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Opinion: Canada's skills crisis is growing — here's how we can fix it

Opinion: Canada's skills crisis is growing — here's how we can fix it

As labour shortages deepen across sectors, the disconnect between formal education and real-world job requirements is becoming harder to ignore.
Time Traveller: Testing a North Vancouver bridge with 60,000 pounds of sand

Time Traveller: Testing a North Vancouver bridge with 60,000 pounds of sand

This photo taken in 1915 shows North Van engineers using sandbags to test the newly built McCartney Bridge
Garland's game-winning goal gets Team USA to gold medal game

Garland's game-winning goal gets Team USA to gold medal game

Conor Garland tallied his tenth point of the 2025 IIHF World Championship in the semifinals against Sweden.
Airline doesn't have to pay for booking on other carrier: B.C. tribunal

Airline doesn't have to pay for booking on other carrier: B.C. tribunal

Two people claimed Flair Airlines delayed and then rescheduled their flight from Winnipeg to Vancouver. They took a WestJet flight instead.
Some B.C. police oaths to sovereign unchanged 32 months after Queen's death

Some B.C. police oaths to sovereign unchanged 32 months after Queen's death

A May 6 ministerial order recognizing King Charles III in oaths has yet to take effect.
Garden to table: How I 'cheat' to grow tasty tomatoes

Garden to table: How I 'cheat' to grow tasty tomatoes

With the slow creep of extreme weather, extraordinary measures are needed to ensure survival of non-hardy food plants
Community rallies to support 41 evacuees after devastating Silverlynn Apartments fire

Community rallies to support 41 evacuees after devastating Silverlynn Apartments fire

Many of the former tenants have lost furniture, medications, mobility devices and a lifetime of personal memorabilia
How BC Wildfire Service is fighting misinformation with compassion

How BC Wildfire Service is fighting misinformation with compassion

As more people engage with posts about wildfires on social media, the government agency is trying a new approach to combat the spread of misinformation.
Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers

Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers

The project raises environmental concerns and questions over Indigenous rights
The LifeLabs strike is over. But the union isn't happy

The LifeLabs strike is over. But the union isn't happy

Blood tests and other lab work should be part of the public health-care system, says the BCGEU.