expensive condo got a serious price cut.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-house-prices-continue-sliding-as-supply-keeps-rising/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-house-prices-continue-sliding-as-supply-keeps-rising/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) Market Valuation Declined, British Columbia Investment Management Has Lifted Stake by $2.83 Million; Gp Strategies (GPX) Stock Declined While Cove Street Capital Raised Stake - The Yomi Blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) Market Valuation Declined, British Columbia Investment Management Has Lifted Stake by $2.83 Million; Gp Strategies (GPX) Stock Declined While Cove Street Capital Raised Stake&nbsp;&nbsp;The Yomi BlogCove Street Capital Llc increased its stake in Gp Strategies Corp (GPX) by 8.65% based on its latest 2018Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Cove Street Capital ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/as-alexandria-real-estate-eq-in-are-market-valuation-declined-british-columbia-investment-management-has-lifted-stake-by-283-million-gp-strategies-gpx-stock-declined-while-cove-street-capital-raised-stake-the-yomi-blog/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/as-alexandria-real-estate-eq-in-are-market-valuation-declined-british-columbia-investment-management-has-lifted-stake-by-283-million-gp-strategies-gpx-stock-declined-while-cove-street-capital-raised-stake-the-yomi-blog/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Rental Rates Rise At Fastest Pace In 30 Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've been paying the bills in your household, you've probably noticed that some things have fallen in price (gas), and some things have been largely stable (shoes and clothing, for instance).But if you've been shopping around for an apartment to rent, you've probably experienced sticker shock.The cost of renting an apartment in Canada shot up 0.9 per cent in a single month in January, according to Statistics Canada, the fastest one-month leap in since August, 1989.And even though the hike t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rental-rates-rise-at-fastest-pace-in-30-years/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rental-rates-rise-at-fastest-pace-in-30-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP MP Nathan Cullen Announces He’s Not Running Again In 2019 Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Veteran NDP MP Nathan Cullen will not run again in the next federal election.Cullen, who has represented the B.C. riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley since 2004, made his intentions known at a press conference in Smithers, B.C. Friday. The move comes mere days after his party's leader Jagmeet Singh won a crucial byelection in Burnaby South.Cullen mused for weeks that he might not run again this fall, but said he would wait until after Singh's byelection campaign was over before making any decision.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-mp-nathan-cullen-announces-hes-not-running-again-in-2019-election/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 22:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-mp-nathan-cullen-announces-hes-not-running-again-in-2019-election/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Out-of-touch’ Liberal leader backtracks over dismissive renter comments]]></title><description><![CDATA[Andrew Wilkinson, slammed for saying the challenge of paying rent is &ldquo;fun,&rdquo; takes to Twitter for some urgent damage limitation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/out-of-touch-liberal-leader-backtracks-over-dismissive-renter-comments/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 20:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/out-of-touch-liberal-leader-backtracks-over-dismissive-renter-comments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Are Planning A Pregnancy, Make Sure You’re Vaccinated]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Centre for Disease Control in British Columbia (BC CDC) is working to contain a measles outbreak. As of Feb. 27, 2019, there were 15 confirmed cases of measles in B.C., and that number is expected to rise.Measles is an extremely contagious virus with a 90 per cent secondary infection rate. It is transmitted through coughing or sneezing of droplets, which can linger in the air and remain infectious for several hours.Symptoms of a measles infection typically start seven to 10 days after exposu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/if-you-are-planning-a-pregnancy-make-sure-youre-vaccinated/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/if-you-are-planning-a-pregnancy-make-sure-youre-vaccinated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Veteran NDP MP Murray Rankin Won't Be Running For Re-Election In Fall]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; After seven years representing Victoria in Parliament as a New Democrat, Murray Rankin says he won't run for re-election this fall.Rankin said in an interview on Thursday his decision was very difficult, and serving as an MP has been the "most rewarding experience" of his life."I've got to know so many people in our community," he said. "I've got to know so many great colleagues here in Ottawa in the caucus. One of the great benefits of being an MP is in order to do your job and r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/veteran-ndp-mp-murray-rankin-wont-be-running-for-re-election-in-fall/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2019 01:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/veteran-ndp-mp-murray-rankin-wont-be-running-for-re-election-in-fall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys Hailed As Heroes For Saving 8-Year-Old Dangling From Grouse Mountain Chairlift]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Five quick-thinking boys are being hailed as heroes for rescuing a screaming eight-year-old child dangling from a chairlift at Grouse Mountain ski resort in North Vancouver.Video obtained by Global News shows a group of boys in action as they grab a piece of orange netting used as fencing and rush beneath the ski lift while a man above clings to the boy as he hangs from the chair.Other kids are seen rushing to scene to help by grabbing on to the netting under the chairlift as t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/boys-hailed-as-heroes-for-saving-8-year-old-dangling-from-grouse-mountain-chairlift/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/boys-hailed-as-heroes-for-saving-8-year-old-dangling-from-grouse-mountain-chairlift/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push For Safer Opioids Intensifies As Overdose Crisis Rages On]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The Trudeau government is facing pressure to make safer opioids available to people who use street drugs as overdose deaths continue to increase.The push is coming from public-health advocates and from at least one Liberal MP, Toronto's Nathaniel Erksine-Smith."One of my constituents lost her nephew to the opioid crisis because of fentanyl and the lack of a safe supply," he said. "If we want to save lives, we know that thousands of Canadians are dying because of an unsafe supply.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/push-for-safer-opioids-intensifies-as-overdose-crisis-rages-on/</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2019 04:04:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/push-for-safer-opioids-intensifies-as-overdose-crisis-rages-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Westminster School Board To Provide Free Pads And Tampons For Students]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. &mdash; A British Columbia school board believes it is one of the first in the country to provide free feminine hygiene products in washrooms.Members of the New Westminster school board debated and unanimously passed a motion Tuesday night.Starting in September, tampons and pads will be available in women's and universal washrooms in elementary, middle and high schools in New Westminster.We know that girls, if they can't manage their periods properly... in the worst case, t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-westminster-school-board-to-provide-free-pads-and-tampons-for-students/</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/new-westminster-school-board-to-provide-free-pads-and-tampons-for-students/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Wins Burnaby South Byelection, Scores Seat In The House Of Commons]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has won his do-or-die bid to capture a British Columbia seat in the House of Commons.With more than half the polls reporting results in Burnaby South, Singh had just over 38 per cent of the vote, comfortably ahead of Liberal Richard T. Lee's 26 per cent and Conservative Jay Shin's 22 per cent.But while victory tightens Singh's shaky grip on the reins of the NDP, the challenge ahead was underscored by the simultaneous loss of the Montreal riding that launch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-wins-burnaby-south-byelection-scores-seat-in-the-house-of-commons/</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2019 05:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-wins-burnaby-south-byelection-scores-seat-in-the-house-of-commons/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s New 'Integrity Register' Aims At Pre-Sale Condo Flippers]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The British Columbia government says it has launched Canada's first registry aimed at cracking down on pre-sale property flipping and tax evasion in B.C.'s real estate market.The Ministry of Finance says the Condo and Strata Assignment Integrity Register will improve fairness and transparency in property transactions.Finance Minister Carol James says in a news release that the register will take "real action to moderate the condo market," and is already starting to see results i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-new-integrity-register-aims-at-pre-sale-condo-flippers/</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-new-integrity-register-aims-at-pre-sale-condo-flippers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh's Burnaby Byelection Bid Could Benefit From Liberal Turmoil: Expert]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; The stakes are high for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in a Metro Vancouver byelection race, but an expert says recent Liberal turmoil has been a "gift" to his campaign.The 40-year-old former Ontario legislator has lacked a voice in Parliament since becoming party leader in the fall of 2017. Now he finally has his chance in Burnaby South as voters in the riding cast their ballots on Monday after a six-week race.The Liberals got off to a rocky start when their first candidate, Kar]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singhs-burnaby-byelection-bid-could-benefit-from-liberal-turmoil-expert/</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singhs-burnaby-byelection-bid-could-benefit-from-liberal-turmoil-expert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Sex Abuse Survivors Shed Their Shame At Historic Vatican Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[On her first trip to the Vatican, Leona Huggins was gripped with fear and shame each time she saw a priest.The then-21-year-old university graduate went there in 1984, spurred by a love of art and the Catholic Church, but also carrying a secret. For the past decade, she had been sexually abused by her Vancouver parish priest."I felt like I carried the scarlet letter. I didn't tell a soul, I couldn't tell a soul," Huggins told HuffPost Canada.More than three decades later, she's back in Rome for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-sex-abuse-survivors-shed-their-shame-at-historic-vatican-summit/</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 16:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-sex-abuse-survivors-shed-their-shame-at-historic-vatican-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Energy Board Endorses Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; The National Energy Board has endorsed an expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline following a reconsideration of its impact on marine life off the B.C. coast.The energy regulator says an increase in tanker traffic resulting from the pipeline would hurt southern resident killer whales and increase greenhouse gas emissions.But it says the side effects can be justified in light of what would be the pipeline's benefits."While these effects weighed heavily in the NEB's consideration]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/national-energy-board-endorses-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/national-energy-board-endorses-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Considering Mandatory Vaccination Registry Due To Measles Outbreak]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The B.C. government is considering a mandatory vaccination registration program similar to that in Ontario in the wake of an outbreak of measles in Vancouver, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Thursday.Such a system would be aimed at boosting the proportion of residents in the province who are vaccinated against the highly contagious disease, he said."While there are some people who are expressing opposition to immunization, and others who can't be immunized for medical reasons, so]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-considering-mandatory-vaccination-registry-due-to-measles-outbreak/</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-considering-mandatory-vaccination-registry-due-to-measles-outbreak/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad Weed's Now The Government's Problem, And So Are The Inevitable Lawsuits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether you're for or against the legalization of cannabis, Canadian taxpayers should know the civil liability that the government has created for all of us. The Canadian government has failed to recognize that it is not insulated from civil lawsuits in the same way as black-market drug dealers.Here is some free business advice from a personal injury lawyer to protect our government from the laws of unintended consequences.Bought bad weed or had a bad trip? You were ingesting an illegal substanc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bad-weeds-now-the-governments-problem-and-so-are-the-inevitable-lawsuits/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bad-weeds-now-the-governments-problem-and-so-are-the-inevitable-lawsuits/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surrey, B.C. Has Second-Fastest Rising Home Prices In North America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Move over, Vancouver. Surrey has had the second-fastest rising home prices in North America over the past five years, suggests a study of 83 major North American cities that also sees five other Canadian cities make the top 10.Between 2013 and 2018, Surrey home prices soared 88 per cent &mdash; which works out to an increase of $395,287 in Canadian dollars &mdash; according to Point2 Homes, an online real estate portal with millions of monthly visits.The Point2 Homes team says population growth]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/surrey-bc-has-second-fastest-rising-home-prices-in-north-america/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/surrey-bc-has-second-fastest-rising-home-prices-in-north-america/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japanese-Canadian Baseball Team's Legacy Survives WWII Internment In New Heritage Minute]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A new Heritage Minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the government policy that tore them apart.Composed of Japanese Canadian players, the Vancouver Asahi initially struggled against their larger Caucasian competitors and were even booed by baseball fans, said Grace Eiko Thomson, who has spent many years telling the team's story through a variety of projects.The Asahi adopted a new playing style in the early 1920s, focusing on strateg]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/japanese-canadian-baseball-teams-legacy-survives-wwii-internment-in-new-heritage-minute/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/japanese-canadian-baseball-teams-legacy-survives-wwii-internment-in-new-heritage-minute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Defends Backing LNG Canada Project As Candidates Push Stronger Stance On Climate Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is facing calls from within the party for a stronger stance on climate change as he defends his support of the $40-billion LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia.Svend Robinson, the New Democrat candidate in Burnaby North-Seymour in the general election, opposes any new oil and gas infrastructure. Julia Sanchez, running for the party in a byelection in Outremont in Montreal, disapproves of the use of public funds for such projects.S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-defends-backing-lng-canada-project-as-candidates-push-stronger-stance-on-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-defends-backing-lng-canada-project-as-candidates-push-stronger-stance-on-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Pastor, Son, And Companies Fined For Fraud]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A B.C. Securities Commission panel has imposed fines and market bans on a Surrey pastor, his son, another man and the companies they controlled over a real estate investment scheme.The commission says Pastor Alan Braun, Jerry Braun, Steven Maxwell, also known as Steven Fassman, and three companies took $450,000 from two investors telling them they were buying real estate in Edmonton that would generate a high rate of return.It says the men used the money for other purposes, inc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-pastor-son-and-companies-fined-for-fraud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-pastor-son-and-companies-fined-for-fraud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Are The Best Universities In Canada In 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[The following Canadian universities have been numerically ranked based on their positions in the overall, the best Universities In Canada 2019 rankings. Schools were evaluated based on their research performance and their ratings by members of the academic community around the world and within North America.These are the best universities in Canada in 2019. The list is based on data gathered by University Magazine from QS World University Rankings10. Queen's UniversityQueen's University in Kings]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/these-are-the-best-universities-in-canada-in-2019/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/these-are-the-best-universities-in-canada-in-2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s Satinder Singh Dhillon Sues Maxime Bernier Over 'People's Party Of Canada']]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Former federal Conservative party cabinet minister Maxime Bernier may have to find a new name for his fledgling People's Party of Canada, if a British Columbia businessman wins two lawsuits filed in Federal Court.Elections Canada shows the People's Party of Canada was officially registered on Jan. 17, and Bernier is its leader, but Abbotsford, B.C., resident Satinder Singh Dhillon claims to own the copyright and registered trademark to the name, and wants Bernier to quit using]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-satinder-singh-dhillon-sues-maxime-bernier-over-peoples-party-of-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-satinder-singh-dhillon-sues-maxime-bernier-over-peoples-party-of-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid B.C. Measles Outbreak, Public Health Agency Urges Canadians To Check Vaccine Records]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The Public Health Agency of Canada has issued a statement aimed at reminding Canadians that measles is a serious and highly contagious disease and that getting vaccinated is the best protection.The statement comes in response to an outbreak of nine cases of measles in Vancouver that began after an unvaccinated Canadian child contracted the disease on a family trip to Vietnam.Measles causes high fever, coughing, sneezing and a widespread painful rash. The infection can lead to ser]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/amid-bc-measles-outbreak-public-health-agency-urges-canadians-to-check-vaccine-records/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/amid-bc-measles-outbreak-public-health-agency-urges-canadians-to-check-vaccine-records/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) Holding Held by British Columbia Investment Management Corp; Troy Asset Management LTD Has Lowered Its Position in Altria Group (MO) as Stock Price Declined - Lives Advice]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) Holding Held by British Columbia Investment Management Corp; Troy Asset Management LTD Has Lowered Its Position in Altria Group (MO) as Stock Price Declined&nbsp;&nbsp;Lives AdviceBritish Columbia Investment Management Corp increased its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Eq In (ARE) by 53.18% based on its latest 2018Q3 regulatory filing ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-eq-in-are-holding-held-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-troy-asset-management-ltd-has-lowered-its-position-in-altria-group-mo-as-stock-price-declined-lives-advice/</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2019 18:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-eq-in-are-holding-held-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-troy-asset-management-ltd-has-lowered-its-position-in-altria-group-mo-as-stock-price-declined-lives-advice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBC Okanagan Researchers Study Most-Commonly Used Emojis In Sexts]]></title><description><![CDATA[For months now, researchers at the University of British Columbia have been closely examining text messages to look for either subtle or explicit signs that they contain romantic or sexual messages.In other words: academics, they're just like us!The study came about after communication with campus undergrads, said Samantha Thomson, one of the study's authors. During focus groups about digital communication and dating, the subject of emojis just kept coming up."Emoji use has become an important p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-okanagan-researchers-study-most-commonly-used-emojis-in-sexts/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 21:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-okanagan-researchers-study-most-commonly-used-emojis-in-sexts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PR Firm Edelman Suspends Contract With Gordon Campbell Amid Groping Investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A global communications marketing firm says it is suspending its contract with former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell in light of an allegation in a British newspaper that he groped a woman in the United Kingdom.Edelman says in a statement that Campbell has served as a special adviser to the firm since last July, and was engaged on a part-time basis as a consultant through a retainer agreement.However, the company says it and Campbell have "mutually decided to suspend]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pr-firm-edelman-suspends-contract-with-gordon-campbell-amid-groping-investigation/</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 15:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pr-firm-edelman-suspends-contract-with-gordon-campbell-amid-groping-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Measles Outbreak Linked To French Schools]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver Coastal Health says it's facing an "outbreak" of measles with nine cases in the city this month.The number of confirmed cases more than doubled from four earlier on Friday, when the health authority said all the infections involved three French schools.Two of the schools are connected by a door and the schools use the same bus company.Medical health officer Dr. Althea Hayden says most of the new confirmed cases are linked to &Eacute;cole Jules-Verne, a French-language high school in So]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-measles-outbreak-linked-to-french-schools/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-measles-outbreak-linked-to-french-schools/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell Accused Of Sex Assault, Reports Daily Telegraph]]></title><description><![CDATA[LONDON &mdash; A British newspaper says police in London are investigating an allegation of sexual assault made against former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell.The Daily Telegraph says Scotland Yard is investigating a complaint from a woman who was an employee at the Canadian High Commission when Campbell was high commissioner.The newspaper says in a story published online on Friday that the complainant, 54, alleges she was groped in 2013 and filed a complaint with police in January.The]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ex-bc-premier-gordon-campbell-accused-of-sex-assault-reports-daily-telegraph/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 01:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ex-bc-premier-gordon-campbell-accused-of-sex-assault-reports-daily-telegraph/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Average Home Price Is Back To 2015 Levels]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's average resale home price is back to where it was in the final months of 2015, the latest sign that the country's long-running housing boom is history.The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) reported Friday that the average price for all housing types sold through the Multiple Listing Service fell to $455,000 in January, down 5.5 per cent from the same month a year earlier. The last time the number came in below that level was December 2015.What this means and doesn't meanThis is a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-average-home-price-is-back-to-2015-levels/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 18:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-average-home-price-is-back-to-2015-levels/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Tax Revenue Expected To Take $400-Million Hit After Vancouver Housing Market Downturn]]></title><description><![CDATA[As B.C. home sales activity plummets during a housing downturn, the province may be losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars of previously expected tax revenue."