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Feb 3, 2025 · Haida Gwaii residents did not report feeling a light earthquake off the archipelago's south coast on Feb. 2. The 4.9 magnitude quake struck 50 km south of Rose Harbour at approximately 4:30 p.m. local time. The intensity near the epicentre was higher, but since this occurred offshore, the intensity ...

4 days ago · B.C.’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Ravi Kahlon, has rejected a recent conflict of interest claim, after the B.C. Conservative Party called for a special prosecutor to investigate a company owned by his brother. The claim stems from a Jan. 27 council meeting in Oak Bay, in which the ...

Nov 20, 2024 · The search for 21-year-old Aiden Waddle was called off this morning after he had been missing for nine days. In a Facebook post, Waddle's family said they decide to end the search so as not to risk anybody else's health or safety as …

Apr 14, 2024 · The Haida Nation and B.C. government put pen to paper on Sunday (April 14) to sign a landmark agreement that will officially transfer governance over Haida Gwaii to the First Nation.

Jan 31, 2025 · In a post on X, B.C.’s Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs, Ravi Kahlon, announced on Jan. 30 that he has appointed an independent housing advisor to Oak Bay to "make recommendations to support our shared goal of building homes for people." This comes after the district failed to meet its ...

Jan 10, 2025 · Folks on Vancouver Island, and in the Boundary area of the southern Interior are sitting on snowpacks notably higher than what is normal. People across the rest of the province, not so much. B.C.-wide, the snow pack was at 87 per cent of normal levels on Jan. 1 this year, which compares favourably ...

Feb 4, 2025 · Premier David Eby said Monday that the provincial government will pause retaliatory measures against the U.S. tariffs, following the announcement of a 30-day pause. Eby first announced the province's retaliatory measures Saturday (Feb. 1), but on Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that after ...

Oct 21, 2024 · A yellow Floating Light Detection and Ranging (FLiDAR) Wind Sentinel buoy is anchored ten kilometres off G̲adsguusd North Beach in Haida Gwaii to collect data on wind, waves, and currents until September 2025.

Jan 8, 2025 · Similar to the recent scenes of the animal climbing onto a surfer’s board, a sea otter was filmed hitching a lift with a Sooke paddle-boarder in August 2024.. Cottrell says they were also monitoring the paddle-boarding sea otter, and …