Global warming will exceed limit, UN says
(via ABC News)
In a strategic retreat, the United Nations concedes that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst impacts of global warming.
Trump officials mock Canadian military as global defence chiefs gather in BC
(via CTV News)
Senior military leaders from Canada, the United States and more than two dozen other nations are gathering in Victoria this week under the theme of solidarity in an increasingly dangerous world.
BC liquor inspector offered ‘bump’ before knives come out
(via Castanet)
A bar operator on Haida Gwaii has been fined $3,000 after one of the most spectacular failures of a liquor inspection in recent history.
Dew says Findlay deserves chance to prove leadership
(via Castanet)
The B.C. Conservative caucus is continuing to fracture around leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay but, for now, her Central Okanagan colleagues are sticking with her.
Tk’emlúps aiming to establish inland rail hub
(via CFJC Today Kamloops)
Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc is hoping to receive federal funding to establish a rail-served inland staging and buffering facility on its land.
Lost island in northern BC lake — that appeared then disappeared — located, says BC Hydro
(via CBC)
B.C. Hydro says a mini forest bigger than a Canadian football field landed ashore after drifting some 30 kilometres northwest of its last known location.
MapQuest app reaches No. 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
(via the Guardian)
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting “we’re not changing it.”
Liberals sweep three federal byelections in Ontario, Quebec and BC
(via CBC)
Carney government secures majority in crucial test amid U.S. trade war.
Duane ‘Keefe D’ Davis found guilty in 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur
(via Las Vegas News KTNV)
A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, marking the first conviction in a case that has gripped hip-hop fans for decades.
Fire at BC waste transfer station likely caused by lithium-ion battery: officials
(via CTV News)
Firefighters in B.C.’s Fraser Valley are reminding people not to throw lithium-ion batteries in the trash after a blaze broke out at a waste transfer station.