[The] property transfer tax revenue forecast is down $150 million due to slower housing market activity reflecting a lower number of transactions," reads the B.C. government's second quarterly report for the 2018/2019 fiscal year.In the first quarterly report, the government had already downwardly revised the projected revenue by $2]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-tax-revenue-expected-to-take-400-million-hit-after-vancouver-housing-market-downturn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 15:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-tax-revenue-expected-to-take-400-million-hit-after-vancouver-housing-market-downturn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teranet House Price Index Shows Western Canada's Big-City Housing Becoming A Rough Investment]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Teranet house price index doesn't have much good news for Canadian homeowners wondering what's happening to the value of their homes. Especially if you live in one of Western Canada's large cities.The index that covers housing markets in 11 major metro areas across Canada fell for the fifth straight month in January, and is down 1 per cent from its peak in September. Still, prices are higher than they were a year ago in all but three of the cities: Vancouver, Edmonton a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/teranet-house-price-index-shows-western-canadas-big-city-housing-becoming-a-rough-investment/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/teranet-house-price-index-shows-western-canadas-big-city-housing-becoming-a-rough-investment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Defends Reconciliation Record After Wilson-Raybould Quits Cabinet]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The prime minister defended his government's record on reconciliation in a warehouse of buses Tuesday after Indigenous leaders accused him of throwing one of his former ministers under one.Earlier in the day, now-former veterans affairs minister Jody Wilson-Raybould announced her resignation from cabinet. She also stepped down from her role as the associate minister of national defence."For folks who are puzzled by Ms. Wilson-Raybould's decision to step down, they can add me to th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-defends-reconciliation-record-after-wilson-raybould-quits-cabinet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2019 01:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-defends-reconciliation-record-after-wilson-raybould-quits-cabinet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huawei's Meng Wanzhou Could Have A Strong Case Against Extradition]]></title><description><![CDATA[Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver on Dec. 1, 2018, pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant that was issued under the "Extradition Act." The United States has now made a formal request for Wanzhou's extradition.On Jan. 22, 2019, John McCallum, Canada's ambassador to China, told a gathering of Chinese-language journalists in Toronto that he thought Meng Wanzhou had a strong case to fight extradition to the United States. He also raised several arguments that he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huaweis-meng-wanzhou-could-have-a-strong-case-against-extradition/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huaweis-meng-wanzhou-could-have-a-strong-case-against-extradition/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Predicts Jagmeet Singh Will Lose Crucial Burnaby South Byelection]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; Justin Trudeau said the Liberal candidate in Burnaby South will be a strong voice for the community, as he campaigned on Sunday in the riding where New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is seeking a seat.The prime minister told a crowd of supporters that Richard T. Lee served Burnaby, B.C., for 16 years as a provincial legislator and continues to work hard every day to put the best face forward for the city."We need strong local voices standing up for you, fighting for you in O]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-predicts-jagmeet-singh-will-lose-crucial-burnaby-south-byelection/</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-predicts-jagmeet-singh-will-lose-crucial-burnaby-south-byelection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trains Must Use Handbrakes On Mountain Slopes, Transport Minister Marc Garneau  Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[CALGARY &mdash; Canada's transport minister has ordered the use of handbrakes on all trains stopped on mountain slopes following a deadly derailment earlier this week in the Rocky Mountains.Marc Garneau said in a statement late Friday that the order is a precaution until the cause of the derailment is determined. It takes effect immediately."My department has issued a Ministerial Order under the Railway Safety Act to all railway companies mandating the use of handbrakes should a train be stopped]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trains-must-use-handbrakes-on-mountain-slopes-transport-minister-marc-garneau-says/</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:56:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trains-must-use-handbrakes-on-mountain-slopes-transport-minister-marc-garneau-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Oil Spill: MV Marathassa Acquitted In English Bay Spill]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A British Columbia provincial court has acquitted a vessel on all charges over its spill of 2,700 litres of bunker fuel into Vancouver's English Bay.In a 77-page ruling released Thursday, Judge Kathryn Denhoff says the MV Marathassa discharged a harmful pollutant into the waters of English Bay and says four migratory birds were smeared with oil in April 2015.But her ruling says the Marathassa exercised due diligence and the discharge was caused by two unforeseeable shipbuilder]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-oil-spill-mv-marathassa-acquitted-in-english-bay-spill/</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-oil-spill-mv-marathassa-acquitted-in-english-bay-spill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days On Market: Here's How Long It Will Take You To Sell A House In 63 Canadian Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've been hearing from our readers lately that real estate news focuses too much on Toronto and Vancouver and not enough on the rest of the country.This is a legitimate point. Both within the industry and among the public, there's been a fascination with these two markets. And there's some reason for that. As recently as 2015, the Toronto and Vancouver metro areas accounted for 29 per cent of all home sales in Canada.But with the recent slowdown in those cities, they're becoming less important]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/days-on-market-heres-how-long-it-will-take-you-to-sell-a-house-in-63-canadian-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/days-on-market-heres-how-long-it-will-take-you-to-sell-a-house-in-63-canadian-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Days On Market: Here's How Long It Will Take You To Sell A House In 62 Canadian Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've been hearing from our readers lately that real estate news focuses too much on Toronto and Vancouver and not enough on the rest of the country.This is a legitimate point. Both within the industry and among the public, there's been a fascination with these two markets. And there's some reason for that. As recently as 2015, the Toronto and Vancouver metro areas accounted for 29 per cent of all home sales in Canada.But with the recent slowdown in those cities, they're becoming less important]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/days-on-market-heres-how-long-it-will-take-you-to-sell-a-house-in-62-canadian-markets/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/days-on-market-heres-how-long-it-will-take-you-to-sell-a-house-in-62-canadian-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A ‘Western Canada Party’ Would Find Strong Voter Support: Angus Reid Institute Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[A political party exclusively focused on representing the interests of Western Canada on the federal level would find considerable support from voters in the region, a new poll suggests.Thirty-five per cent of respondents from Alberta, B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba told the Angus Reid Institute they would back a hypothetical "Western Canada Party."The poll, the firm's fourth and final survey on Western Canadians' politics and their region's position in Confederation, says that while provinces]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/a-western-canada-party-would-find-strong-voter-support-angus-reid-institute-poll/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 20:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/a-western-canada-party-would-find-strong-voter-support-angus-reid-institute-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian CEO Gerald Cotten Dies With Passwords To Unlock Crypto Clients' $190 Million]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange Quadriga is due in court Tuesday as it seeks creditor protection in the wake of the sudden death of its founder and chief executive in December and missing cryptocurrency worth roughly $190-million.The Vancouver-based exchange filed an application for creditor protection on Jan. 31 and the Nova Scotia Supreme Court will be asked on Feb. 5 to appoint a monitor to oversee the proceedings, according to a post on its website, which has been otherwise shut dow]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-ceo-gerald-cotten-dies-with-passwords-to-unlock-crypto-clients-190-million/</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2019 03:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-ceo-gerald-cotten-dies-with-passwords-to-unlock-crypto-clients-190-million/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victoria Man Pranks Family In Ontario With 'Snow Shovelling' Video]]></title><description><![CDATA["Hey everyone. January 29, 2019," Daniel Smith says as he looks into the camera, wearing a toque and bundled in a heavy winter jacket."This cold weather and this snow is unbelievable up here in Canada," he continues, his face hiding an incoming, gargantuan smirk."It's absolutely ridiculous, the amount we have to shovel here. Got my snowblower going. It is freezing out. I hope everyone's safe."And then, the reveal:"I just wanted to show everybody what it's like to shovel snow in Victoria, B.C. in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-man-pranks-family-in-ontario-with-snow-shovelling-video/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 22:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/victoria-man-pranks-family-in-ontario-with-snow-shovelling-video/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Frick, I Love Nature' Is The Hilarious Canadian Nature Show You Need To Watch ASAP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gordie Lucius and Stephen Robinson are completely shocked at how many animals eat their own poop."But, seriously. So many animals do this, and we had no idea," Lucius, host of Canada's funniest new nature series, "Frick, I Love Nature", told HuffPost Canada.The pair have been exploring all the weird, wacky, and downright gross things that happen in the animal kingdom, and sharing them in short, hilarious YouTube videos."We're looking for the facts that are really quite shocking, that people mayb]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/frick-i-love-nature-is-the-hilarious-canadian-nature-show-you-need-to-watch-asap/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/frick-i-love-nature-is-the-hilarious-canadian-nature-show-you-need-to-watch-asap/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Company Steps In It With Incredibly Insensitive Tweet]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tweet that's facing backlash for being "incredibly tasteless" attempted to draw a connection between rising suicide rates among women and a Canadian company's contact lens products.Written for the Twitter account of Contacts For Less, located in New Westminster, B.C., the tweet dated Feb. 2 reads, "#suicide rates for women in #Canada are rising fast. See our blog article for more info and remember to always buy your #contactlenses with us at @ContactsForLess" and includes a link to their websi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-company-steps-in-it-with-incredibly-insensitive-tweet/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-company-steps-in-it-with-incredibly-insensitive-tweet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Company Steps In It With 'Awful' Tweet About Suicide]]></title><description><![CDATA[An "awful" tweet that linked rising suicide rates among women and a Canadian company's contact lens products gets an F, says one expert. Written for the Twitter account of Contacts For Less, located in New Westminster, B.C., the tweet dated Feb. 2 reads, "#suicide rates for women in #Canada are rising fast. See our blog article for more info and remember to always buy your #contactlenses with us at @ContactsForLess" and includes a link to their website.It was also retweeted by the company, and t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-company-steps-in-it-with-awful-tweet-about-suicide/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-company-steps-in-it-with-awful-tweet-about-suicide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Need Concrete Solutions To Fix Canada's Affordable Housing Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[The tent city in Nanaimo, B.C., where many of the city's homeless could once find shelter, was appropriately dubbed "Discontent City."At its peak, between 300 and 350 people lived there in tents and under tarps, their few belongings seemingly constantly soaked, and the mud outside sometimes ankle deep.We should all be discontented by such a situation, in Nanaimo or anywhere. Across Canada, we are seeing more and more tent cities pop up, and local and provincial governments struggling to deal wit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-need-concrete-solutions-to-fix-canadas-affordable-housing-crisis/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/we-need-concrete-solutions-to-fix-canadas-affordable-housing-crisis/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suddenly, There Are TONNES Of Homes For Sale In Vancouver, And Prices Are Coming Down]]></title><description><![CDATA[There's no shortage of homes available for sale these days in Vancouver, and those hoping for better bargains in one of the world's least affordable housing markets may get their wish soon.The latest data from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) shows the number of homes for sale in the region jumped by 27.7 per cent in January, compared to the same month a year earlier.From December to January, the number of homes for sale jumped a massive 244 per cent. While it's normal for the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/suddenly-there-are-tonnes-of-homes-for-sale-in-vancouver-and-prices-are-coming-down/</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 18:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/suddenly-there-are-tonnes-of-homes-for-sale-in-vancouver-and-prices-are-coming-down/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Arrest Suspect Daon Gordon Glasgow In Surrey, B.C. Transit Officer Shooting]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; Police say they arrested a man days after he allegedly shot a transit officer in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday.RCMP began looking for Daon Gordon Glasgow on Thursday in connection with the shooting on a SkyTrain platform that sent Const. Josh Harms to hospital with serious injuries.Harms has since been released from hospital and is expected to recover, but Assistant Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says police "pulled out all the stops" in the "high-risk arrest," which brought toge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-arrest-suspect-daon-gordon-glasgow-in-surrey-bc-transit-officer-shooting/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 21:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-arrest-suspect-daon-gordon-glasgow-in-surrey-bc-transit-officer-shooting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C.'s Supreme Court Was Right Not To Admit Seized Fentanyl As Evidence]]></title><description><![CDATA[On January 25, an alleged-fentanyl trafficker in British Columbia was acquitted of criminal charges, based on an ambiguous reaction from a drug-sniffing dog.The man had been stopped by police for a traffic violation in April 2017. The officer who stopped him said he displayed signs of nervousness when producing his information, as his hands were shaking. The officer also noticed signs consistent with drug trafficking in the vehicle, including multiple cell phones and air fresheners. As a result,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-supreme-court-was-right-not-to-admit-seized-fentanyl-as-evidence/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bcs-supreme-court-was-right-not-to-admit-seized-fentanyl-as-evidence/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. RCMP Still Looking For Suspect Daon Gordon Glasgow In Shooting Of Surrey Transit Officer]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; RCMP are naming the suspect in a shooting on a train platform that left one transit officer with serious injuries.Police say they've identified 35-year-old Daon Gordon Glasgow as the alleged gunman and he has a history of violence.Investigators believe Glasgow may try to leave the province to evade police and RCMP have asked officers in other jurisdictions to keep a lookout for the man, who is wanted on a Canadawide arrest warrant.Glasgow is described as dark-skinned and hav]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-still-looking-for-suspect-daon-gordon-glasgow-in-shooting-of-surrey-transit-officer/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 04:28:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-rcmp-still-looking-for-suspect-daon-gordon-glasgow-in-shooting-of-surrey-transit-officer/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[PBO: Trudeau Government Paid On The High End For The Trans Mountain Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada's parliamentary budget watchdog says the Liberal government paid the "sticker price" when it bought the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan for $4.4 billion.Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux estimates the Trans Mountain pipeline and planned expansion project are worth between $3.6 billion and $4.6 billion.This means government's purchase price of $4.4 billion was at the high end of the project's total calculated value."If it was a car, we would say they paid s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pbo-trudeau-government-paid-on-the-high-end-for-the-trans-mountain-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/pbo-trudeau-government-paid-on-the-high-end-for-the-trans-mountain-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nanaimo Byelection: Sheila Malcolmson's Win Means NDP Government Will Keep Balance Of Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[NANAIMO, B.C. &mdash; The New Democrats won a crucial provincial byelection in British Columbia on Wednesday that allows Premier John Horgan's minority government to maintain its grip on power after facing a spirited campaign from the Opposition Liberals.With the win, the NDP has 41 seats in the legislature and continues to hold power with the support of three Green party members in the house. The Liberals have 42 seats and there is one Independent, who serves as legislature Speaker."It's great]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nanaimo-byelection-sheila-malcolmsons-win-means-ndp-government-will-keep-balance-of-power/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nanaimo-byelection-sheila-malcolmsons-win-means-ndp-government-will-keep-balance-of-power/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This ‘hair ice’ phenomena was found on a B.C. tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fine, silky ice only forms on decaying or dead wood]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/this-hair-ice-phenomena-was-found-on-a-bc-tree/</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2019 01:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/this-hair-ice-phenomena-was-found-on-a-bc-tree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Councillors say money in suitcases, shopping bags used to pay taxes at Vancouver city hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two city councillors say they know of four incidents between them of people bringing suitcases and shopping bags filled with money into city hall to pay taxes.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/councillors-say-money-in-suitcases-shopping-bags-used-to-pay-taxes-at-vancouver-city-hall/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 22:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/councillors-say-money-in-suitcases-shopping-bags-used-to-pay-taxes-at-vancouver-city-hall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Majority Of Western Canadians Feel Federal Government Treats Them Unfairly: Angus Reid Institute Poll]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roughly seven out of 10 Canadians living west of Ontario believe that their province is not being treated fairly by the federal government, a new poll suggests.And according to data released Wednesday by the Angus Reid Institute, those who share that view also feel they have been getting less respect from Ottawa and the rest of the country in recent years.The poll is part of a series exploring Western Canada's place in Confederation, including how the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Sask]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/majority-of-western-canadians-feel-federal-government-treats-them-unfairly-angus-reid-institute-poll/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:40:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/majority-of-western-canadians-feel-federal-government-treats-them-unfairly-angus-reid-institute-poll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Health Officer's Report Finds Province's Mental Health On The Decline]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to mental health, British Columbia's top doctor says that the province is falling behind the rest of Canada.In an annual report, B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry found that British Columbians are less likely to report positive mental health than in previous years. Of all the provinces, B.C.'s mental health was the second lowest. And over the last decade, reports of life satisfaction have fallen too."This is one of the measures where we are actually falling behind in Canada and]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-health-officers-report-finds-provinces-mental-health-on-the-decline/</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 21:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-health-officers-report-finds-provinces-mental-health-on-the-decline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Hits Huawei With Charges For Stealing Secrets, Ducking Sanctions]]></title><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; The U.S. Department of Justice is formally levelling 23 criminal charges against Chinese tech juggernaut Huawei Technologies, multiple subsidiaries and chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou.The charges allege, among other things, that the company misrepresented its ownership of a Hong Kong-based subsidiary to circumvent American sanctions against Iran, and stole telecommunications technology, trade secrets and equipment from U.S. cell provider T-Mobile USA.Acting Attorney Gener]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-hits-huawei-with-charges-for-stealing-secrets-ducking-sanctions/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-hits-huawei-with-charges-for-stealing-secrets-ducking-sanctions/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trans Mountain Pipeline Work Destroyed Salmon Habitat, Scientist Says]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Work on a Trans Mountain pipeline crossing in a British Columbia stream has destroyed salmon habitat, raising concerns about the Crown corporation's ability to build infrastructure through waterways if the expansion project proceeds, a scientist says.Mike Pearson says the "amateur hour" work on the Stewart Creek crossing in Chilliwack will reduce food sources for coho and chum salmon and limit their ability to hide from predators. The fish are part of the diet of endangered sou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-work-destroyed-salmon-habitat-scientist-says/</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trans-mountain-pipeline-work-destroyed-salmon-habitat-scientist-says/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minister Carolyn Bennett Blames Indian Act For B.C. Pipeline Jam]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Canada's minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is pointing her finger at the Indian Act for creating a gridlock in northern British Columbia where some hereditary clan chiefs say a liquefied natural gas pipeline doesn't have their consent.Carolyn Bennett would not say whether she believes the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have jurisdiction over the 22,000 square kilometres they claim as their traditional territory, saying that it is up to each community to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/minister-carolyn-bennett-blames-indian-act-for-bc-pipeline-jam/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2019 15:29:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/minister-carolyn-bennett-blames-indian-act-for-bc-pipeline-jam/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former Mountie Kwesi Millington Sues Government Over Robert Dziekanski Taser Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A former Mountie involved in the death of a man jolted by a Taser at Vancouver's airport is suing the federal and provincial governments for damages, claiming he acted in accordance with RCMP training.Kwesi Millington was in charge of the Taser when he and three other Mounties approached a troubled Robert Dziekanski in 2007.A public inquiry heard that Dziekanski was jolted five times with the Taser just seconds after the officers approached him. He died on the floor of the arri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/former-mountie-kwesi-millington-sues-government-over-robert-dziekanski-taser-death/</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 03:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/former-mountie-kwesi-millington-sues-government-over-robert-dziekanski-taser-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[World's Least Affordable Cities: Rural B.C. Makes The List As Vancouver, Toronto Rise]]></title><description><![CDATA[We've all heard about unaffordable housing in Toronto and Vancouver, but a few smaller cities and rural areas in B.C. have now joined the ranks of the world's least affordable housing markets.Rising house prices in British Columbia, combined with rising mortgage rates, have pushed Nanaimo, the Comox Valley and the Fraser Valley into the top 20 least affordable cities in an annual survey from research firm Demographia.Yes, that's right. It's more affordable to buy a home in metropolitan New York]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/worlds-least-affordable-cities-rural-bc-makes-the-list-as-vancouver-toronto-rise/</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/worlds-least-affordable-cities-rural-bc-makes-the-list-as-vancouver-toronto-rise/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc Emery Gave LSD, Ecstasy To Underage Girls: Ex-Employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Former employees of Canada's "Prince of Pot" say Marc Emery gave illegal drugs like ecstasy and LSD to underage girls at parties in his vapour lounge in Vancouver.The claims, which Emery denies, come days after HuffPost Canada revealed multiple allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour over 12 years against the cannabis rights activist and entrepreneur.In 2008 Melinda Adams was a shy teenager, content to sit in the corner at these parties. At 17, she worked for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marc-emery-gave-lsd-ecstasy-to-underage-girls-ex-employees/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marc-emery-gave-lsd-ecstasy-to-underage-girls-ex-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Officials Gary Lenz, Craig James Engaged In Gross Overspending: Speaker's Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The Speaker of the British Columbia legislature alleges the clerk and sergeant-at-arms engaged in flagrant overspending, questionable expenses and inappropriate payouts of cash "in the range of a million dollars."Darryl Plecas says in a 76-page report released Monday that based on what he had seen and heard, he believed there was a real possibility crimes may have been committed and he felt obligated to contact the RCMP.Sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz and clerk of the house Craig Jam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-officials-gary-lenz-craig-james-engaged-in-gross-overspending-speakers-report/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 02:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-officials-gary-lenz-craig-james-engaged-in-gross-overspending-speakers-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Man Henry Thomas Arrested In Snake Poison Death Of Toddler]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A 51-year-old man from has been arrested in the 2014 death of a two-year-old girl and North Vancouver Mounties say it's believe she was poisoned by snake venom.Police say Henry Thomas had the girl in his care on May 18, 2014, and returned her to her mother that day in North Vancouver.The next morning, the girl's mother reported that she was dead.Police say an in-depth investigation unfolded from there and in July 2015 officers searched the man's home where snakes and related eq]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-man-henry-thomas-arrested-in-snake-poison-death-of-toddler/</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2019 01:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-man-henry-thomas-arrested-in-snake-poison-death-of-toddler/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Charts