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October 7, 2023

Premier David Eby joined by Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth speak during a press conference in the press theatre at legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Premier David Eby joined by Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth speak during a press conference in the press theatre at legislature in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Western Canada: B.C. pares back pilot project with bill to ban illicit drug use in many public spaces

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October 4, 2023

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew greets supporters after winning the Manitoba provincial election in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Manitoba NDP Leader Wab Kinew greets supporters after winning the Manitoba provincial election in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Western Canada: Wab Kinew set to become first First Nations provincial premier in Canada as NDP wins Manitoba election

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September 30, 2023

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks during an update at the legislature in Victoria on Thursday, March 10, 2022. An upward trend in flu and COVID-19 cases in British Columbia has prompted a renewed requirement to wear masks in all health-care facilities.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks during an update at the legislature in Victoria on Thursday, March 10, 2022. An upward trend in flu and COVID-19 cases in British Columbia has prompted a renewed requirement to wear masks in all health-care facilities.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Western Canada: B.C., Alberta prepare for another season of respiratory illnesses

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September 27, 2023

A worker is seen cleaning surfaces inside Little Mountain Place, a long term care home where 41 residents have died since a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the facility in November, in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A worker is seen cleaning surfaces inside Little Mountain Place, a long term care home where 41 residents have died since a COVID-19 outbreak was declared at the facility in November, in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 7, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Western Canada: For-profit care homes still failing to deliver services they were paid for, B.C. report reveals

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September 23, 2023

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the media in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Smith announced her government will consult with Albertans over the coming months with an eye to holding a referendum on whether to leave CPP and create a separate Alberta pension plan. Opposition finance critic Samir Kayande says as a last resort, an NDP government would cancel the plan at that late date, regardless of whether Albertans vote in favour of ditching the CPP in a referendum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to the media in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Smith announced her government will consult with Albertans over the coming months with an eye to holding a referendum on whether to leave CPP and create a separate Alberta pension plan. Opposition finance critic Samir Kayande says as a last resort, an NDP government would cancel the plan at that late date, regardless of whether Albertans vote in favour of ditching the CPP in a referendum. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Western Canada: Idea for Alberta Pension Plan garners swift criticism

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September 20, 2023

A report by Re/Max Canada says the prices for detached houses in Toronto, Vancouver and B.C.'s Fraser Valley saw upward momentum in the first half of the year, but average prices fell short of those seen last year in most neighbourhoods. Houses are seen in a neighbourhood on the side of a mountain, in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, August 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A report by Re/Max Canada says the prices for detached houses in Toronto, Vancouver and B.C.'s Fraser Valley saw upward momentum in the first half of the year, but average prices fell short of those seen last year in most neighbourhoods. Houses are seen in a neighbourhood on the side of a mountain, in Maple Ridge, B.C., on Thursday, August 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Western Canada: Vancouver searches for a new head of planning

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September 16, 2023

Bc Premier David Eby speaks on his anger of the Triple stabbing in Chinatown while attending a press conference for a news hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Bc Premier David Eby speaks on his anger of the Triple stabbing in Chinatown while attending a press conference for a news hospital in Surrey B.C. on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Western Canada: B.C. to review why suspect in Vancouver Chinatown stabbing was on leave from hospital

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September 13, 2023

The building and kitchens where an E. Coli outbreak happened in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Several daycares have closed due to an E. Coli outbreak, Fueling Brains (formerly called UKids) are in the building where the kitchen of the outbreak began. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)

The building and kitchens where an E. Coli outbreak happened in Calgary on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Several daycares have closed due to an E. Coli outbreak, Fueling Brains (formerly called UKids) are in the building where the kitchen of the outbreak began. (Photo by Jude Brocke/The Globe and Mail)

Western Canada: Search continues for the exact cause of E. coli outbreak in Calgary

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September 9, 2023

Annika Williams looks for the birdie during a game of badminton on the field of Graham Bruce Elementary School in the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Williams was one of the dozens of children playing on the school grounds during a weekly rally of parents petitioning against the potential loss of school land to future development. According to Melanie Cheng, vice-president of the Graham Bruce Elementary parent advisory council, children use the field daily, which is at risk of being partially sold or leased by the Vancouver School Board. (Kayla Isomura/The Globe and Mail)

Annika Williams looks for the birdie during a game of badminton on the field of Graham Bruce Elementary School in the Renfrew-Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Williams was one of the dozens of children playing on the school grounds during a weekly rally of parents petitioning against the potential loss of school land to future development. According to Melanie Cheng, vice-president of the Graham Bruce Elementary parent advisory council, children use the field daily, which is at risk of being partially sold or leased by the Vancouver School Board. (Kayla Isomura/The Globe and Mail)

Western Canada: Vancouver school board looks to close schools in growing neighbourhoods

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September 6, 2023

University of Calgary researchers check monitoring equipment as they track traces of COVID-19 in the wastewater system in Calgary on July 14, 2021. Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June. Wastewater testing is done weekly at six sites throughout the province as part of a pilot-study funded by the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education at the Cumming School of Medicine and Calgary Health Foundation that ends this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

University of Calgary researchers check monitoring equipment as they track traces of COVID-19 in the wastewater system in Calgary on July 14, 2021. Researchers say the amount of opioids and other illicit drugs found in a monitoring of Alberta wastewater jumped in June. Wastewater testing is done weekly at six sites throughout the province as part of a pilot-study funded by the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research and Education at the Cumming School of Medicine and Calgary Health Foundation that ends this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Western Canada: New tactics in tackling Canada’s toxic drug crisis

