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Blue-green algae alert issued for Lower Thetis Lake

Blue-green algae alert issued for Lower Thetis Lake

Visitors to Thetis Lake Regional Park are advised to avoid swimming and to keep their pets out of the water due to a blue-green algae bloom at Lower Thetis Lake. Blue-green algae are known producers of cyanotoxins.
Eric Akis: Calzone a savoury pastry for pizza lovers

Eric Akis: Calzone a savoury pastry for pizza lovers

Fillings include things such as cheese, vegetables and meat, with marinara on the side for dipping
Les Leyne: More old-growth forests are off limits to loggers

Les Leyne: More old-growth forests are off limits to loggers

Old growth logging has been slowly crimped in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ over the years, but measures announced Tuesday could see it grinding almost to a halt in the most contentious stands of timber.
Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Honeysuckle can take two or three years to flower

Helen Chesnut's Garden Notes: Honeysuckle can take two or three years to flower

Ideal growing conditions include full sun to part shade and a fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil.
Comment: Too late for me, but track your health through your doctor

Comment: Too late for me, but track your health through your doctor

The locum phoned me and said there had been a misdiagnosis and it was cancer. He advised me to put my affairs in order and consider intervention.
Les Leyne: Lesson from deadly heat dome: check on vulnerable neighbours

Les Leyne: Lesson from deadly heat dome: check on vulnerable neighbours

Death toll from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ heat dome updated to 595
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberal leadership contender Falcon fires campaign aide amid sexual harassment allegations

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Liberal leadership contender Falcon fires campaign aide amid sexual harassment allegations

Aide accused of yelling profanities at staffer from rival campaign
Ottawa lifts pandemic ban on cruise ships but not advisory against travelling on them

Ottawa lifts pandemic ban on cruise ships but not advisory against travelling on them

Cruise lines have worked hard to institute COVID-19 safety protocols, says travel agent
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ submits application to decriminalize small amounts of drugs

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ submits application to decriminalize small amounts of drugs

The application to Health sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ comes five years after sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s chief coroner reveals city death tolls due to heat wave

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s chief coroner reveals city death tolls due to heat wave

Over one 25-day period, nearly a quarter of all deaths in the province — 595 people — were due to the late June heat wave. Vancouver, Surrey and Burnaby recorded the most deaths, according to the BC Coroners Service.