That Show How Out Of Whack Things Are In Canada's Housing Markets]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of boom times, Canada's housing markets are at a turning point. Rising interest rates and tough new mortgage rules have taken some steam out of the market. But job growth is strong and wages are rising steadily, suggesting there will be homebuyers around to keep the market humming.So which way are things going? That's really anyone's guess. But one thing is clear: After years of &mdash; let's face it &mdash; unsustainable growth, things in Canada's housing markets are looking a littl]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/10-charts-that-show-how-out-of-whack-things-are-in-canadas-housing-markets/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/10-charts-that-show-how-out-of-whack-things-are-in-canadas-housing-markets/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eagle video sparks trespassing at Vancouver Landfill]]></title><description><![CDATA[The City of Vancouver is reminding the public they cannot enter the private industrial site without permission]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/eagle-video-sparks-trespassing-at-vancouver-landfill/</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2019 03:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/eagle-video-sparks-trespassing-at-vancouver-landfill/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Scores Ex-MPs, But Heated Byelection Shows Leader's 'Rough Ride': Prof]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Federal New Democrats have enlisted two former members of Parliament to run in the upcoming election, and the party says they're in talks with a few more.An NDP official told HuffPost Canada that while discussions are ongoing, the courted candidates haven't yet decided whether to join former MPs Andrew Cash and Svend Robinson, who are hoping for political comebacks in 2019.Karl Belanger, former national director of the federal party, described Robinson's nomination announcement ea]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-scores-ex-mps-but-heated-byelection-shows-leaders-rough-ride-prof/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-scores-ex-mps-but-heated-byelection-shows-leaders-rough-ride-prof/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Name Richard T. Lee To Go Up Against Jagmeet Singh In Burnaby South Byelection]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; The federal Liberals have named a new candidate to run against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the Burnaby South byelection.They say former provincial legislator Richard T. Lee will replace Karen Wang on the ballot on Feb. 25.Wang stepped aside Wednesday after she urged Chinese people to vote for her, the "only" Chinese candidate, instead of Singh, who she described as "of Indian descent."The Liberals say Lee represented Burnaby in British Columbia's legislature for 16 years, s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-name-richard-t-lee-to-go-up-against-jagmeet-singh-in-burnaby-south-byelection/</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 18:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-name-richard-t-lee-to-go-up-against-jagmeet-singh-in-burnaby-south-byelection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Garry Handlen Found Guilty Of Killing Monica Jack In 1978]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Family members of a 12-year-old British Columbia girl murdered in 1978 cried, hugged and thanked jurors who found a man guilty of first-degree murder Thursday.Garry Handlen, 71, told undercover police during a sting in Minden, Ont., that he abducted Monica Jack while she was riding her bike, sexually assaulted and strangled her, but his defence team said the confession was coerced.As sheriffs led him out of B.C. Supreme Court, Handlen turned to face a woman who yelled: "And tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/garry-handlen-found-guilty-of-killing-monica-jack-in-1978/</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/garry-handlen-found-guilty-of-killing-monica-jack-in-1978/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc Emery, Canada's 'Prince Of Pot,' Accused Of Sexual Harassment By Former Employees]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; The Toronto cannabis shop was packed one day in early 2017. Marc Emery, Canada's "Prince of Pot" who served a U.S. prison term for selling marijuana seeds to American customers and created a successful chain of marijuana-related retail ventures with his wife, was not happy with an arrangement of vape pens in his store.The female employee who made the display said that Emery grabbed her by the arm and dragged her towards it. "He shoved me into the display," she told HuffPost Canad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marc-emery-canadas-prince-of-pot-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-former-employees/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:54:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marc-emery-canadas-prince-of-pot-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-former-employees/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Karen Wang, Former Liberal Candidate In Burnaby South Byelection, Wants A 'Second Chance']]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The Liberal party has swiftly rejected a bid by a former byelection candidate who hoped for a "second chance" to run for the party after making online comments about the ethnicity of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.Karen Wang dropped out Wednesday as the Liberal candidate in Burnaby South after posting on Chinese social media platform WeChat that she was the "only" Chinese candidate while she described Singh as "of Indian descent."She said Thursday that she "still loves" the Liberals]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/karen-wang-former-liberal-candidate-in-burnaby-south-byelection-wants-a-second-chance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/karen-wang-former-liberal-candidate-in-burnaby-south-byelection-wants-a-second-chance/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rents Rise By Double Digits In 17 Of 24 Canadian Cities: Padmapper]]></title><description><![CDATA[Soaring rents are no longer just a Toronto and Vancouver problem.The latest survey from rental site Padmapper shows rents have jumped by double digits over the past year in 17 of 24 Canadian cities surveyed in December, with some of the country's (previously) most affordable markets seeing the largest hikes.Toronto retained its position as the country's most expensive rental market for one-bedroom units, with asking rents rising 11.9 per cent in a year, to a median of $2,260. Two-bedroom rents r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rents-rise-by-double-digits-in-17-of-24-canadian-cities-padmapper/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rents-rise-by-double-digits-in-17-of-24-canadian-cities-padmapper/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal Karen Wang Resigns From B.C. Byelection After Racial Comment About Jagmeet Singh]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A B.C. daycare operator will no longer represent the Liberal Party in the upcoming Burnaby South byelection after she goaded constituents to vote for her on the basis of ethnicity.StarMetro Vancouver broke the news Tuesday about a posting then-Liberal candidate Karen Wang shared on WeChat to Chinese voters about her rival, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh."My opponent in this byelection is the NDP candidate Singh of Indian descent!" reads a translation of the now-deleted post.The Liberal]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberal-karen-wang-resigns-from-bc-byelection-after-racial-comment-about-jagmeet-singh/</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:02:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberal-karen-wang-resigns-from-bc-byelection-after-racial-comment-about-jagmeet-singh/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP To Review B.C. Pipeline Blockade Arrests After Excessive Force Complaints]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; The RCMP will review the actions of officers who arrested 14 people at an Indigenous pipeline blockade in northwestern British Columbia, and will also erect a temporary detachment to maintain safety in the area.The Mounties enforced a court injunction Jan. 7 allowing Coastal GasLink workers and contractors access to a work site where a natural gas pipeline is planned near Houston, B.C.Earlier: Protests rally behind First Nations. Story continues below.Assistant commissioner]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-to-review-bc-pipeline-blockade-arrests-after-excessive-force-complaints/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-to-review-bc-pipeline-blockade-arrests-after-excessive-force-complaints/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Housing Markets End 2018 With A Thud Amid 'Sharp Slowdown' Worldwide]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's housing markets ended 2018 with a thud, with sales falling for the fourth straight month in December, the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Tuesday.The nationwide average house price fell to $472,000, down 4.9 per cent from a year earlier. This doesn't mean prices are falling nationwide; rather, the slowdown in Toronto and Vancouver means fewer of the expensive homes there figure into the calculations, dragging down the average.Nationwide home sales in December were 19 per ce]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-housing-markets-end-2018-with-a-thud-amid-sharp-slowdown-worldwide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-housing-markets-end-2018-with-a-thud-amid-sharp-slowdown-worldwide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affordable Housing Problem Is Causing Vancouver's Brain Drain: Minister Carole James]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Iain Reeve and his wife moved from rental home to rental home in Vancouver but their final solution for secure housing was to move to Ottawa and buy two houses &mdash; one for them and another for his parents.He and his wife, Cassandra Sclauzero, are professionals in their mid-30s who wanted to start a family but they couldn't afford to buy in the city."We wanted to own a home to have stability, and peace of mind and flexibility," Reeve said."The rental market didn't have stabi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/affordable-housing-problem-is-causing-vancouvers-brain-drain-minister-carole-james/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 23:33:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/affordable-housing-problem-is-causing-vancouvers-brain-drain-minister-carole-james/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delta, B.C. Police Officer Finds Mannequin Heads In Dumpster While Patrolling]]></title><description><![CDATA[DELTA, B.C. &mdash; A routine patrol of an alley in downtown Ladner, B.C., gave police pause late Monday evening."Police officers don't scare easily. But imagine you are patrolling down a dark alley and your flashlight hits upon this," reads a caption to a photo the Delta Police tweeted.The image shows several mannequin heads peeping out of a dumpster that's slightly ajar. One, with scraggly dark hair, hangs from the lid, beside a metal chain.The police officer who spotted the heads probably "ha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/delta-bc-police-officer-finds-mannequin-heads-in-dumpster-while-patrolling/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 21:24:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/delta-bc-police-officer-finds-mannequin-heads-in-dumpster-while-patrolling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian House Prices To Drop As 'Huge' Wave Of New Homes Arrives: Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[The slowdown in Canada's housing market will get worse before it gets any better, a new analysis predicts, because the country is about to be flooded with a "huge amount" of new homes."Canada has been undergoing a construction boom," Capital Economics senior economist Stephen Brown wrote in the report issued last week. "As has been typical of historic real estate cycles around the world, new supply will reach the market just as demand is falling."Watch: Historic Eppich House 2 for sale in Vancou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-prices-to-drop-as-huge-wave-of-new-homes-arrives-report/</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2019 19:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-house-prices-to-drop-as-huge-wave-of-new-homes-arrives-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver shuttle bus bursts into flames after mechanical malfunction]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seven people escaped the bus before it caught fire]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-shuttle-bus-bursts-into-flames-after-mechanical-malfunction/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2019 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-shuttle-bus-bursts-into-flames-after-mechanical-malfunction/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs Reach Deal With RCMP Over B.C. Blockade]]></title><description><![CDATA[SMITHERS, B.C. &mdash; Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a deal with the RCMP to allow a natural gas company access across a bridge that had been blocked in their territory.Following several hours of meetings, Chief Na'Moks told reporters that the agreement is between the chiefs and the RCMP to ensure the safety of the First Nation's members.He says representatives from Coastal GasLink were invited to the meeting to ensure they are on the same page, but emphasized i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-hereditary-chiefs-reach-deal-with-rcmp-over-bc-blockade/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2019 02:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wetsuweten-hereditary-chiefs-reach-deal-with-rcmp-over-bc-blockade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Called 'A Liar And A Weak Leader' At Chaotic B.C. Town Hall]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMLOOPS, B.C. &mdash; Indigenous people voiced their anger and frustration with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday at a chaotic town hall in Kamloops, B.C., loudly interrupting him to condemn the arrests of protesters at a pipeline blockade.While Trudeau was answering a question on accountability for the oil and gas industry, a man who identified himself as Will George stood up and began to yell that the prime minister had lied about wanting reconciliation with First Nations."You're get]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-called-a-liar-and-a-weak-leader-at-chaotic-bc-town-hall/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-called-a-liar-and-a-weak-leader-at-chaotic-bc-town-hall/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Answered Some Trump Questions At His Kamloops, B.C. Town Hall Because Of Course]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Outrage over the arrests of protestors at the Gidimt'en pipeline blockade dominated the prime minister's town hall in Kamloops, B.C. Wednesday, but some audience members couldn't resist some questions about Donald Trump.For 90 minutes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answered questions from an unvetted crowd at Thompson Rivers University. Watch: Protesters for and against pipelines chant outside Trudeau eventEarly in the evening, a young man asked Trudeau for his thoughts on the U.S]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-answered-some-trump-questions-at-his-kamloops-bc-town-hall-because-of-course/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:12:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-answered-some-trump-questions-at-his-kamloops-bc-town-hall-because-of-course/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Names British Columbia Pipeline As Key Liberal Accomplishment]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMLOOPS, B.C. &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted the benefits of a liquefied natural gas project that's at the centre of an impasse with First Nations in a speech to supporters in Kamloops, B.C., on Wednesday.RCMP arrested 14 people Monday in northwestern British Columbia over a protest against construction of a natural gas pipeline by Coastal GasLink, a key part of the $40-billion LNG Canada project.In a campaign-style speech at the Liberal fundraiser, Trudeau did not address the arr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-names-british-columbia-pipeline-as-key-liberal-accomplishment/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 02:42:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-names-british-columbia-pipeline-as-key-liberal-accomplishment/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Says RCMP Mass Anti-Pipeline Arrests 'Not An Ideal Situation']]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged Wednesday that the arrest of 14 people at an anti-pipeline checkpoint in northern B.C. is "not an ideal situation" to be in.Trudeau made the comment during an interview on CBC Radio's "Daybreak Kamloops" &mdash; a day after protesters across the country rallied in support of a Wet'suwet'en First Nation blockade along the route of Coastal GasLink's planned natural-gas pipeline.Watch: Protests erupt across Canada in support of anti-pipeline]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-says-rcmp-mass-anti-pipeline-arrests-not-an-ideal-situation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 19:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-says-rcmp-mass-anti-pipeline-arrests-not-an-ideal-situation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Luxury Home Sales Took A Deep Dive In Some Once-Hot Markets: Sotheby's]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Sales of luxury properties declined sharply in three of Canada's biggest cities last year as homebuyers retreated amid tightened mortgage guidelines and higher interest rates.A report released today found that Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary saw large drops in high-end real estate sales in 2018 as the markets dealt with a number of headwinds including tighter supply, higher foreign buyer taxes and strained economic conditions due to the falling price of oil.Sotheby's International]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-luxury-home-sales-took-a-deep-dive-in-some-once-hot-markets-sothebys/</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-luxury-home-sales-took-a-deep-dive-in-some-once-hot-markets-sothebys/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NDP MP Jenny Kwan Accuses Maxime Bernier Of Embracing 'Disturbing' Campaign Tactics]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; An NDP MP criticized People's Party of Canada (PPC) leader Maxime Bernier Tuesday for failing to denounce "shallow and disturbing" campaign tactics against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.An image of Singh speaking to constituents was shared by a PPC riding association on Sunday &mdash; the same day the NDP leader rallied with volunteers in Burnaby ahead of a byelection.The tweet, shared by the PPC's Mississauga&mdash;Erindale association mistakenly identified Singh to be in Burnaby Sout]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-mp-jenny-kwan-accuses-maxime-bernier-of-embracing-disturbing-campaign-tactics/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ndp-mp-jenny-kwan-accuses-maxime-bernier-of-embracing-disturbing-campaign-tactics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau’s Remarks To Indigenous Leaders Delayed By Pipeline Protesters]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Dozens of protesters delayed an appearance by the prime minister Tuesday afternoon, drumming and chanting in a government building where Justin Trudeau was set to speak.Police kept the prime minister out of a Sussex Drive building in Ottawa, where he was to address a forum bringing together federal officials and representatives from self-governing First Nations that have "modern" treaties with the Crown.Trudeau's address was moved to another government building close to Parliament]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeaus-remarks-to-indigenous-leaders-delayed-by-pipeline-protesters/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeaus-remarks-to-indigenous-leaders-delayed-by-pipeline-protesters/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Says He'll 'Absolutely' Lead NDP Into 2019 Election, Even If He Loses In Burnaby South]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a looming byelection, widely being seen as make-or-break for his political career, isn't so make-or-break after all.Singh appeared on CTV's "Power Play" Monday to discuss his bid to represent the British Columbia riding of Burnaby South, left vacant by former NDP MP turned Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart.The former deputy Ontario NDP leader from Brampton currently does not hold a seat in the House of Commons. A loss in Burnaby South could jeopardize his lead]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-says-hell-absolutely-lead-ndp-into-2019-election-even-if-he-loses-in-burnaby-south/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-says-hell-absolutely-lead-ndp-into-2019-election-even-if-he-loses-in-burnaby-south/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RCMP Set To Remove Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Blockade Near Houston, British Columbia]]></title><description><![CDATA[HOUSTON, B.C. &mdash; The RCMP says it is enforcing a court injunction today requiring the removal of a blockade to a forest service road in northern British Columbia that is preventing access to a pipeline project.In a statement, the Mounties say they are enforcing an interim injunction issued by the B.C. Supreme Court in mid-December that ordered anyone who interferes with the Coastal GasLink project in and around the Morice River Bridge to remove any obstructions.Members of the Gidimt'en clan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-set-to-remove-indigenous-anti-pipeline-blockade-near-houston-british-columbia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rcmp-set-to-remove-indigenous-anti-pipeline-blockade-near-houston-british-columbia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idris Elba Walks Golden Globes Red Carpet With Daughter And Canadian Fiancée Sabrina Dhowre]]></title><description><![CDATA[Idris Elba has plenty of reasons to smile at the 2019 Golden Globes. For one, his daughter Isan Elba &mdash; who just turned 17 &mdash; is the Golden Globes Ambassador, and for another, well, he's celebrating his presenting duties on the red carpet with his Canadian fianc&eacute;e Sabrina Dhowre.Idris, Isan and Sabrina all arrived at the Globes together Sunday night in Beverly Hills, Calif., and posed together like a proud, happy family. Idris looked suave and sharp in his emerald green suit des]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/idris-elba-walks-golden-globes-red-carpet-with-daughter-and-canadian-fiance-sabrina-dhowre/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 02:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/idris-elba-walks-golden-globes-red-carpet-with-daughter-and-canadian-fiance-sabrina-dhowre/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Indigenous Groups Brace For RCMP Action At Anti-Pipeline Camp]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supporters of an Indigenous camp blocking access to a planned pipeline in northern British Columbia say they are anticipating RCMP action over an injunction filed against them.Jennifer Wickham, a member of the Gidimt'en clan of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation, says police have gathered in Smithers, B.C., and Houston, B.C., which are the closest towns to the Gidimt'en checkpoint."They have a charter bus, RV, and what seems to be a tactical vehicle,'' she said.TransCanada has said it has signed agre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-indigenous-groups-brace-for-rcmp-action-at-anti-pipeline-camp/</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2019 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-indigenous-groups-brace-for-rcmp-action-at-anti-pipeline-camp/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Not Just Toronto And Vancouver: A Synchronized Global Housing Downturn Is Here]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you've been following news of the slowdown in the Toronto and Vancouver housing markets, you've likely heard the narrative built around it: Tough new government regulations, combined with interest rate hikes at the Bank of Canada, are slowing down Canada's most strained, overpriced markets.But the same slowdown seems to be happening in many major cities around the world, and the causes are often very similar: Rising interest rates, new regulations, a volatile stock market and &mdash; in many]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-not-just-toronto-and-vancouver-a-synchronized-global-housing-downturn-is-here/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2019 19:10:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-not-just-toronto-and-vancouver-a-synchronized-global-housing-downturn-is-here/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Real Estate Just Had Its Worst Year Since 2000]]></title><description><![CDATA[The data for Vancouver's housing market in 2018 is in and it's not pretty. What's more, the industry is warning things could still get worse as the city faces a looming oversupply of new housing.