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September 2, 2023

Kitchener, Ontario (August 25, 2023) - After handing out a few resumes at Conestoga Mall, Kartik Purani heads home on the bus in Kitchener, ON. Alicia Wynter/Globe and Mail

Kitchener, Ontario (August 25, 2023) - After handing out a few resumes at Conestoga Mall, Kartik Purani heads home on the bus in Kitchener, ON. Alicia Wynter/Globe and Mail

Western Canada: Flow of international students worsening housing crisis

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August 30, 2023

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, August 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above lakefront homes in West Kelowna, B.C., on Friday, August 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Western Canada: Among the wildfires bad news, some happier tales emerge

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August 26, 2023

Dean Smith and Everett Loberg are photographed in Celista on Aug. 19, 2023. Janis Smith/The Globe and Mail

Dean Smith and Everett Loberg are photographed in Celista on Aug. 19, 2023. Janis Smith/The Globe and Mail

Western Canada: Some B.C. residents stayed to fight wildfires, defying evacuation orders

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August 23, 2023

A growing body of international research suggests pollution from wildfire smoke can produce cognitive deficits, post-traumatic stress and may even cause or hasten dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.A person travels in a boat past people walking on the boardwalk as smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire blankets the area on Okanagan Lake, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A growing body of international research suggests pollution from wildfire smoke can produce cognitive deficits, post-traumatic stress and may even cause or hasten dementia, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.A person travels in a boat past people walking on the boardwalk as smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire blankets the area on Okanagan Lake, in Kelowna, B.C., Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Western Canada: Wildfires another blow to Okanagan wine industry

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August 19, 2023

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns outside the Okanagan community of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns outside the Okanagan community of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren

Western Canada: Unrelenting wildfires threaten Kelowna and Yellowknife as evacuations continue

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August 16, 2023

This handout photo provided by the Canadian Armed Forces shows Royal Canadian Airforce aircraft immediately engaged in emergency response by airlifting residents of Fort Smith to Fort McMurray, Northwest Territories, Canada on August 14, 2023. Hundreds of people started to be airlifted to safety from remote villages threatened by wildfires in Canada's far north overnight Monday to Tuesday after Yellowknife, the largest city in the region, declared an emergency. (Photo by Handout / Canadian Armed Forces / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Canadian Armed Forces " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Geneviève NORMAND "Military airlifts provide escape as wildfires sweep Canada's far north" (Photo by HANDOUT/Canadian Armed Forces/AFP via Getty Images)

This handout photo provided by the Canadian Armed Forces shows Royal Canadian Airforce aircraft immediately engaged in emergency response by airlifting residents of Fort Smith to Fort McMurray, Northwest Territories, Canada on August 14, 2023. Hundreds of people started to be airlifted to safety from remote villages threatened by wildfires in Canada's far north overnight Monday to Tuesday after Yellowknife, the largest city in the region, declared an emergency. (Photo by Handout / Canadian Armed Forces / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Canadian Armed Forces " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Geneviève NORMAND "Military airlifts provide escape as wildfires sweep Canada's far north" (Photo by HANDOUT/Canadian Armed Forces/AFP via Getty Images)

Western Canada: Thousands of NWT residents displaced as wildfires rip through territory

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August 12, 2023

Marla Strobel poses for a portrait after arriving at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. on August 11, 2023 from Maui, Hawaii.

Marla Strobel poses for a portrait after arriving at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. on August 11, 2023 from Maui, Hawaii.

Western Canada: Canadian visitors flee Hawaiian wildfire as island death toll rises to 80

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August 9, 2023

Ardenville, AB, (2022-10-05)

Wind turbines viewed from the Transalta Ardenville wind farm project near Highway 3, Alberta on October 5, 2022.

In recent years, millions of dollars in investment in renewable energy projects have been injected into the southern Alberta economy, mainly along Highway 3 between Medicine Hat and the Rockies. Previously known for its favorable agricultural weather and its oil and gas potential, the region is now seen as the next green energy hot spot.
Guillaume Nolet/ The Globe and Mail

Ardenville, AB, (2022-10-05)

Wind turbines viewed from the Transalta Ardenville wind farm project near Highway 3, Alberta on October 5, 2022.

In recent years, millions of dollars in investment in renewable energy projects have been injected into the southern Alberta economy, mainly along Highway 3 between Medicine Hat and the Rockies. Previously known for its favorable agricultural weather and its oil and gas potential, the region is now seen as the next green energy hot spot.
Guillaume Nolet/ The Globe and Mail

Western Canada: A look at Alberta’s moratorium on wind and solar projects

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August 5, 2023

Photo taken by wildfire scientist Mike Flannigan on the afternoon of July 14, 2017. A pyroCb cloud forms above the Elephant Hill wildfire near Ashcroft, B.C.

Photo taken by wildfire scientist Mike Flannigan on the afternoon of July 14, 2017. A pyroCb cloud forms above the Elephant Hill wildfire near Ashcroft, B.C.

Western Canada: Wildfire-induced super storms becoming increasingly common in Canada

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August 2, 2023

Firefighters from Mexico march along a fire guard as they battle wildfires near Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jesse Winter

Firefighters from Mexico march along a fire guard as they battle wildfires near Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada July 13, 2023. REUTERS/Jesse Winter

Western Canada: Feeding the foreign firefighters battling Canada’s blazes

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