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reported Thursday that home sales in the region totalled 24,619, down 31.6 per cent from 2017. It was the lowest volume of annual home sales the area saw since 2000, when Greater Vancouver's population was about 20 per cent smaller than it is today.Watch]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-real-estate-just-had-its-worst-year-since-2000/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 21:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-real-estate-just-had-its-worst-year-since-2000/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ending The Overdose Epidemic Starts With A Safe Supply Of Drugs]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article was co-written by David Mendes. David is the national program coordinator for the Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs (CAPUD). He is an artist and activist who created and directed the shadow unit in "Illicit," the successful theatre production. He lives in Vancouver's Downtown East side.As 2018 comes to an end like the lives of thousands of our family members, friends and co-workers, it seems there may be hope in the fight against the overdose epidemic. Canada's Chief Publ]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ending-the-overdose-epidemic-starts-with-a-safe-supply-of-drugs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 19:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ending-the-overdose-epidemic-starts-with-a-safe-supply-of-drugs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothing Donation Bin ‘Death Traps’ Need Redesign After Another Death: Advocates]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; At least seven Canadians have died after getting stuck in clothing donation bins and the latest fatality has prompted an advocate to call for the "death traps" to be immediately fixed or removed.A 34-year-old man was found lodged in a bin in West Vancouver on Sunday, the fifth person in the province to die the same way since 2015. Last November, a 32-year-old man was discovered dead inside a donation box in Cambridge, Ont., and a man in his 20s died in a similar container in Ca]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/clothing-donation-bin-death-traps-need-redesign-after-another-death-advocates/</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 03:52:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/clothing-donation-bin-death-traps-need-redesign-after-another-death-advocates/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First-Time Homebuyers In B.C. Needed Help With Down Payment 83% Of The Time In 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[Without some help from their parents, those looking to buy a home in B.C. in 2018 weren't having much luck, a new report suggests.According to the B.C. Notaries Association, 83 per cent of first-time buyers in the province received assistance with their down payment in 2018, up from the 57 per cent who got a helping hand in 2015.Watch: Canada's most expensive condo gets a serious price cut. Story continues below."While it's great to see that many first-time buyers are finding ways to get their f]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-time-homebuyers-in-bc-needed-help-with-down-payment-83-of-the-time-in-2018/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 23:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-time-homebuyers-in-bc-needed-help-with-down-payment-83-of-the-time-in-2018/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nanaimo Byelection 2019: MP Sheila Malcolmson Aims To Keep Crucial BC NDP Seat In Jan. 30 Vote]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The date of Jan. 30th has been set for a byelection to replace the member from Nanaimo, B.C., with the potential to upset the balance of power in the provincial legislature.Five-term New Democrat MLA Leonard Krog resigned in November after he was elected mayor of Nanaimo.The results of the byelection are key because Krog's resignation gives the New Democrats just 40 seats in the house, while the Liberals have 42 and there is one Independent.The NDP has been governing with the su]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nanaimo-byelection-2019-mp-sheila-malcolmson-aims-to-keep-crucial-bc-ndp-seat-in-jan-30-vote/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nanaimo-byelection-2019-mp-sheila-malcolmson-aims-to-keep-crucial-bc-ndp-seat-in-jan-30-vote/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Gas Price Forecast Calls For 'Wild Ride At The Pumps' In 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian drivers are enjoying some of the lowest gas prices in years, but don't expect that to last through 2019, says price comparison site GasBuddy.In a report issued Wednesday, GasBuddy analyst Dan McTeague warned Canadians to prepare for "a wild ride at the pump" this year. "Canadian motorists can expect a year of extreme volatility at the pumps for 2019 as world markets move sharply in varying directions for the foreseeable future," McTeague wrote.Watch: 'Take advantage' of low gas prices w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-gas-price-forecast-calls-for-wild-ride-at-the-pumps-in-2019/</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-gas-price-forecast-calls-for-wild-ride-at-the-pumps-in-2019/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Glamping Is The Best Way To Achieve Peak Canadian Fun]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite Canadians' reputation as hardy, cold-proof inhabitants of the North, a lot of us draw a line when it comes to participating in certain winter activities.Voluntarily sleeping on the ground in sub-zero weather, it's safe to say, is that line for many.Winter camping has historically been an exercise in preparation and outdoor know-how. Proper gear, a hawk-eye view on changing weather patterns, and cold weather survival tactics have been essential.But a rise in comfort camping &mdash; often]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/winter-glamping-is-the-best-way-to-achieve-peak-canadian-fun/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 23:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/winter-glamping-is-the-best-way-to-achieve-peak-canadian-fun/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Overdose Survivors Live With Brain Damage Doctors Still Don't Understand]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Dayton Wilson's drug-taking routine ended when he overdosed on heroin laced with fentanyl, but being able to walk and talk normally are also part of his past as he struggles with brain damage from a drug linked to thousands of deaths.Wilson, 24, used illicit drugs for the last time in August 2016 on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, according to his mother, but he doesn't remember anything about the day he was taken to hospital.It was the first of two facilities where he would spe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/many-overdose-survivors-live-with-brain-damage-doctors-still-dont-understand/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 18:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/many-overdose-survivors-live-with-brain-damage-doctors-still-dont-understand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) Shares Bought by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) Shares Bought by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 53.2% in the 3rd quarter, ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-shares-bought-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 03:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-shares-bought-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Couple Dead After Their Car Was Hit By A Train In Langley, B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[LANGLEY, B.C. &mdash; Police say a couple has died after their car was struck by a train in Langley, B.C.Staff Sgt. David Brown with the Langley RCMP says the incident occurred Sunday morning at an intersection that sees frequent train traffic.He says investigators are still trying to figure out how the car ended up on the tracks between two traffic arms that prevent vehicles from approaching when a train is coming.Brown says the vehicle was dragged for "some distance" by a CN train.He says poli]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/couple-dead-after-their-car-was-hit-by-a-train-in-langley-bc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 21:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/couple-dead-after-their-car-was-hit-by-a-train-in-langley-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Pick Karen Wang To Go Up Against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh In Burnaby South Byelection]]></title><description><![CDATA[BURNABY, B.C. &mdash; The federal Liberal party has selected the owner of a daycare business as its challenger against NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in an upcoming byelection in British Columbia.Karen Wang, who owns Angels Playhouse and previously ran in the 2017 provincial election with the B.C. Liberals, was named the Liberal candidate at a nomination meeting in the riding on Saturday.She defeated biotechnology scientist Cyrus Eduljee, who is product manager for Stemcell Technologies, after 123 mem]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-pick-karen-wang-to-go-up-against-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-in-burnaby-south-byelection/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 20:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-pick-karen-wang-to-go-up-against-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-in-burnaby-south-byelection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharmarke Dubow, Somali Refugee Turned Victoria City Councillor,  Wants To Give Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; It was one of the happiest days of his life, but Sharmarke Dubow says he was paralyzed with emotion the day he was sworn in as a member of Victoria city council.Dubow said he couldn't smile and his words were a barely audible mumble as he reflected back on his journey from Somalia's civil war to a refugee camp in Kenya and finally to Victoria City Hall. Now, Dubow, 35, who was born on Christmas Day, can't stop smiling or talking.He became a Canadian citizen on July 1, 2017, Cana]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/sharmarke-dubow-somali-refugee-turned-victoria-city-councillor-wants-to-give-back/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 22:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/sharmarke-dubow-somali-refugee-turned-victoria-city-councillor-wants-to-give-back/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Will Get Its 1st Licensed Pot Shop When Evergreen Cannabis Opens]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A licensed marijuana store is set to open in Vancouver as the number of legal pot shops in British Columbia still lags behind other provinces.Evergreen Cannabis owner Mike Babins said the store received its provincial licence this week and plans to open its doors on Jan. 5, a few days later than he originally intended.As long as it receives a municipal licence, it will be the first legal store in the city since recreational cannabis was legalized on Oct. 17.Babins said the prov]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-will-get-its-1st-licensed-pot-shop-when-evergreen-cannabis-opens/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 20:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-will-get-its-1st-licensed-pot-shop-when-evergreen-cannabis-opens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E-Comm Just Released List Of Most Ridiculous 2018 911 Calls]]></title><description><![CDATA[Audio excerpts from some of E-Comm's most bizarre 911 calls in 2018Ah yes, it's that time of year again &mdash; when B.C.'s largest 911 call centre reminds the world that 911 is for emergencies and not for a restaurant being closed or a store not taking your coupon.E-Comm takes a lot of strange calls every year, but even for them, a lot of not-exactly-emergencies stand out. That's why every year, they release their top 10 reasons not to call 911. Last year, they had calls about nail polish and s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/e-comm-just-released-list-of-most-ridiculous-2018-911-calls/</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/e-comm-just-released-list-of-most-ridiculous-2018-911-calls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Missing Simon Fraser University Professor Ramazan Gencay Found Dead In Colombia]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Family and colleagues of a professor at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., who went missing in Colombia say he has been found dead.Colombian police recovered the body of Ramazan (Ramo) Gencay outside of Medellin, university president Andrew Petter said in a statement to faculty and staff on Wednesday."Ramo will be deeply missed by the SFU community, and our hearts go out to his family, friends and SFU faculty, students and staff who worked with him," he wrote."I know how]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/missing-simon-fraser-university-professor-ramazan-gencay-found-dead-in-colombia/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2018 03:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/missing-simon-fraser-university-professor-ramazan-gencay-found-dead-in-colombia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadians Made So Much Good News In 2018, Using Dollars And Signatures To Create Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[Finally, some good news! And you only had to sit through 363 days of this year to get it!Ok, ok, 2018 wasn't completely terrible. There were some great moments. But there were also a lot of WTF moments.Thankfully, GoFundMe.com and Change.org have lots of good news to report, sharing with HuffPost Canada some of the touching, generous and kind-hearted ways Canadians created change over the past year.By signing petitions and donating money, people supported grieving families, rallied around the en]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-made-so-much-good-news-in-2018-using-dollars-and-signatures-to-create-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadians-made-so-much-good-news-in-2018-using-dollars-and-signatures-to-create-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Approve $14.7M Refund To Enbridge Over Cancelled Northern Gateway Pipeline]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Enbridge is getting a $14.7-million refund on fees it paid Canada's federal energy regulator for a pipeline it won't build.The Northern Gateway pipeline was supposed to connect Alberta's oilpatch to a port in Kitimat, B.C., but the plan started to came apart when the federal Liberals banned tankers carrying large amounts of crude oil from British Columbia's northern coast.Without tankers to serve the port, there would be no point constructing more than 1,100 kilometres of pipeline]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-approve-147m-refund-to-enbridge-over-cancelled-northern-gateway-pipeline/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2018 23:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-approve-147m-refund-to-enbridge-over-cancelled-northern-gateway-pipeline/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Residents Without Power Should Get It Back By New Year's Eve]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbians will have electricity restored to affected areas by New Year's Eve following Thursday's windstorm, says an updated schedule from BC Hydro.According to the schedule, Parker Island, which is a 160-hectare island in the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia, will be one of the last places to have its lights back on.About 12,000 people in British Columbia were still without power on Christmas Day following the storm.BC Hydro spokeswoman Mora Scott said it wil]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-residents-without-power-should-get-it-back-by-new-years-eve/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2018 19:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-residents-without-power-should-get-it-back-by-new-years-eve/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s Never Been This Expensive To Own A Single-Family Home In Canada: RBC]]></title><description><![CDATA[As we close out 2018, the Royal Bank of Canada is leaving us with some unwelcome news: It's never been this expensive, relative to income, to own a detached home in Canada.RBC's latest housing affordability report showed it now takes 59.2 per cent of an average household's income to afford an average single-family home. That's the highest in records going back to the mid-1980s, and miles above the long-run average of 44.7 per cent.For years, soaring house prices in many markets were behind the t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-never-been-this-expensive-to-own-a-single-family-home-in-canada-rbc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-never-been-this-expensive-to-own-a-single-family-home-in-canada-rbc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Buys 22,660 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Buys 22,660 Shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE)&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp grew its stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 53.2% during the 3rd ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-buys-22660-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 09:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-buys-22660-shares-of-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Devastating' Windstorm Knocks Out Power For Tens Of Thousands In Southwestern B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[When the power went out in the small community of Lake Cowichan, B.C., during a destructive windstorm that swept the province's coast on Thursday, many residents weren't prepared for it to stay out indefinitely.Mayor Rod Peters says he spent Saturday "running around" town and preparing to open the local school so his constituents could shower or warm up with a hot cup of coffee, tea or cocoa."We have several broken power lines in between Duncan and Lake Cowichan," Peters said in an interview. "I]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/devastating-windstorm-knocks-out-power-for-tens-of-thousands-in-southwestern-bc/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2018 02:17:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/devastating-windstorm-knocks-out-power-for-tens-of-thousands-in-southwestern-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Voters Reject Proportional Representation In Referendum On Electoral System]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Voters in British Columbia have rejected a proposal to switch to a system of proportional representation to elect members of the legislature.It's the third time the idea of using proportional representation has failed in a referendum.The current first-past-the-post system received 61.3 per cent of the votes cast, while proportional representation got 38.7 per cent in the results released by Elections BC on Thursday.About 1.4 million voters cast ballots by the Dec. 7 deadline for]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-voters-reject-proportional-representation-in-referendum-on-electoral-system/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-voters-reject-proportional-representation-in-referendum-on-electoral-system/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dumping The Loonie, And Other Ways China Could Retaliate Against Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONTREAL&mdash; China has threatened Canada with "severe consequences" over the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver earlier this month.So far, the country's actions have consisted largely of arresting Canadian nationals on Chinese soil, with the third such arrest reported on Wednesday.But beyond that, what could China do, if it chose to take action? Experts agree the country, now the world's second-largest economy, has an arsenal of economic weapons at its disposal.Watch: Third Canadi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dumping-the-loonie-and-other-ways-china-could-retaliate-against-canada/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 17:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/dumping-the-loonie-and-other-ways-china-could-retaliate-against-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Aquarium releases rehabilitated seal pups back to the sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[The last group of the rescued seal pups has left the care of the Vancouver Aquarium to go home for the holidays.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquarium-releases-rehabilitated-seal-pups-back-to-the-sea/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 01:19:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquarium-releases-rehabilitated-seal-pups-back-to-the-sea/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Housing Enters Dreaded 'Death Cross.' Here's What That Means For Prices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Josh Sherman, LivablEnter the death cross.The ominous term, one that should be familiar to those following the stock market, isn't literally a matter of life or death.But it does often signal an asset will lose value, and according to new analysis from Eitel Insights, Vancouver's detached-home prices have spiraled into a death-cross scenario.Watch: Historic Eppich House 2 for sale in Vancouver. Story continues below.Death crosses occur on charts when the short-term average price crosses below th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-housing-enters-dreaded-death-cross-heres-what-that-means-for-prices/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:32:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-housing-enters-dreaded-death-cross-heres-what-that-means-for-prices/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Economy More Dependent On Housing Than 'At Any Other Time On Record']]></title><description><![CDATA[Many in Canada's real estate industry have recently declared that Canada's housing markets have achieved a "soft landing" after the slowdown earlier this year.But a new report from CIBC says the correction is not over yet &mdash; a bad sign given the country's economy has become more dependent on residential real estate than it has ever been before.The report comes as the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) said Monday that home sales and prices fell again in Canada in November, dragged down]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-economy-more-dependent-on-housing-than-at-any-other-time-on-record/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2018 17:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-economy-more-dependent-on-housing-than-at-any-other-time-on-record/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's New Mortgage Rules Are 'Overkill,' Industry Insiders Say, But Getting Rid Of Them Would Be Worse]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new rules have worked. So let's get rid of the new rules.That, in essence, is the argument coming from a growing number of real estate industry insiders who are calling on federal regulators to repeal the mortgage "stress test" partly credited with cooling Canada's housing market this year.The stress test "had a very targeted outcome," said Brad Carr, CEO of Toronto-based Mattamy Homes, in an interview with Bloomberg. "It's been achieved so it's kind of overkill now."By that he means that th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-new-mortgage-rules-are-overkill-industry-insiders-say-but-getting-rid-of-them-would-be-worse/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 15:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-new-mortgage-rules-are-overkill-industry-insiders-say-but-getting-rid-of-them-would-be-worse/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) Stake Increased by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) Stake Increased by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 53.2% in the 3rd ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-stake-increased-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 15:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyseare-stake-increased-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where's Waldo? Escaped Prince George pet sheep causes ruckus]]></title><description><![CDATA[A naughty local sheep has been returned to captivity after a daring break for freedom]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wheres-waldo-escaped-prince-george-pet-sheep-causes-ruckus/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2018 01:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wheres-waldo-escaped-prince-george-pet-sheep-causes-ruckus/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huawei CFO's Arrest Could Be Last Straw For Vancouver's Struggling Housing Market]]></title><description><![CDATA[The diplomatic spat between Canada and China that broke out in the wake of the arrest of Huawei's CFO, Meng Wanzhou, could have an unexpected casualty: Vancouver's already struggling housing market.The tensions between the two countries could empty Vancouver of Chinese real estate investors, putting further downward pressure on the market, according to a recent research note at SmartKarma Insights.Existing Chinese migrants could "reconsider their overall commitment to a Canada move for the exten]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huawei-cfos-arrest-could-be-last-straw-for-vancouvers-struggling-housing-market/</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huawei-cfos-arrest-could-be-last-straw-for-vancouvers-struggling-housing-market/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solastalgia Is The Specific Grief And Anxiety Caused By Climate Change]]></title><description><![CDATA[His canvases are painted from first-hand observation by a brush wielded in the outdoors and glow with the colours of the Canadian wilderness.But British Columbia artist Dominik Modlinski doesn't take his paints into the woods much anymore."I felt I can't go on my painting trips because everything is covered in smoke," he said. "I can't go to some areas I love to go because you can't see anything."I feel somebody is controlling my life and I can't do anything about it. It does affect my mood."Men]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/solastalgia-is-the-specific-grief-and-anxiety-caused-by-climate-change/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:11:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/solastalgia-is-the-specific-grief-and-anxiety-caused-by-climate-change/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media Camped Outside Huawai Exec's Vancouver Home Treated To Pizza]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A pizza delivery to the Vancouver home of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou turned into an offer of lunch on Wednesday for members of the media camped outside.When six pizzas were delivered to Meng's house the delivery driver was instructed to take four of them to reporters and photographers who were stationed on the sidewalk.The media then passed the pizzas on to members of a construction crew down the street.Meng made a brief appearance at the front door earlier when she said goo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/media-camped-outside-huawai-execs-vancouver-home-treated-to-pizza/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:34:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/media-camped-outside-huawai-execs-vancouver-home-treated-to-pizza/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CMHC: Toronto, Vancouver Most 'Vulnerable' To Interest Rate Hikes]]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Canadians living in two of the country's largest cities may find themselves more "vulnerable" to interest rate increases as personal debt levels in Toronto and Vancouver continue to hit record-levels, warns a report by Canada Mortgage Housing Corp.The housing agency says the debt-to-income (DTI) ratio for those living in Vancouver climbed to 242 per cent in the second quarter, which ended June 30.That means that for every $1 of disposable income, $2.42 is owed. It was similarly h]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cmhc-toronto-vancouver-most-vulnerable-to-interest-rate-hikes/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 17:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cmhc-toronto-vancouver-most-vulnerable-to-interest-rate-hikes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Do Canada's New Breast Cancer Guidelines Advise Against Life-Saving Screenings?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian women should be outraged. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTF) released its latest guidelines for screening for breast cancer for women at average risk. They advise against mammography for women aged 40 to 49, against women doing breast self-examination (BSE) and against doctors doing breast exams. They recommend women age 50 to 74 have mammograms every two to three years.A 2014 study of screening in Canada showed 40 per cent fewer deaths among women who had screening mamm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-do-canadas-new-breast-cancer-guidelines-advise-against-life-saving-screenings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/why-do-canadas-new-breast-cancer-guidelines-advise-against-life-saving-screenings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can Canada's New Breast Cancer Guidelines Advise Against Life-Saving Screenings?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canadian women should be outraged. The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health (CTF) released its latest guidelines for screening for breast cancer for women at average risk. They advise against mammography for women aged 40 to 49, against women doing breast self-examination (BSE) and against doctors doing breast exams. They recommend women age 50 to 74 have mammograms every two to three years.A 2014 study of screening in Canada showed 40 per cent fewer deaths among women who had screening mamm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-can-canadas-new-breast-cancer-guidelines-advise-against-life-saving-screenings/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 21:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/how-can-canadas-new-breast-cancer-guidelines-advise-against-life-saving-screenings/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[House Prices Fall In Most Major Canadian Cities Amid ‘Cooling Demand’]]></title><description><![CDATA[We're not out of the woods yet.Many in the real estate industry have declared that Canada's housing markets have achieved the much-desired "soft landing," and the country is not in for a severe housing correction.But the latest data from the Teranet/National Bank house price index shows house prices in Canada's largest cities have largely turned negative in the past few months.House prices fell in October in eight of the 11 cities surveyed in the index, with only Quebec City and Halifax showing]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/house-prices-fall-in-most-major-canadian-cities-amid-cooling-demand/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/house-prices-fall-in-most-major-canadian-cities-amid-cooling-demand/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huawei Exec Meng Wanzhou Granted Bail By B.C. Judge]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A top executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei who was arrested in Vancouver has been released on $10 million bail and must agree to wear an electronic tracking device.Meng Wanzhou is wanted by the United States on allegations that the company skirted trade sanctions against Iran.Justice William Ehrcke of the Supreme Court of British Columbia says he is satisfied Meng, a well-educated businesswomen with letters of reference, does not pose a flight risk.He placed 16 conditions on]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huawei-exec-meng-wanzhou-granted-bail-by-bc-judge/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 23:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huawei-exec-meng-wanzhou-granted-bail-by-bc-judge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Every Canadian Sikh's Duty To Stand With Indigenous People]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the face of it, it may seem as if Sikhs and Indigenous people do not have much in common. Indigenous people have been settled here for over 10,000 years; the first Canadian Sikhs arrived little over 100 years ago. Yet both groups have faced the interlinked forces of imperialism and genocide.Now that Sikhs are well settled in Canada, it would perhaps seem tempting to ignore the systemic challenges facing Indigenous people. However, that would be a betrayal of Sikh values and of our own histori]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-every-canadian-sikhs-duty-to-stand-with-indigenous-people/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/its-every-canadian-sikhs-duty-to-stand-with-indigenous-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meng Wanzhou's Vancouver Home Broken Into, Police Investigating]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A Vancouver home that a court heard is owned by a recently arrested Huawei executive and her husband was broken into early Sunday morning.Vancouver police say the break-in was reported just before 5:30 a.m. at the home on West 28th Avenue and the suspects fled the area after being challenged by someone in the house.No one was injuredA defence lawyer for Meng Wanzhou told a bail hearing Friday that the Huawei chief financial officer and her husband purchased that home in 2009.La]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meng-wanzhous-vancouver-home-broken-into-police-investigating/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 16:45:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/meng-wanzhous-vancouver-home-broken-into-police-investigating/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British Columbia Axes China Trade Trip Following Huawei Exec's Arrest]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The detention of a top Huawei executive in Canada has derailed British Columbia's trade mission to China.The delegation led by B.C. Forestry Minister Doug Donaldson will no longer be stopping in China, and will instead end its trip after a visit to Japan.The decision follows the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, who was detained while changing flights last week in Vancouver."The Province of British Columbia has suspended the China leg of its Asian forestry t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-axes-china-trade-trip-following-huawei-execs-arrest/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 23:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-axes-china-trade-trip-following-huawei-execs-arrest/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Shares Bought by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Shares Bought by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;Fairfield CurrentBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp grew its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 53.2% in the 3rd quarter, ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-shares-bought-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 15:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-shares-bought-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Shares Obtained by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp - BharataPress]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (ARE) Shares Obtained by BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp&nbsp;&nbsp;BharataPressBRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp grew its holdings in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 53.2% in the third quarter, ...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-shares-obtained-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-bharatapress/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 14:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-are-shares-obtained-by-british-columbia-investment-management-corp-bharatapress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huawei's Meng Wanzhou Appears In Vancouver Court For Bail Hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A senior executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is facing allegations of fraud by using a subsidiary to violate United States and European Union trade sanctions against Iran in a case that shook world stock markets this week.A federal prosecutor told a bail hearing for Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on Friday that the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies is wanted in the United States on criminal allegations that Huawei used its subsidiary Skycom to do business with Irania]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huaweis-meng-wanzhou-appears-in-vancouver-court-for-bail-hearing/</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/huaweis-meng-wanzhou-appears-in-vancouver-court-for-bail-hearing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These Canadian Housing Markets Took A Beating In 2018. What Does 2019 Have In Store?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sarah Niedoba and Josh Sherman, Livabl2018 began with a steep nationwide drop in housing activity. Stricter mortgage qualification rules pushed buyers to the sidelines, as year-over-year double-digit sales decreases became the norm.Of course, some markets had a rougher year than others. Toronto, with its strong early-2017 performance, had a particularly cool start to the year, as did Hamilton. In the west, the Calgary market is continues to deal with the effects of low oil prices which sunk the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/these-canadian-housing-markets-took-a-beating-in-2018-what-does-2019-have-in-store/</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2018 16:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/these-canadian-housing-markets-took-a-beating-in-2018-what-does-2019-have-in-store/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greater Vancouver Food Bank Fundraiser Asks For Sexually Suggestive Emoji Texts]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Greater Vancouver Food Bank (GVFB) is trying out a new fundraising tactic this holiday season, asking donors to text emojis to help keep hampers full.To be clear, they're only interested in receiving the two most sexually suggestive emojis.To donate $5, donors can text an eggplant emoji to 30333. Texting a peach emoji to the same number will donate $10.For those not up to speed on emoji innuendo, knowyourmeme.com offers the following definitions:"Peach Emoji (&#127825; ) is an emoji that gai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greater-vancouver-food-bank-fundraiser-asks-for-sexually-suggestive-emoji-texts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 22:27:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/greater-vancouver-food-bank-fundraiser-asks-for-sexually-suggestive-emoji-texts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ban Oil Tankers To Protect Coastal Economies: B.C. First Nations To Senate]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Leaders from several north-coast B.C. First Nations say if the Senate doesn't approve a bill barring super-sized oil tankers from the region, their thriving but fragile marine-based economies will die.The bill is already a sore point between the federal government and Alberta. Indigenous communities also disagree on the ban: nearly three dozen First Nations are behind a $16-billion pipeline proposal that has no future if supertankers can't carry Fort McMurray oil away from the por]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ban-oil-tankers-to-protect-coastal-economies-bc-first-nations-to-senate/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 20:09:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ban-oil-tankers-to-protect-coastal-economies-bc-first-nations-to-senate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau To B.C. Chief: 'Be Careful About Minimizing' Pro-Pipeline Views]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Moments after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was praised for his support of Indigenous peoples' self-governance on Tuesday, he urged a B.C. First Nation chief to "be careful about minimizing" reasons people may have in supporting the Trans Mountain pipeline.Trudeau addressed hundreds of delegates at the Assembly of First Nations' Special Chiefs Assembly, outlining progress his government has made in three years when the floor was open to chiefs to ask questions.Chief Judy Wilson of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-to-bc-chief-be-careful-about-minimizing-pro-pipeline-views/</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 06:30:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-to-bc-chief-be-careful-about-minimizing-pro-pipeline-views/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Home Sales Plunge 42.5% In November, To Lowest Level Since Great Recession]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver home sales recorded their lowest levels in a decade in November, amid some analysts' warnings that the market could be headed for something worse than a mild correction.The 1,608 home sales in the metro area in November represented a 42.5-per-cent decline from the same month a year earlier, and the lowest level of sales for the month since 2008, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Tuesday.With buyers absent from the market, the number of homes available for sale has soared,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-home-sales-plunge-425-in-november-to-lowest-level-since-great-recession/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-home-sales-plunge-425-in-november-to-lowest-level-since-great-recession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cave Discovered In Wells Gray Provincial Park Might Be The Biggest In Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A newly discovered cave in a remote valley in British Columbia's Wells Gray Provincial Park might just be the country's largest.The feature was spotted by a helicopter crew from the province's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change in March, when they were conducting a caribou census through the northeastern part of the park.'About the size of a soccer field'Geologist Catherine Hickson, who first went to the cave in September, said the discovery promises a dramatic new chap]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cave-discovered-in-wells-gray-provincial-park-might-be-the-biggest-in-canada/</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/cave-discovered-in-wells-gray-provincial-park-might-be-the-biggest-in-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Very High' Probability Recent British Columbia Earthquakes Caused By Fracking: Expert]]></title><description><![CDATA[FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. &mdash; The British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission is investigating a series of earthquakes that one expert says were very likely caused by hydraulic fracturing, a fuel extraction process also known as fracking.Earthquakes Canada reported a 4.5 magnitude quake just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday that was felt in Fort St. John, Taylor, Chetwynd and Dawson Creek in the province's northeast. A second quake rattled the region about 45 minutes later and measured 4.0.The oil and gas co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/very-high-probability-recent-british-columbia-earthquakes-caused-by-fracking-expert/</link><pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2018 21:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/very-high-probability-recent-british-columbia-earthquakes-caused-by-fracking-expert/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kevin Alexander Roberts, Prince George Trucker, Charged With Sex Assault]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver police renewed their appeal for additional victims and witnesses after a B.C. trucker was charged with sexually assaulting a girl in a historical case.Kevin Alexander Roberts, 46, was charged with several alleged offences including sexual assault, sexual interference, sexual assault with a weapon, invitation to sexual touching, and assault causing bodily harm. They're alleged to have occurred in Vancouver and Prince George, B.C.The investigation was sparked after the victim, who is now]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/kevin-alexander-roberts-prince-george-trucker-charged-with-sex-assault/</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 20:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/kevin-alexander-roberts-prince-george-trucker-charged-with-sex-assault/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hassan Al Kontar, Syrian Stranded In Malaysian Airport For Months, Arrives In Vancouver]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A Syrian man who was stranded for seven months at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport arrived in Vancouver on Monday night.Hassan Al Kontar thanked his friends and his lawyer in a video posted to Twitter for helping him leave Malaysia.He says he videotaped the message at the Taiwan International Airport as he waited to board a flight to Vancouver, which he described as his final destination.On his Twitter account, Al Kontar says Canadian volunteers gave him hope after he sub]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hassan-al-kontar-syrian-stranded-in-malaysian-airport-for-months-arrives-in-vancouver/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 19:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/hassan-al-kontar-syrian-stranded-in-malaysian-airport-for-months-arrives-in-vancouver/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Green Party Leader Elizabeth May Is Engaged To John Kidder]]></title><description><![CDATA[You're never too old for love, and federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May's story proves it.The 64-year-old announced Monday that she is engaged to John Kidder, a resident of Ashcroft, B.C., who helped form the province's Green Party.The federal party's Twitter account posted a picture of the happy couple along with the announcement.Kidder grew up in Labrador City, according to May's Twitter page. He ran in B.C.'s provincial elections for the riding of Fraser-Nicola in 2013. The duo met when M]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-is-engaged-to-john-kidder/</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2018 01:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/green-party-leader-elizabeth-may-is-engaged-to-john-kidder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UBC Creates Professorship To Study Marijuana As Opioid Addiction Treatement]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The University of British Columbia is creating a new professorship to study the potential role of marijuana to treat opioid addiction, a move that faculty members say will begin to fill a cannabis research gap.Epidemiologist and research scientist M-J Milloy has been appointed as the Canopy Growth professor of cannabis science at the university."Dr. M-J Milloy will be Western Canada's first cannabis science professor at the University of British Columbia and the first professor]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-creates-professorship-to-study-marijuana-as-opioid-addiction-treatement/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 18:18:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ubc-creates-professorship-to-study-marijuana-as-opioid-addiction-treatement/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rogue Otter Continues To Eat Koi Fish In Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden: Vancouver Park Board]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; An opportunistic otter that is preying on koi in a unique downtown Vancouver garden has eaten at least three more of the large fish and continues to evade efforts to trap and remove it.The Vancouver Park Board confirms on social media that the otter, which moved into the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden just over a week ago, is still on the loose and several more of the garden's 14 prized koi have disappeared since Friday.It's now estimated that 10 of the valuable fish,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rogue-otter-continues-to-eat-koi-fish-in-dr-sun-yat-sen-classical-chinese-garden-vancouver-park-board/</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:20:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/rogue-otter-continues-to-eat-koi-fish-in-dr-sun-yat-sen-classical-chinese-garden-vancouver-park-board/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Picks Sides: Are You Team Otter Or Team Koi?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver residents have begun to declare themselves "Team Otter" or "Team Koi" as an elusive otter feasting on expensive fish in a tranquil garden pond continues to evade capture.The otter mysteriously made its way to the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden last week and has gobbled up seven decorative koi, many of which have been there for decades.Tricky otter evades trapsA wildlife relocation expert started work Friday and set three new traps containing rainbow trout and an oil mixture,]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-picks-sides-are-you-team-otter-or-team-koi/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2018 18:26:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-picks-sides-are-you-team-otter-or-team-koi/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grandsons Work Alongside Grandpa To Build B.C. Log Cabin In Just 56 Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Tony Vilcsak approached his grandsons with a request to teach them how to build a log cabin, there was no question it was going to happen."I mean, how often do you get to spend two months with your grandfather learning his greatest skill to pass onto the next generation?" Andrew Vilcsak told HuffPost Canada. "It's the stuff of dreams, basically."What Andrew, 27, and his younger brother, Cameron Vilcsak, 23, weren't prepared for, however, was Grandpa's timeline for getting the 1,500 sq.-ft.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/grandsons-work-alongside-grandpa-to-build-bc-log-cabin-in-just-56-days/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2018 16:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/grandsons-work-alongside-grandpa-to-build-bc-log-cabin-in-just-56-days/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Will Run Against Jagmeet Singh In Burnaby South Byelection, Bucking ‘Leader’s Courtesy’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Federal Liberals will not be extending a so-called "leader's courtesy" to give the NDP's Jagmeet Singh an easier path to the House of CommonsA senior Liberal source unauthorized to speak on the matter has confirmed to HuffPost Canada that Liberals will run a candidate against Singh in an upcoming byelection in the British Columbia riding of Burnaby South. The source confirmed earlier reports from both The Hill Times and CBC News.The byelection is expected to be called early in the new year and t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-will-run-against-jagmeet-singh-in-burnaby-south-byelection-bucking-leaders-courtesy/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 18:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-will-run-against-jagmeet-singh-in-burnaby-south-byelection-bucking-leaders-courtesy/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Loggers Aren't Immune To The March Of The Robots]]></title><description><![CDATA[In Williams Lake, B.C., you're either a logger, mill worker, miner or rancher.For Chris Wiggins, the choice was easy. Logging is just in his blood, he says."Logging has raised my family. It was logging that helped my grandpa bring up his family, and it's been logging that's helped my uncles raise their families, my dad's family," he says. "I never really looked down on it, so just got into it."He walks into the Tim Hortons in downtown Prince George in a slightly oversized army green hoodie and m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-loggers-arent-immune-to-the-march-of-the-robots/</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2018 04:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-loggers-arent-immune-to-the-march-of-the-robots/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 British Columbia Officials On Indefinite Leave Amid Criminal Investigation]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Two key officials at British Columbia's legislature have been placed on indefinite leave over what an official says is a criminal investigation.NDP House Leader Mike Farnworth introduced a motion at the end of question period on Tuesday that said both clerk Craig James and sergeant-at-arms Gary Lenz were being placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.Alan Mullen, a special adviser to the Speaker of the legislature, says there is an active investigation by the RCMP]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-british-columbia-officials-on-indefinite-leave-amid-criminal-investigation/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 22:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-british-columbia-officials-on-indefinite-leave-amid-criminal-investigation/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Esi Edugyan Wins 2nd Scotiabank Giller Prize For 'Washington Black']]></title><description><![CDATA[TORONTO &mdash; Victoria-based author Esi Edugyan says her second time winning the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize felt all the more meaningful amid a climate in which truth is "under siege."Despite her experience earning literary accolades, Edugyan seemed at a loss for words as she took to the stage Monday night at the Toronto Ritz-Carlton to accept the honour for her latest novel, "Washington Black.""I wasn't expecting to win, so I didn't prepare a speech," she told the crowd with a sigh.'A s]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/esi-edugyan-wins-2nd-scotiabank-giller-prize-for-washington-black/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/esi-edugyan-wins-2nd-scotiabank-giller-prize-for-washington-black/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ride-Sharing Companies May Finally Be Allowed In British Columbia]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Ride-hailing companies could begin operations in British Columbia by next fall under legislation introduced today.Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says the government's bill strikes a balance between meeting consumer demand and protecting public safety.Among other things, the bill would give the Passenger Transportation Board the power to accept applications and set terms and conditions for licences covering taxis and ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft.It would also]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ride-sharing-companies-may-finally-be-allowed-in-british-columbia/</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2018 02:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ride-sharing-companies-may-finally-be-allowed-in-british-columbia/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[N.L. Woman Who Lost Family To California Fire Rallies To Help Others]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Canadian woman is reeling after her uncle and aunt perished in a deadly California wildfire, but that's not stopping her from helping others find their missing loved ones.From Lewisporte, N.L., Megan Janes began asking the public for help last weekend through Twitter, as her family grew increasingly concerned if her uncle Randy Dodge and his wife Paula Dodge were OK. The Dodges, in their late 60s, lived in Paradise, Calif., a town that's been incinerated by the wildfire named Camp Fire.A few d]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nl-woman-who-lost-family-to-california-fire-rallies-to-help-others/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:44:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/nl-woman-who-lost-family-to-california-fire-rallies-to-help-others/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harjit Sajjan 'Heartened' By Tory MPs Denouncing &lsquo;Affirmative Action&rsquo; Facebook Post From B.C. Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's defence minister says he was "heartened" to see Conservative MPs denounce a racist Facebook post claiming he got his job because of "affirmative action."Speaking to reporters at the Halifax International Security Forum on Friday, Harjit Sajjan addressed the deleted post from the "Okanagan Conservatives" group in British Columbia, which highlighted a story critical of his handling of a raucous 2017 trip of VIP passengers to Latvia."This is what happens when you have a cabinet based on af]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/harjit-sajjan-heartened-by-tory-mps-denouncing-lsquoaffirmative-actionrsquo-facebook-post-from-bc-group/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/harjit-sajjan-heartened-by-tory-mps-denouncing-lsquoaffirmative-actionrsquo-facebook-post-from-bc-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harjit Sajjan 'Heartened' By Tory MPs Denouncing 'Affirmative Action' Facebook Post From B.C. Group]]></title><description><![CDATA[Canada's defence minister says he was "heartened" to see Conservative MPs denounce a racist Facebook post claiming he got his job because of "affirmative action."Speaking to reporters at the Halifax International Security Forum on Friday, Harjit Sajjan addressed the deleted post from the "Okanagan Conservatives" group in British Columbia, which highlighted a story critical of his handling of a raucous 2017 trip of VIP passengers to Latvia."This is what happens when you have a cabinet based on af]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/harjit-sajjan-heartened-by-tory-mps-denouncing-affirmative-action-facebook-post-from-bc-group/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:57:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/harjit-sajjan-heartened-by-tory-mps-denouncing-affirmative-action-facebook-post-from-bc-group/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coquitlam RCMP On A Roll With Alleged Butter Thief Press Release]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cpl. Michael McLaughlin of the Coquitlam RCMP is on a roll, issuing one of the most entertaining press release from the police, ever.The media relations officer wants the public to know, in no uncertain terms, that if you do the crime, you'd butter be prepared to do the time.According to the pun-filled release, titled Alleged butter thieves caught in the oven of justice, two Vancouver men are facing charges after allegedly shoplifting a shopping cart full of butter worth more than $1,400 from a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coquitlam-rcmp-on-a-roll-with-alleged-butter-thief-press-release/</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2018 00:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/coquitlam-rcmp-on-a-roll-with-alleged-butter-thief-press-release/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Housing Swings Back Into Downturn Mode]]></title><description><![CDATA[After showing signs of a rebound over the spring and summer months, Canada's national housing market has slipped back into downturn mode, two new reports released Thursday show.Sales of existing homes slipped 1.6 per cent in October, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, marking the second straight month of declining sales. Sales were 3.7 per cent lower than they were in the same month a year earlier.Look: Canada's most expensive condo (story continues below)The national average pri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-housing-swings-back-into-downturn-mode/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:13:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-housing-swings-back-into-downturn-mode/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toronto 'Carding' Activist Desmond Cole Stopped By Vancouver Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A Toronto activist and writer who was stopped by Vancouver police a day after arriving in the city says his experience reveals what daily life is like for black and Indigenous residents.Desmond Cole has worked for years to end street checks or "carding" in Toronto and says he was the subject of a street check by a Vancouver police officer on Tuesday.Street checks involve officers stopping a person and recording their information, regardless of whether an offence has been commit]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-carding-activist-desmond-cole-stopped-by-vancouver-police/</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/toronto-carding-activist-desmond-cole-stopped-by-vancouver-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stepson of British Columbia's agriculture minister dies of overdose]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dan Sealey, stepson of Agriculture Minister and Saanich South MLA Lana Popham, has died of an accidental drug overdose at age 23.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/stepson-of-british-columbias-agriculture-minister-dies-of-overdose/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 21:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/stepson-of-british-columbias-agriculture-minister-dies-of-overdose/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What You Need To Know In Each Province About Cutting Down Your Own Christmas Tree]]></title><description><![CDATA[Oh, Christmas tree!For many Canadians, selecting and cutting down the perfect tree is a cherished holiday tradition. The tree becomes a backdrop for the season, and conjures up festive memories with its scent and twinkly lights.There are plenty of choose-and-cut tree farms in every Canadian province, but for those who want to try tree hunting, &agrave; la Griswold family, and head out onto public land to collect their conifer, the legality of doing so varies across Canada. No two provinces have]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-in-each-province-about-cutting-down-your-own-christmas-tree/</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:22:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-you-need-to-know-in-each-province-about-cutting-down-your-own-christmas-tree/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transition Program Helps Younger Veterans Shed The Trauma Of Combat]]></title><description><![CDATA[For many Canadians, the word "veteran" conjures up the image of a retirement-age soldier, who served in the Second World War or the Korean War, often seen manning a poppy box or laying a wreath on Remembrance Day.The reality, however, is that the majority of Canada's veteran population is much younger. According to Veterans Affairs Canada, more than 600,000 of Canada's estimated 650,000 veteran population didn't serve in either the Second World War or the Korean War."Their needs are different an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/transition-program-helps-younger-veterans-shed-the-trauma-of-combat/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 15:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/transition-program-helps-younger-veterans-shed-the-trauma-of-combat/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Aquarium Names Newest Octopus After Seth Rogen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seth Rogen is a lot of things: actor, comedian, writer, director, award-winner. But his crowning achievement might be something brand new. The Vancouver Aquarium's newest octopus-in-residence, Ceph Rogen, is named after him.The aquarium held a series of polls on its Facebook page to determine what to call its newest cephalopod.Rogen pleaded with fans on social media to vote to make his dreams come true, and boy, did they. Ceph beat out Octavia in the final round with over 90 per cent of the vote]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquarium-names-newest-octopus-after-seth-rogen/</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-aquarium-names-newest-octopus-after-seth-rogen/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Premier John Horgan: If You're 'Woke' You'd Know That Proportional Representation Is 'Lit']]></title><description><![CDATA[Bad news everyone. It seems last night all of our dads fused into an amorphous blob, became the premier of British Columbia and did this:In #PRDebate, @jjhorgan says if @Wilkinson4BC was 'woke' he'd know that proportional representation is 'lit'. #electoralreform#bcpolipic.twitter.com/4NDj3OgOg1<br />
&mdash; CBC British Columbia (@cbcnewsbc) November 9, 2018OK, so that's not a dad blob. It's actual B.C. Premier John Horgan, passionately professing to Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson that if he was "wo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-premier-john-horgan-if-youre-woke-youd-know-that-proportional-representation-is-lit/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 18:38:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-premier-john-horgan-if-youre-woke-youd-know-that-proportional-representation-is-lit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What You Need To Earn To Afford A Single-Family Home Across Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[Home affordability has become so strained in Canada's priciest markets that if incomes don't catch up, house prices will fall, says the co-author of National Bank of Canada's latest home affordability report.The data for the third quarter of this year show the costs of owning a home rose in nine out of the 10 major cities surveyed, with only Winnipeg showing a minor improvement. Affordability has been deteriorating steadily for more than three years at this point.Watch: You can buy a burned-out]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-you-need-to-earn-to-afford-a-single-family-home-across-canada/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 15:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-you-need-to-earn-to-afford-a-single-family-home-across-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High-Risk Sex Offender Randall Hopley Moving To Vancouver, Police Warn]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUER, B.C. &mdash; Vancouver police have issued a public warning about a high-risk offender moving into the city who was at the centre of a high-profile abduction case in 2011.Police say Randall Hopley, 53, still poses a risk of significant harm to the safety of young boys.Hopley has served his entire six-year sentence for breaking into a home in Sparwood, B.C., in September 2011 and abducting a three-year-old boy only to return him four days later physically unharmed.A National Parole Board]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/high-risk-sex-offender-randall-hopley-moving-to-vancouver-police-warn/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2018 03:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/high-risk-sex-offender-randall-hopley-moving-to-vancouver-police-warn/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indigenous Veterans Honoured Leading Up To Remembrance Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[Francis Pegahmagabow went to a recruitment office almost immediately after war was declared in 1914.The Ojibwa sniper from Wasauksing First Nation of Parry Island would serve with the 1st Infantry Battalion and went on to become one of the most decorated soldiers in the First World War.When he returned to Canada, his reputation as a brave soldier counted for very little and he didn't receive the same rights or benefits as his white comrades."They'd gone from being a soldier to just an Indian aga]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-veterans-honoured-leading-up-to-remembrance-day/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 20:16:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/indigenous-veterans-honoured-leading-up-to-remembrance-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Drivers And Passengers Need To Know About B.C.'s Legal Weed Laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[By now, we should all know that driving a motor vehicle with cannabis in your body could result in harsh legal penalties. But what about driving with cannabis in your car?Now that cannabis is legal, adults are able to carry up to 30 grams of cannabis or its equivalent in public places. However, when it comes to your motor vehicle, there are a number of restrictions about how that should be done in order to properly comply with the law.Regulating the laws around highway safety and the general ope]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-drivers-and-passengers-need-to-know-about-bcs-legal-weed-laws/</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 17:31:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/what-drivers-and-passengers-need-to-know-about-bcs-legal-weed-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Home Sales Will Fall Over Next 2 Years, CMHC Forecasts]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the country's real estate market is expected to moderate over the next two years as the growth in housing prices is expected to slow to more in line with economic fundamentals.In its 2018 housing market outlook released today, the national housing agency projects housing starts and sales are both expected to decline in 2019 and 2020.Watch: This is Canada's most expensive condo (story continues below)It predicts housing starts for single and m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-will-fall-over-next-2-years-cmhc-forecasts/</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 16:07:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-home-sales-will-fall-over-next-2-years-cmhc-forecasts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More Than 20 Rona Stores Across Canada Are Closing]]></title><description><![CDATA[BOUCHERVILLE, Que. &mdash; Lowe's Companies Inc. says it plans to close 31 Canadian stores and other locations as part of a plan to focus on its most profitable operations.The closures include 27 mostly Rona stores in Canada including nine in Ontario, nine in Quebec, six in Newfoundland and Labrador, two in Alberta and one in British Columbia.Lowe's also plans to close its regional support centres in Mississauga, Ont., and St. John's, N.L., as well as a truss plant in St. John's, N.L., and a blo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/more-than-20-rona-stores-across-canada-are-closing/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 16:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/more-than-20-rona-stores-across-canada-are-closing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puppies Adopted By Mission, B.C. Crew Members Who Rescued Them From Cliff]]></title><description><![CDATA[MISSION, B.C. &mdash; Two St. Bernard-cross puppies who spent four days on a cliff in a rural area of British Columbia's Fraser Valley have landed what the local SPCA branch manager says are their best possible forever homes.Krista Shaw of the Mission SPCA says two of the search-and-rescue crew members who found the 16-week-old dogs on the side of the cliff have been selected to adopt them.Shaw says the branch received dozens of applications following coverage of the rescue, but staff felt givin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/puppies-adopted-by-mission-bc-crew-members-who-rescued-them-from-cliff/</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:43:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/puppies-adopted-by-mission-bc-crew-members-who-rescued-them-from-cliff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drake Accuses Parq Vancouver Casino Of Racial Profiling]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A Vancouver casino says it "categorically" stands against racism after Drake accused it of "profiling" him.In a now-expired Instagram story, the Toronto rapper called Parq Vancouver "the worst run business" he has ever witnessed.He says the casino did not allow him to gamble, despite his providing "everything they originally asked" him for.Drake didn't elaborate and his representatives declined to comment further.#Drake has called out a luxury Canada casino after allegedly gett]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/drake-accuses-parq-vancouver-casino-of-racial-profiling/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 18:01:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/drake-accuses-parq-vancouver-casino-of-racial-profiling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Vs Canadian Real Estate: Who Won And Who Lost?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This fall marks the tenth anniversary of the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers, and the start of the global financial crisis that roiled the world for years to come.That crisis was precipitated in large part by the collapse of the U.S. mortgage lending market, which propelled the country's housing into the worst slump in modern history.In Canada, that slump never happened. After a brief dip in 2008, Canadian house prices resumed growing and didn't look back.So 10 years later, are Canad]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-vs-canadian-real-estate-who-won-and-who-lost/</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:36:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/us-vs-canadian-real-estate-who-won-and-who-lost/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justin Trudeau Apologizes To Tsilhqot'in Community For Hanging Of Chiefs In 1864]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHILKO LAKE, B.C. &mdash; Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized to the Tsilhqot'in community for the hanging of six chiefs more than 150 years ago in an emotional ceremony Friday that one chief says brought an end to a "difficult journey."Speaking to hundreds of the First Nation's members in British Columbia's central Interior, Trudeau said the colonial officials of the day erred in inviting the chiefs for peacekeeping talks where they were instead arrested, tried and hanged. He said the chie]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-apologizes-to-tsilhqotin-community-for-hanging-of-chiefs-in-1864/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2018 01:08:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/justin-trudeau-apologizes-to-tsilhqotin-community-for-hanging-of-chiefs-in-1864/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberal MP Sean Fraser Calls Climate Change An 'Existential Challenge']]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; A Liberal MP called climate change an "existential challenge" in question period Friday after the government was pressed by the NDP to escalate its "grossly inadequate" plan to address global warming.NDP MP Murray Rankin said that increased heat retention in the world's oceans and reports of a massive iceberg, five times the size of Manhattan, that recently snapped off an Antarctica glacier have raised the stakes."The Liberals do not seem to get the urgency of climate change. They]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberal-mp-sean-fraser-calls-climate-change-an-existential-challenge/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 22:05:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberal-mp-sean-fraser-calls-climate-change-an-existential-challenge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince George Bus Crash Leaves Sends Several People To Hospital, Some With Serious Injuries]]></title><description><![CDATA[PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. &mdash; A bus carrying workers to a sawmill crashed Thursday afternoon north of Prince George, sending 16 people to hospital, three of them in critical condition.BC Emergency Health Services says one person was in serious condition and 12 others were stable.Sixteen other people were uninjured and taken back to Prince George by bus, said Libby Brown of EHS.Earlier today BCEHS #paramedics cared for 30+ passengers involved in a bus crash N of Prince George on Hart Hwy. 6 ambulan]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/prince-george-bus-crash-leaves-sends-several-people-to-hospital-some-with-serious-injuries/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2018 12:41:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/prince-george-bus-crash-leaves-sends-several-people-to-hospital-some-with-serious-injuries/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Luxury Housing Market Drops From World’s Hottest To Dead Last]]></title><description><![CDATA[If there's anything Vancouver's property market isn't, it's average. In fact, it's looking increasingly like a land of extremes.A new report from global realty firm Knight Frank ranks the city's luxury property market as the weakest among major cities worldwide. Two years ago, the same index had Vancouver in top spot.Knight Frank's prime cities residential index for the third quarter of 2018 places Vancouver 43rd out of 43 cities, with luxury prices dropping 11.3 per cent in the past year. Toron]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-luxury-housing-market-drops-from-worlds-hottest-to-dead-last/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-luxury-housing-market-drops-from-worlds-hottest-to-dead-last/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Is Home To One Of The World's Most Famous Haunted Dolls]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of weird eBay subcultures, but by far one of the most fascinating is the haunted doll industry. Every day, buyers and sellers online offer proof of hauntings, heartfelt accounts of otherworldly activity, and a sincere hope to pay for a paranormal experience via online auction.Haunted dolls may have come more into focus in the 2014 horror movie "Annabelle," about the supposedly real-life story behind a doll who was possessed by a demonic spirit. The movie was a spin-off of the pre]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-is-home-to-one-of-the-worlds-most-famous-haunted-dolls/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:39:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-is-home-to-one-of-the-worlds-most-famous-haunted-dolls/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Should Stop Penalizing Foreigners For Past Pot Possession]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the legalization of cannabis on October 17, a visitor from the U.S. may reasonably believe it is now easier for him to enter Canada despite a prior conviction for marijuana possession. He would be wrong. It is now much more difficult.For immigration purposes, any foreign conviction for possession of marijuana can be equated to the new crime of possession of "illicit cannabis" under s. 8 of the "Cannabis Act." Moreover, simple possession under 30 grams was previously a pure "summary" of]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-should-stop-penalizing-foreigners-for-past-pot-possession/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 19:15:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-should-stop-penalizing-foreigners-for-past-pot-possession/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Winter Forecast Calls For Lots Of Snow In The East, But Not So Much In The West: Accuweather]]></title><description><![CDATA[Skiers in Atlantic Canada have reason to celebrate, if the latest Canadian winter forecast is any indication.The eastern-most part of the country will be slammed with storms throughout the winter, including lots of rain and snow, Accuweather is predicting.However, western Canadians may face a shortened season on the slopes, as the agency is calling for a lack of late-season snow."The main storm track in the east will be directed toward Atlantic Canada with the potential for several large storms]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-winter-forecast-calls-for-lots-of-snow-in-the-east-but-not-so-much-in-the-west-accuweather/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 18:14:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-winter-forecast-calls-for-lots-of-snow-in-the-east-but-not-so-much-in-the-west-accuweather/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steven Galloway Files Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault Allegations]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The former chair of the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia is suing a woman, claiming she falsely accused him of sexual and physical assaults.Steven Galloway's lawsuit also accuses two dozen other people of repeating the accusations on social media.The lawsuit filed by the novelist in the B.C. Supreme Court claims he was defamed and suffered damage to his reputation. It asks for damages and an injunction preventing the defendants from repeating the a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/steven-galloway-files-lawsuit-over-sexual-assault-allegations/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:58:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/steven-galloway-files-lawsuit-over-sexual-assault-allegations/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad B.C. drivers to face increased penalties; fines to jump 20 per cent annually]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bad drivers in British Columbia have less than 24 hours to improve their habits or face increased penalties for speeding, impaired or distracted driving and other offences.]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bad-bc-drivers-to-face-increased-penalties-fines-to-jump-20-per-cent-annually/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:37:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bad-bc-drivers-to-face-increased-penalties-fines-to-jump-20-per-cent-annually/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Politics Has Entered Era Of 'Extreme Partisanship': Samara Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Politics is ingrained in an era of "extreme partisanship" and unless parliamentarians tone down "anti-democratic" rivalries, public confidence in federal parties will deteriorate, warns a new report by the Samara Centre for Democracy.The Toronto-based non-partisan charity published a report Wednesday titled "The Real House Lives," encouraging parties adopt changes to limit the influence party leaders have over caucus members. The Samara Centre interviewed 54 former MPs from the la]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-politics-has-entered-era-of-extreme-partisanship-samara-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:25:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-politics-has-entered-era-of-extreme-partisanship-samara-report/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition Party Leaders Team Up To Demand Trudeau Call More Byelections]]></title><description><![CDATA[The leaders of Canada's four main opposition parties can agree on one thing at least: the prime minister has no good reason not to call byelections in three vacant federal ridings.Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and interim Bloc Qu&eacute;b&eacute;cois Leader Mario Beaulieu all made their case in a joint letter released Tuesday."While the parties we lead disagree on what solutions are best for the challenges facing Canadians, we are i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/opposition-party-leaders-team-up-to-demand-trudeau-call-more-byelections/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:59:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/opposition-party-leaders-team-up-to-demand-trudeau-call-more-byelections/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada Should Be Legally Bound To Its Climate Promises]]></title><description><![CDATA[During the recent House of Commons emergency climate debate, spurred by an alarming new UN climate change report, there were many politicians talking about the need for Canada to rise to the challenge of climate change. Many of these same politicians acknowledged that, right now, Canada's policies aren't enough to line up with what scientists are saying we need to do.That's around the time that Edmonton-Strathcona MP Linda Duncan rose to speak, calling for "climate change accountability."It migh]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-should-be-legally-bound-to-its-climate-promises/</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 16:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canada-should-be-legally-bound-to-its-climate-promises/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Being 'Petty' By Not Calling B.C. Byelection Jagmeet Singh Wants: Peter Julian]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; New Democrats are blasting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for calling a byelection in an Ontario riding as tensions mount over when a byelection will be called for a B.C. riding where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been named a candidate.Trudeau called a byelection Sunday for the riding of Leeds&ndash;Grenville&ndash;Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes. But there are currently four vacant seats in Parliament, including Burnaby South, where Singh has said he will run as soon as a byelec]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-being-petty-by-not-calling-bc-byelection-jagmeet-singh-wants-peter-julian/</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-being-petty-by-not-calling-bc-byelection-jagmeet-singh-wants-peter-julian/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Douglas Bevans Sells ‘Hot Dog Water’ Outside Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vancouver Goop Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man dressed in a hot dog suit attempted to teach attendees of a Vancouver wellness summit a lesson over the weekend.Artist Douglas Bevans said that he hoped selling $38 "restorative" hot dog water outside the event for Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop lifestyle brand would encourage people to think more critically."We really need to think more critically about what is being sold and what kind of claims are being sold and who is selling it," Bevans told CTV News. "We're all vulnerable in this era, I thin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/douglas-bevans-sells-hot-dog-water-outside-gwyneth-paltrows-vancouver-goop-summit/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/douglas-bevans-sells-hot-dog-water-outside-gwyneth-paltrows-vancouver-goop-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Douglas Bevans Sells ‘Hot Dog Water’ Outside Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vancouver Goop Summit]]></title><description><![CDATA[A man dressed in a hot dog suit attempted to teach attendees of a Vancouver wellness summit a lesson over the weekend.Artist Douglas Bevans said that he hoped selling $38 "restorative" hot dog water outside the event for Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop lifestyle brand would encourage people to think more critically."We really need to think more critically about what is being sold and what kind of claims are being sold and who is selling it," Bevans told CTV News. "We're all vulnerable in this era, I thin]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/douglas-bevans-sells-hot-dog-water-outside-gwyneth-paltrows-vancouver-goop-summit/</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:55:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/douglas-bevans-sells-hot-dog-water-outside-gwyneth-paltrows-vancouver-goop-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's Marijuana Party Leader Is Pissed About Pot Legalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The leader of the federal Marijuana Party, who for decades advocated for the legalization of cannabis, has now found himself in a peculiar position of being a critic against it.It's a weird twist of fate Blair Longley is coming to terms with now that the Liberal government has come through on its election promise to legalize and regulate the use of recreational marijuana. "You know, from a sublime point of view it's amusing to watch," the 68-year-old self-described political philo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-marijuana-party-leader-is-pissed-about-pot-legalization/</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:53:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadas-marijuana-party-leader-is-pissed-about-pot-legalization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Ruscitti, Who Killed 4 People Including Parents, Granted Parole]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A British Columbia man who murdered four people as a teenager and left his two-month-old niece in a room with her dead mother has been granted full parole.James Ruscitti is serving a life sentence for the 1996 execution-style slayings of his adoptive parents, his brother's 17-year-old girlfriend and a boarder who lived in their home near 100 Mile House, in central B.C.Ruscitti was 15 and a drug user when he and a 14-year-old accomplice committed the crime, though the Parole Boa]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/james-ruscitti-who-killed-4-people-including-parents-granted-parole/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/james-ruscitti-who-killed-4-people-including-parents-granted-parole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Suffers Hit To Life Expectancy As Opioid Crisis Rages On]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; Canada's chief public health officer says the opioid crisis is responsible for limiting Canadians' life expectancy.In a report released Tuesday, Dr. Theresa Tam says life expectancy has been steadily on the rise in Canada but she warns that life expectancy in B.C. is decreasing &mdash; the province hit hardest by the opioid crisis.Tam said in an interview that there has been about 1,000 deaths related to the opioid crisis in the first quarter of 2018, saying it's on track to see t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-suffers-hit-to-life-expectancy-as-opioid-crisis-rages-on/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2018 02:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-suffers-hit-to-life-expectancy-as-opioid-crisis-rages-on/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Rapper Jon James McMurray Dies After Failed Plane Stunt]]></title><description><![CDATA[VERNON, B.C. &mdash; A 34-year-old rapper who fell to his death in British Columbia while performing a stunt that involved rapping while walking on the wing of a plane was a "beacon of light to follow your dreams," his management team says.Jon James McMurray died Saturday filming a project he had been working on for months, a statement from the team said. He trained "intensively" for the stunt, it said."However, as Jon got further out onto the wing of the plane, it caused the small Cessna to go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rapper-jon-james-mcmurray-dies-after-failed-plane-stunt/</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:52:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-rapper-jon-james-mcmurray-dies-after-failed-plane-stunt/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Vancouver Island Pot Shops Raided By RCMP On Legalization Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[PORT ALBERNI, B.C. &mdash; The managers of two pot shops on Vancouver Island where police seized thousands of dollars worth of marijuana say the British Columbia government failed them by only approving one store in the province before legalization as raids were reported on both ends of the country.The RCMP say they entered the Port Alberni Cannabis Club at around 11 a.m. Wednesday, before visiting Leaf Compassion Cannabis Dispensary around 2 p.m., and found both stores were open without provinc]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-vancouver-island-pot-shops-raided-by-rcmp-on-legalization-day/</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/2-vancouver-island-pot-shops-raided-by-rcmp-on-legalization-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lobbyists Are Trying To Rob A Generation Of Their Right To Sex-Ed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sex-ed has become a hot political topic across the country.At the same time as tens of thousands of Ontario school students staged walkouts to protest the return of an outrageously outdated health curriculum, social conservatives in British Columbia are banding together to run municipal election platforms against LGBTQ curriculum content.For many parents, voters and politicians, sex-ed is understood as part of the health and wellbeing of young people. At the same time, we're seeing a rise in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lobbyists-are-trying-to-rob-a-generation-of-their-right-to-sex-ed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/lobbyists-are-trying-to-rob-a-generation-of-their-right-to-sex-ed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives Are Trying To Rob A Generation Of Their Right To Sex-Ed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sex-ed has become a hot political topic across the country.At the same time as tens of thousands of Ontario school students staged walkouts to protest the return of an outrageously outdated health curriculum, social conservatives in British Columbia are banding together to run municipal election platforms against LGBTQ curriculum content.For many parents, voters and politicians, sex-ed is understood as part of the health and wellbeing of young people. At the same time, we're seeing a rise in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservatives-are-trying-to-rob-a-generation-of-their-right-to-sex-ed/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 18:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/conservatives-are-trying-to-rob-a-generation-of-their-right-to-sex-ed/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teens Actually Have Safer Sex After HPV Vaccine, Study Finds]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the biggest concerns around introducing the HPV vaccine was that it would embolden teenagers to be more promiscuous, or to have riskier sex. But new Canadian research backs up findings from other countries proving that isn't that case.In fact, the UBC study found that teenage girls who received the vaccine were also less likely to have sex, and those who did have sex were more likely to use condoms or hormonal birth control."We've always known that this vaccine was safe, effective, and he]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/teens-actually-have-safer-sex-after-hpv-vaccine-study-finds/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2018 22:24:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/teens-actually-have-safer-sex-after-hpv-vaccine-study-finds/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Vacant Home Tax Goes Forward Amid Promises Of Improved Affordability]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; The British Columbia government has introduced a speculation and vacancy tax that Finance Minister Carole James says will moderate the overheated housing market and create more homes for renters.James says the aim of the tax is to improve housing affordability for thousands of people, including seniors forced to live in their vehicles and young professionals who leave the province because they can't find a place to live.Watch: Legalized cannabis could have some surprising effect]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-vacant-home-tax-goes-forward-amid-promises-of-improved-affordability/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 22:47:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-vacant-home-tax-goes-forward-amid-promises-of-improved-affordability/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weed Legalization Fails To Address Racism In Canada's Drug Laws]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roberta K. Timothy, York University, CanadaWeed, spliff, cannabis, joint, blunt, Mary Jane, ganja, reefer, marijuana, pot: no matter what you call it, it is almost legal in Canada. Many will benefit from the new right to grow, sell or smoke legally and freely.Before we celebrate, let's take a moment to remember the Black and Indigenous peoples who have been overrepresented in Canada's cannabis-related arrests, despite similar rates of cannabis use across racial groups. According to a 2017 Toront]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/weed-legalization-fails-to-address-racism-in-canadas-drug-laws/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/weed-legalization-fails-to-address-racism-in-canadas-drug-laws/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All The Ridiculous Pot Puns You'll Need This Week, Canada]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's finally happening. Wednesday (Oct. 17) marks the day marijuana will be legalized in Canada.To celebrate the occasion, here's a list of every ridiculous pot pun you might want to throw down on 10/17.Like all cannabis products &mdash; please use responsibly.O, Cannabis!Green DayRocky Mountain HighJoint EffortBudding IndustrySmokin' HotWeed Out The BadKeep Off The GrassHail Mary (Jane)Joint EffortReefer Gladness Reefer MadnessThe New DealersPot LuckYou're Ganja Have a Good TimeHigh Expectation]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/all-the-ridiculous-pot-puns-youll-need-this-week-canada/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 20:18:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/all-the-ridiculous-pot-puns-youll-need-this-week-canada/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Government Urged To Step Up Climate Action In Emergency Debate]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; They cried out for action, waved their arms in the air, and pleaded with the Liberal federal government to do more to save the planet for their children and grandchildren.They were the three MPs &mdash; Liberal Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP parliamentary Leader Guy Caron &mdash; who requested an emergency debate to discuss the recent findings of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.In last week's IPCC "Special Report on Global Warm]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-government-urged-to-step-up-climate-action-in-emergency-debate/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-government-urged-to-step-up-climate-action-in-emergency-debate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Global Housing Rankings: Toronto Drops From 1st To 137th As National Sales Drop]]></title><description><![CDATA[After years of frenzied activity, Canada's housing markets are calming down &mdash; so much so that Toronto has gone from being the world's hottest residential market to one of its weakest.Canada's largest city tumbled to 137th place, out of 150 cities, in real estate consultancy Knight Frank's residential cities index for the second quarter of 2018, with the city recording a 2.8-per-cent decline in house prices. It had placed first a year earlier, with 29.3 per cent year-on-year price growth.Ne]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/global-housing-rankings-toronto-drops-from-1st-to-137th-as-national-sales-drop/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:08:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/global-housing-rankings-toronto-drops-from-1st-to-137th-as-national-sales-drop/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Couple Todd And Nicole Cameron Recreate 'Alien' Birth Scene In Maternity Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; In Ridley Scott's 1979 classic, "Alien," the crew of the Nostromo begin a voyage unknowingly carrying a new being along with them. Thirty-nine years later, Todd and Nicole Cameron of Nanaimo, B.C., drew inspiration from the film to tell their friends and family that they too will embark on a voyage with a new being.On the rainy afternoon of Sept. 20, Nicole Cameron donned a dreamy, peach-coloured chiffon dress that showed off her eight-and-a-half-month baby belly, while her hus]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-couple-todd-and-nicole-cameron-recreate-alien-birth-scene-in-maternity-photos/</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2018 22:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-couple-todd-and-nicole-cameron-recreate-alien-birth-scene-in-maternity-photos/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teen Justin Kulik Taking Food Waste Petition With More Than 100,000 Signatures To Ottawa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justin Kulik is just 17 years old, but he's hellbent on making big changes to how Canadian supermarkets deal with food waste.The Kelowna, B.C. teen will travel to Ottawa next week, bringing with him a petition signed by more than 115,000 people.On World Food Day, Oct. 16, he'll hand over his petition to Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay, and ask that grocery stores in Canada be required to donate all usable, unsold food to charity, instead of throwing it away or destroying it."Initially]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-justin-kulik-taking-food-waste-petition-with-more-than-100000-signatures-to-ottawa/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-justin-kulik-taking-food-waste-petition-with-more-than-100000-signatures-to-ottawa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Teen Justin Kulik Taking Food Waste Petition With 115,000 Signatures To Ottawa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Justin Kulik is just 17 years old, but he's hellbent on making big changes to how Canadian supermarkets deal with food waste.The Kelowna, B.C. teen will travel to Ottawa next week, bringing with him a petition signed by more than 115,000 people.On World Food Day, Oct. 16, he'll hand over his petition to Minister of Agriculture Lawrence MacAulay, and ask that grocery stores in Canada be required to donate all usable, unsold food to charity, instead of throwing it away or destroying it."Initially]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-justin-kulik-taking-food-waste-petition-with-115000-signatures-to-ottawa/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-teen-justin-kulik-taking-food-waste-petition-with-115000-signatures-to-ottawa/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Burning Cannabis Questions Answered For British Columbians]]></title><description><![CDATA[With October 17, 2018, just around the corner, many Canadians are counting down the days to legalization. It won't be long before we will be able to purchase legal, recreational cannabis for the first time.But many of us are still asking some important, practical questions about how exactly that will happen.This blog will attempt to address those burning questions and provide a little bit of clarity about what you can expect in British Columbia &mdash; and how you can purchase legal cannabis &md]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-burning-cannabis-questions-answered-for-british-columbians/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/5-burning-cannabis-questions-answered-for-british-columbians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Needs Bold Action To Make Homes And Buildings Energy Efficient]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Betsy AgarThe cooler, wetter weather is sure welcome after a hot, smokey summer. Nevertheless, it ushered in a period of uncertainty. Long or short sleeves? Socks or sandals? Should we blow the dust out of the heat ducts and power up the radiator?What if you could put off the last decision until the coldest days of winter? Low-carbon, energy-efficient homes promise to make this a reality for all. Other potential benefits of efficient apartments and houses include enhanced comfort and health a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-needs-bold-action-to-make-homes-and-buildings-energy-efficient/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-needs-bold-action-to-make-homes-and-buildings-energy-efficient/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents Starting To Return Home After Massive Enbridge Pipeline Explosion]]></title><description><![CDATA[PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. &mdash; Most residents of a northern B.C. community are being allowed back into their homes after a gas pipeline ruptured, sparking a massive blaze.RCMP say the explosion happened at about 5:30 p.m. PT Tuesday and forced about 100 members of the nearby Lheidli T'enneh First Nation from their homes.Officials say it was from an Enbridge natural gas pipeline in Shelley, B.C., about 15 kilometres northeast of Prince George.Police say residences within several kilometres were evac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/residents-starting-to-return-home-after-massive-enbridge-pipeline-explosion/</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 19:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/residents-starting-to-return-home-after-massive-enbridge-pipeline-explosion/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homeless Tlowitsis First Nation Buys Land On Vancouver Island To Build Community]]></title><description><![CDATA[CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. &mdash; Thomas Smith says his most vivid memory of living on British Columbia's Turnour Island was watching families leave their homes.Five decades later, images of the exodus from the Indigenous village of Kalagwees are just as clear, he said."I was pretty young at the time," 60-year-old Smith said. "I was one year at the primary school there and then the family moved."Majority of families movedJobs were scarce in the village accessible only by boat or float plane, he said]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/homeless-tlowitsis-first-nation-buys-land-on-vancouver-island-to-build-community/</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/homeless-tlowitsis-first-nation-buys-land-on-vancouver-island-to-build-community/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Canucks Axe Fortnite Video Game On The Road]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's not just kids these days who won't put down the massively popular online game Fortnite. Sports teams are having trouble with it too: the NHL's Vancouver Canucks have banned their players from firing it up this season.Centre Bo Horvat told TSN that the team was no longer bringing games with them because they wanted players to interact with each other more on the road."Yeah, that's definitely a no-go on the road," he said. "No more Fortnite. No more bringing video games on the road. It's stri]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-canucks-axe-fortnite-video-game-on-the-road/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:33:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-canucks-axe-fortnite-video-game-on-the-road/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Is What I Told The Court Before My Rapist Was Led Away To Prison]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I sat in court in Vancouver and watched the man who raped me eight years ago get led away in handcuffs to prison for his attack on me. This is one thing in my life I can say with full confidence I never believed would happen until now.Over the past year, specifically when I was in the thick of the brutal legal process of a rape trial, I at times felt utterly overwhelmed, and, over and over again, kept finding solace and strength in knowing that I was only one woman amongst hundreds and tho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/this-is-what-i-told-the-court-before-my-rapist-was-led-away-to-prison/</link><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 03:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/this-is-what-i-told-the-court-before-my-rapist-was-led-away-to-prison/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Child Hospitalized After Eating Marijuana Gummy Bears: Police]]></title><description><![CDATA[COURTENAY, B.C. &mdash; RCMP in British Columbia say a young child has been hospitalized after eating marijuana-infused gummy bear candies she found while in the back seat of a vehicle.Police say the girl's parents took her to hospital when she showed signs of medical distress and she was airlifted to another hospital for further medical treatment.Const. Monika Terragni of the Comox Valley detachment says the girl's condition brings to light the dangers of edibles made with cannabis, especially]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-child-hospitalized-after-eating-marijuana-gummy-bears-police/</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2018 00:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-child-hospitalized-after-eating-marijuana-gummy-bears-police/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defending Carbon Tax, Trudeau Jabs Conservative Politicians Who ‘Think Pollution Should Be Free’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weeks after suggesting he was ready to fight the next federal election on carbon pricing, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave a preview of the argument he may take with him on the campaign trail."I think people need to ask folks who are refusing to fight climate change, refusing to put a real plan on the board, why they aren't thinking about future generations?" Trudeau said at an event in Windsor, Ont. Friday."Why they aren't committed to being part of one of the most important economic and soci]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/defending-carbon-tax-trudeau-jabs-conservative-politicians-who-think-pollution-should-be-free/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/defending-carbon-tax-trudeau-jabs-conservative-politicians-who-think-pollution-should-be-free/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Man Charged With Exposing Himself To Over 60 Women And Teens]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver police have charged a man with exposing himself to teenage girls and woman and say there could be more than 60 alleged victims.Officers say, over a two-week period in July, they received reports of a man masturbating in a pickup truck and drawing the attention of girls and young women.They say there is no indication he tried to make physical contact with them and he would drive away after witnessing their reactions.Police were able to make an arrest after a report was made on July 18 a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-man-charged-with-exposing-himself-to-over-60-women-and-teens/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 04:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-man-charged-with-exposing-himself-to-over-60-women-and-teens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valleyview Secondary School Assignment Suggests Racism Is A Right-Wing Belief]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Kamloops, B.C. father is speaking out after his son showed him a school assignment that labelled racism as a right-wing belief.Matt DeFouw posted a photo of the assignment in question on Facebook, and said his son, a student at Valleyview Secondary School, texted him about it on Monday.The worksheet contains several descriptors and students were meant to answer if the viewpoints were to the right or left on the spectrum."A person who is racist" is on the right, according to the assignment.Othe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/valleyview-secondary-school-assignment-suggests-racism-is-a-right-wing-belief/</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/valleyview-secondary-school-assignment-suggests-racism-is-a-right-wing-belief/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Could Go From Canada's Most Pot-Friendly City To Its Least]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Cannabis connoisseurs in Vancouver have been able to buy potent weed over the counter for years &mdash; but ironically, that could change when marijuana becomes legal.None of the long-standing pot shops in the city have received provincial licences to operate, with only two weeks left until legalization.Watch: Open-air marijuana pop-up gets shut down. Story continues belowJessika Villano, owner of Buddha Barn Craft Cannabis, said she applied for a licence one week after the app]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-could-go-from-canadas-most-pot-friendly-city-to-its-least/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2018 14:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-could-go-from-canadas-most-pot-friendly-city-to-its-least/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Housing Demand Drops Like A Rock, And Prices Are Now Falling]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's safe to say Vancouver real estate has entered a new era, and it's nothing like the old one. After a dismal summer, things appear to be headed for an even worse autumn.The city's sales slump deepened in September, with home resales dropping by 17.3 per cent from August, and down 43.5 per cent from the same month a year earlier, new data released Tuesday shows.With unsold listings piling up, the supply of homes for sale is spiking, putting downward pressure on prices, which are now falling al]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-housing-demand-drops-like-a-rock-and-prices-are-now-falling/</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:39:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-housing-demand-drops-like-a-rock-and-prices-are-now-falling/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking In Canadian Parks Being Considered Ahead Of Pot Legalization]]></title><description><![CDATA[As all corners of the country prepare for a seismic shift in how and where people consume marijuana, several cities are considering whether it would make sense to legalize drinking alcohol in parks as well &mdash; a move an expert said would bring antiquated laws in line with the way people already behave."I think a lot of people who want to have a bottle of wine in a public park on a Sunday are probably going to be doing that anyway,'' said Mitchell Kosny, interim director of Ryerson University]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/drinking-in-canadian-parks-being-considered-ahead-of-pot-legalization/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/drinking-in-canadian-parks-being-considered-ahead-of-pot-legalization/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amazon's New Shipping Facility Will Be On Tsawwassen First Nation Land]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; Amazon has announced plans to open a new Metro Vancouver shipping warehouse on Tsawwassen First Nation land in Delta, B.C.Amazon spokesperson Lauren Lynch said Thursday that the 41,800-square-metre facility will create more than 700 full-time jobs and is expected to open in time for the Christmas holiday season next year.The facility will be located within Delta iPort, a new industrial park developed by GWL Realty Advisors on behalf of the project's owner Healthcare of Ontario]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/amazons-new-shipping-facility-will-be-on-tsawwassen-first-nation-land/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 22:49:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/amazons-new-shipping-facility-will-be-on-tsawwassen-first-nation-land/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Haire, Abbotsford Vice-Principal, Charged With Child Pornography Offences]]></title><description><![CDATA[Police in B.C. are looking for people who "may have been victimized" by a middle school vice-principle in Abbotsford, who has been charged with child pornography offences.Michael Haire, 38, faces two charges of making available child pornography and possession of child pornography, police said in a news release on Friday.Haire, who has no criminal record, has been vice-principal at W.A. Fraser Middle School since 2016. For 10 years, he taught digital visual arts at Clayburn Middle School, where]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/michael-haire-abbotsford-vice-principal-charged-with-child-pornography-offences/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/michael-haire-abbotsford-vice-principal-charged-with-child-pornography-offences/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things You Need To Know About Living In A Tiny House During The Canadian Winter]]></title><description><![CDATA[When it comes to tiny home living, small does not always equal cozy.Just ask Kenton Zerbin, who learned a few lessons last year while enduring his first winter living in a micro-house just north of Edmonton."One of our pipes froze," he explained to HuffPost Canada. "There was one small spot of insulation that got missed, and the cold made its way to the pipe."Lucky for Zerbin, he had a backup water supply.He also has a backup heat supply and a backup electrical supply, because he understands tha]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/things-you-need-to-know-about-living-in-a-tiny-house-during-the-canadian-winter/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/things-you-need-to-know-about-living-in-a-tiny-house-during-the-canadian-winter/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Government To Review Potential Money Laundering In Province]]></title><description><![CDATA[VICTORIA &mdash; Two government reviews will dig deeper into possible money laundering in British Columbia, expanding the province's scrutiny beyond casinos.The reviews are aimed at stopping the possibility of money laundering in other sectors of the province's economy, which were cited in a June report by former RCMP deputy commissioner Peter German, who concluded the practice was happening in the provincial gaming industry."We can't ignore that red flag," Attorney General David Eby said Thursd]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-government-to-review-potential-money-laundering-in-province/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 03:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-government-to-review-potential-money-laundering-in-province/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swarm Of Wasps Stings 135 Dufferin Elementary Students During Terry Fox Run]]></title><description><![CDATA[KAMLOOPS, B.C. &mdash; Staff at an elementary school in Kamloops, B.C., were faced with a gym full of crying children after about 135 were stung by a swarm of wasps during their Terry Fox run today.Diana Skoglund, communications manager for School District 73, says the Dufferin Elementary students were stung after running over a ground wasp nest.The cross-country running team uses the trail every day but staff believe the high volume of kids today disturbed the nest.Skoglund says parents and eme]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/swarm-of-wasps-stings-135-dufferin-elementary-students-during-terry-fox-run/</link><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2018 01:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/swarm-of-wasps-stings-135-dufferin-elementary-students-during-terry-fox-run/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian Universities, Colleges Moving Ahead With Cannabis Policies For Recreational Use]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the legalization of recreational marijuana fast approaching, Canadian universities and colleges are working hard to lay out their campus policies for cannabis use.While many institutions are still finalizing the details, many plans are ready to go.These are the policies currently laid out across Canada.Smoke-free campusesMemorial University of Newfoundland - St. John'sMemorial University has been smoke-free since 2013. This policy includes cannabis."Edibles have not been legalized under the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-universities-colleges-moving-ahead-with-cannabis-policies-for-recreational-use/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:28:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/canadian-universities-colleges-moving-ahead-with-cannabis-policies-for-recreational-use/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Inmate Eduard Viktorovit Baranec Charged With Murder In Cold Case Death Of Katelyn Noble]]></title><description><![CDATA[RADISSON, Sask. &mdash; Police have laid a murder charge against a convicted contract killer in the 2007 disappearance of a 15-year-old British Columbia teenager in Saskatchewan.Katelyn Marie Noble was last seen on Aug. 27, 2007, in the Radisson area, northwest of Saskatoon.Eduard Viktorovit Baranec, a 41-year-old man who is serving time at a federal prison in B.C., was arrested Tuesday. He is charged with first-degree murder.RCMP Cpl. Rob King says he hopes the arrest will bring some level of c]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-inmate-eduard-viktorovit-baranec-charged-with-murder-in-cold-case-death-of-katelyn-noble/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:38:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-inmate-eduard-viktorovit-baranec-charged-with-murder-in-cold-case-death-of-katelyn-noble/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sisters, Be Vigilant. Our Reproductive Rights Face New Threats Every Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[I exhaled mightily when the Conservatives pledged not to re-open the federal abortion debate. I suspect many Canadian women did, too.However, this relief has no permanency. It's an uneasy reprieve that has since given way to a bone-chilling concern that I can't shake.That an abortion debate was even being considered should infuriate the 77 per cent of Canadians who believe in a woman's right to choose. Today, I find myself wondering when the next threat to women will come and when we'll have to]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/sisters-be-vigilant-our-reproductive-rights-face-new-threats-every-day/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2018 15:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/sisters-be-vigilant-our-reproductive-rights-face-new-threats-every-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Police Seizure Of Opioid Replacements May Be Legally Defensible]]></title><description><![CDATA[An uproar in the Vancouver cannabis community and on social media occurred recently. It was the result of Vancouver Police Department officers seizing cannabis from a so-called opioid replacement site.The rationale offered by the VPD for these actions was simple: cannabis remains illegal, and trafficking cannabis is also illegal. Despite the fact that the people operating the opioid replacement site were attempting to distribute cannabis safely to people at risk of death or serious injury from o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-seizure-of-opioid-replacements-may-be-legally-defensible/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 20:58:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-police-seizure-of-opioid-replacements-may-be-legally-defensible/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Interim RCMP Commissioner Beverley Busson, Businessman Martin Klyne Named To Senate]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The first woman to hold the reins of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and a Cree Metis businessman are the two newest members of the Senate.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making the appointments to fill seats in British Columbia and Saskatchewan.Beverley Busson will take the seat in B.C. and Martin Klyne will fill the vacancy in Saskatchewan.Busson served as commissioner of the RCMP on an interim basis in 2006, which made her the first woman to hold the position.Klyne published]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ex-interim-rcmp-commissioner-beverley-busson-businessman-martin-klyne-named-to-senate/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:20:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ex-interim-rcmp-commissioner-beverley-busson-businessman-martin-klyne-named-to-senate/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Election Is 'Weird', Thanks To Power Void]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; As election campaigns kick off across British Columbia its largest city is facing a race unlike any other, experts say.A proliferation of new parties and independent candidates are crowding the Vancouver race in a widespread turnover of the existing council."It's really weird, it's not common to anything I've ever seen," said David Moscrop, a political scientist in the department of communications at the University of Ottawa who recently left British Columbia.Unusual systemThe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-election-is-weird-thanks-to-power-void/</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2018 17:56:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-election-is-weird-thanks-to-power-void/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[42 Birds Just Fell Out Of The Sky In B.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[DELTA, B.C. &mdash; A British Columbia man who witnessed dozens of birds falling from the sky in Tsawwassen says he thought it was "birdageddon."Kevin Beech says he was driving in an area just off a busy highway on Sept. 14 when the birds started hitting the ground around his vehicle.He says it was clear the birds were either dead or dying.Beech's Facebook post caught the attention of wildlife biologists.Laurie Wilson of Environment Canada says a network of organizations including the Canadian W]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/42-birds-just-fell-out-of-the-sky-in-bc/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:04:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/42-birds-just-fell-out-of-the-sky-in-bc/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals Give National Energy Board Less Than 6 Months To Redo Trans Mountain Environmental Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The National Energy Board has less than six months to redo its environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, this time taking into account the impact of additional oil tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia.Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi is making the announcement this morning in Halifax, where Canada is hosting environment and energy ministers at a G7 summit meeting.The federal cabinet has ordered the NEB to return with a new recommendation wi]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-give-national-energy-board-less-than-6-months-to-redo-trans-mountain-environmental-review/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/liberals-give-national-energy-board-less-than-6-months-to-redo-trans-mountain-environmental-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver Takes Step Towards Densification, Allows Duplexes In Single Family Home Areas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vancouver councillors have ended two days of public hearings by voting to allow duplexes in most city neighbourhoods currently restricted to single-family homes.Mayor Gregor Robertson says the decision is another step toward adding homes in the city for the so-called "missing middle,'' which includes young families pushed out of Vancouver by soaring property prices.A news release from the mayor's office says the policy change means duplexes are now permitted on approximately 67,000 single family]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-takes-step-towards-densification-allows-duplexes-in-single-family-home-areas/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouver-takes-step-towards-densification-allows-duplexes-in-single-family-home-areas/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catherine McKenna Shoots Down David Suzuki's Call For Her To Resign]]></title><description><![CDATA[HALIFAX &mdash; Canada's environment minister said she's no "quitter" despite calls Wednesday from David Suzuki for her to resign and a G7 meeting that didn't shift her American counterpart's firm opposition to the Paris climate agreement.Catherine McKenna had started off the three-day Halifax gathering by telling a personal story of encountering young people in the Arctic who are worried local hunters are falling through the ice due to rising temperatures."They're worried about whether we're go]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/catherine-mckenna-shoots-down-david-suzukis-call-for-her-to-resign/</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2018 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/catherine-mckenna-shoots-down-david-suzukis-call-for-her-to-resign/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxime Bernier, Elizabeth May Are The Political Odd Couple Of The Season]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maxime Bernier scored mock applause after question period Wednesday when he rose to discuss &mdash; what else? &mdash; supply management. And in so doing, the People's Party leader offered a glimpse at a new kind of political odd couple to watch in the House of Commons this fall.Bernier, a former Conservative cabinet minister and leadership hopeful who quit the party last month, has moved from the glow of the opposition front bench to a lonely corner of the House. His new seatmate is Green Party]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/maxime-bernier-elizabeth-may-are-the-political-odd-couple-of-the-season/</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 23:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/maxime-bernier-elizabeth-may-are-the-political-odd-couple-of-the-season/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Moved To A Scenic Mountain Town. Then The Wildfires Came.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nelson, B.C. &mdash; When I moved to British Columbia, I discovered how long and lovely summers could be. After years in Calgary with its short summers, often too cool to sit out in the evening, I was thoroughly enjoying the perfect Kootenay climate in our beautiful outdoor playground.Moving to Nelson had been my dream since the early 1980s. Many holidays had been spent in the Kootenays hiking, ski touring and climbing. In the first years of living in this beautiful lakeside town I spent all my]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-moved-to-a-scenic-mountain-town-then-the-wildfires-came/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/i-moved-to-a-scenic-mountain-town-then-the-wildfires-came/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['First Contact' Series Is Problematic In Its Approach To Reconciliation, Say Indigenous People]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many are applauding "First Contact" &mdash; a Canadian docu-series aimed at unpacking the hard-baked stereotypes and preconceived notions white Canadians hold about Indigenous people and communities &mdash; detractors say the show is problematic in its approach to reconciliation.The three-part reality program, which aired last week on APTN (The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) and began streaming online yesterday, features six participants on a 28-day journey across the country, as t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-contact-series-is-problematic-in-its-approach-to-reconciliation-say-indigenous-people/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-contact-series-is-problematic-in-its-approach-to-reconciliation-say-indigenous-people/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['First Contact' Series Is Problematic In Its Approach To Reconciliation, Say Indigenous Canadians]]></title><description><![CDATA[While many are applauding "First Contact" &mdash; a Canadian docu-series aimed at unpacking the hard-baked stereotypes and preconceived notions white Canadians hold about Indigenous people and communities &mdash; detractors say the show is problematic in its approach to reconciliation.The three-part reality program, which aired last week on APTN (The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) and began streaming online yesterday, features six participants on a 28-day journey across the country, as t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-contact-series-is-problematic-in-its-approach-to-reconciliation-say-indigenous-canadians/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/first-contact-series-is-problematic-in-its-approach-to-reconciliation-say-indigenous-canadians/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C., The Capital Of Weed, Will Have 1 Store Open On Legalization Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; British Columbia's public safety minister says the province will meet demand for recreational marijuana with only one government-run shop and an online store when the drug is legalized next month.Mike Farnworth also defended the province's approach to legalization Monday after it announced that only one brick-and-mortar BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops will be open when recreational pot becomes legal Oct. 17."This is the largest public policy shift in this country in decades and i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-the-capital-of-weed-will-have-1-store-open-on-legalization-day/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-the-capital-of-weed-will-have-1-store-open-on-legalization-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trudeau Government Looking For Retired Judge To Guide Trans Mountain Consultations With Indigenous Groups]]></title><description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &mdash; The federal government is shopping around for a retired federal judge to help guide a renewed consultation with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.The Federal Court of Appeal last month quashed the approval given to the project, saying the consultation with Indigenous communities wasn't good enough and criticizing the lack of attention paid to the environmental impact of increased tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia.The Liberals are still]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-government-looking-for-retired-judge-to-guide-trans-mountain-consultations-with-indigenous-groups/</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2018 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/trudeau-government-looking-for-retired-judge-to-guide-trans-mountain-consultations-with-indigenous-groups/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vancouver's Halloween 2018 Events Make The Season Extra Spooky]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The air is becoming crisp and the rain is falling but there's another reason Metro Vancouver might feel a little spine-chilling this season. Halloween is approaching and with it comes plenty of scary and supernatural happenings. Who says All Hallows' Eve should only be celebrated for one day?Here are five things to do in Vancouver this Halloween season:Ghost Train in Stanley ParkView this post on InstagramA post shared by Jillian Cummings (@conscientious.consumer) on Oct 29, 20]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-halloween-2018-events-make-the-season-extra-spooky/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/vancouvers-halloween-2018-events-make-the-season-extra-spooky/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ibrahim Ali Met With Protestors At 1st Court Appearance For Marrisa Shen Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A man charged in the death of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen appeared briefly in a Vancouver courtroom Friday as dozens of supporters of the girl's family watched from the gallery or protested outside.Ibrahim Ali, 28, wore a light red jail uniform and spoke quietly with an Arabic interpreter but did not address the court, only glancing momentarily at the crowd gathered in the room.The case was adjourned until Oct. 12 so that Ali's lawyer, Daniel Markovitz, could review the Crown's ev]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ibrahim-ali-met-with-protestors-at-1st-court-appearance-for-marrisa-shen-case/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ibrahim-ali-met-with-protestors-at-1st-court-appearance-for-marrisa-shen-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ibrahim Ali Met By Protestors At 1st Court Appearance For Marrisa Shen Case]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; A man charged in the death of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen appeared briefly in a Vancouver courtroom Friday as dozens of supporters of the girl's family watched from the gallery or protested outside.Ibrahim Ali, 28, wore a light red jail uniform and spoke quietly with an Arabic interpreter but did not address the court, only glancing momentarily at the crowd gathered in the room.The case was adjourned until Oct. 12 so that Ali's lawyer, Daniel Markovitz, could review the Crown's ev]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ibrahim-ali-met-by-protestors-at-1st-court-appearance-for-marrisa-shen-case/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:44:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/ibrahim-ali-met-by-protestors-at-1st-court-appearance-for-marrisa-shen-case/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Facing Name Recognition Issues In Burnaby South Riding He Needs To Win Over]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; Jagmeet Singh's name drew squints, blank stares and dismissive shrugs when HuffPost Canada visited the riding of Burnaby South this week.The electoral district is the next battleground for the NDP leader, who will be nominated as the party's candidate there on Saturday after current New Democrat MP Kennedy Stewart officially enters the Vancouver mayoral race and resigns his seat.But for Singh, a parachuted candidate from Ontario, the riding may not necessarily be a lock.It's]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-facing-name-recognition-issues-in-burnaby-south-riding-he-needs-to-win-over/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-facing-name-recognition-issues-in-burnaby-south-riding-he-needs-to-win-over/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wigs For Child Cancer Patients At B.C. Children's Hospital Stolen From Eva And Company Wigs]]></title><description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER &mdash; The manager of a Vancouver store where wigs intended for kids with cancer were stolen says it's been heartbreaking to call their families and break the news.Frances Rae, manager of Eva and Company Wigs, says all of the families have been understanding and one six-year-old girl wrote a letter to shop's staff saying she wasn't worried about her wig but wanted to make sure the employees were OK.Some of the kids had skipped the first week of school so they could start classes with]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wigs-for-child-cancer-patients-at-bc-childrens-hospital-stolen-from-eva-and-company-wigs/</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/wigs-for-child-cancer-patients-at-bc-childrens-hospital-stolen-from-eva-and-company-wigs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh: Doug Ford Proves 'Fringe' Parties Can Already Win]]></title><description><![CDATA[Doug Ford's government in Ontario proves the prime minister's excuse for rejecting electoral reform doesn't hold up, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says.The NDP leader made his case in a speech to his caucus in Surrey, B.C. Wednesday. He took aim at how Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned that changing Canada's first-past-the-post voting system could embolden "fringe," far-right parties."First past the post didn't stop Doug Ford from coming into power in Ontario," Singh said, sparking laughs. "It did]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-doug-ford-proves-fringe-parties-can-already-win/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 23:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-doug-ford-proves-fringe-parties-can-already-win/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow In Northern Alberta And B.C. Means Autumn Is Cancelled]]></title><description><![CDATA[As of Wednesday, people living in parts of Alberta and B.C. can kiss any hopes of a decent autumn goodbye.via GIPHYNot that it should come as a surprise. Living in Western Canada is why we can't have nice things beyond the last week of August.Environment Canada has issued a slew of statements and warnings for central and northern Alberta and B.C., with cold snaps, freezing rain, and (no, please, no!) snow all in the forecast over the next few days.People in Grande Prairie, Alta., were already fe]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/snow-in-northern-alberta-and-bc-means-autumn-is-cancelled/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:15:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/snow-in-northern-alberta-and-bc-means-autumn-is-cancelled/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Aims To Boost NDP Fortunes By Branding Trudeau Liberals As Elitist]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kicked off his party's caucus meetings in British Columbia Tuesday by admitting he needs to do a better job of communicating with Canadians and of offering a more generous vision than the Liberals have so far offered."There is no question about it. We've got a lot more work to do. I've got a lot more work to do," Singh said, when asked by HuffPost Canada to reflect on his personal failings over the year since he became leader last October."I've got t]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-aims-to-boost-ndp-fortunes-by-branding-trudeau-liberals-as-elitist/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-aims-to-boost-ndp-fortunes-by-branding-trudeau-liberals-as-elitist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Says He Won&rsquo;t Be 'Intimidated&rsquo; Into Welcoming Back Ousted MP Erin Weir]]></title><description><![CDATA['SURREY, B.C. &mdash; NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he won't be intimidated by people in positions of privilege into allowing an MP with misconduct allegations to run for the party next fall."I want to make it clear, I stand by my decision. My decision is final," Singh told reporters in Surrey, B.C., where the party caucus is holding three days of meetings ahead of the House of Commons' re-opening next week."I'm not going to change my decision because people of a position of privilege want to in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-says-he-wonrsquot-be-intimidatedrsquo-into-welcoming-back-ousted-mp-erin-weir/</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-says-he-wonrsquot-be-intimidatedrsquo-into-welcoming-back-ousted-mp-erin-weir/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[B.C. Renters Face Biggest Rate Hikes In A Decade]]></title><description><![CDATA[Josh Sherman, LivablThe B.C. government has released its 2019 rental guidelines dictating exactly how much landlords can hike the rent by, and tenants may want to brace themselves.The maximum allowable rental increase for 2019 is 4.5 per cent, up from this year's cap of 4 per cent and the biggest allowable increase since 2004, when hikes were limited at 4.6 per cent.The rental increase is based on the provincial government's formula for rental increases, which is inflation plus 2 per cent."The i]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-renters-face-biggest-rate-hikes-in-a-decade/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 17:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/bc-renters-face-biggest-rate-hikes-in-a-decade/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Has $5.38 Million Holdings in Alexandria Real Estate ... - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Has $5.38 Million Holdings in Alexandria Real Estate ...<br />
Fairfield Current<br />
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp cut its stake in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 42,610 shares of the&nbsp;...and more&nbsp;&raquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-has-538-million-holdings-in-alexandria-real-estate-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-has-538-million-holdings-in-alexandria-real-estate-fairfield-current/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jagmeet Singh Under Scrutiny As NDP Looks To Turn The Tide]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; Federal New Democrats hope leader Jagmeet Singh can successfully hit the reset button this week during a three-day caucus session in British Columbia, after a year of disappointing byelection results, lacklustre fundraising, weak polling numbers and unfavourable media coverage."We tossed the leader, and the leader stuck around, and we let everything mould on the shelf for two years," B.C. MP Nathan Cullen told HuffPost Canada on Monday. "I'm not making excuses, I'm just an o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-under-scrutiny-as-ndp-looks-to-turn-the-tide/</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2018 03:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/jagmeet-singh-under-scrutiny-as-ndp-looks-to-turn-the-tide/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marrisa Shen Death: Ibrahim Ali Charged With First-Degree Murder]]></title><description><![CDATA[SURREY, B.C. &mdash; A man has been charged with murder in the death of 13-year-old Marrisa Shen, whose body was found in a Metro Vancouver park in July 2017.RCMP Supt. Donna Richardson, who is in charge of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team, says 28-year-old Ibrahim Ali has been charged with first-degree murder.Richardson says the suspect, who lives in Burnaby, wasn't known to police.Police said in the days after the girl's murder they believed she was the victim of a random attack.Her]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marrisa-shen-death-ibrahim-ali-charged-with-first-degree-murder/</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/marrisa-shen-death-ibrahim-ali-charged-with-first-degree-murder/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Reduces Stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE ... - Fairfield Current]]></title><description><![CDATA[BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp Reduces Stake in Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE ...<br />
Fairfield Current<br />
BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp cut its position in shares of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) by 16.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 42,610&nbsp;...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-reduces-stake-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyse-fairfield-current/</link><pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2018 06:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-ca/region/alexandria-british-columbia/british-columbia-investment-management-corp-reduces-stake-in-alexandria-real-estate-equities-inc-nyse-fairfield-current/</guid></item></channel></rss>