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In a press release from earlier this month, the province says it has completed building the "Electric Highway," a network of 155 charging sites and more than 310 fast chargers that are located around 150 kilometres apart along all major roadways in B.C. This effort is part of its climate action plan, CleanBC.

"That was the methodology of the 1960s and 1970s. It was cheaper, quicker and easier just to put a river in a pipe in the ground and pave it and say, 'we'll deal with it later,'" Cosh said. "Now, it's later."

"That was the methodology of the 1960s and 1970s. It was cheaper, quicker and easier just to put a river in a pipe in the ground and pave it and say, 'we'll deal with it later,'" Cosh said. "Now, it's later."

"We've seen very directly thousands of formerly full-time short-term rentals leave the short-term rental market," Wachsmuth said in an interview with CBC's The Early Edition on Wednesday.

But it's still unclear what happens to these units after they are removed from the STR listings.

Wachsmuth said researchers and policymakers will have to wait for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to release its annual data in order to see the rules' exact impact on vacancy rates and the number of long-term rentals.

cross-posted from: /c/britishcolumbia

"For too long, the idea of home ownership has been out of reach for way too many people — people who earn a decent income, who are priced out of the market and do not see any path to home ownership," said Premier David Eby, speaking at the project unveiling on Thursday.

"For too long, the idea of home ownership has been out of reach for way too many people — people who earn a decent income, who are priced out of the market and do not see any path to home ownership," said Premier David Eby, speaking at the project unveiling on Thursday.

B.C. government figures say conservation officers destroyed 603 black and 23 grizzly bears in 2023, while 154 black bears were killed by officers in the first six months of this year.

cross-posted from: /c/britishcolumbia

In 2008, as the-then B.C. Liberal government was poised to bring in Canada's first carbon tax, the B.C. NDP staunchly opposed it, saying a climate plan should not tax consumers but target major industrial producers such as the gas, oil, cement and aluminum industries.

In 2008, as the-then B.C. Liberal government was poised to bring in Canada's first carbon tax, the B.C. NDP staunchly opposed it, saying a climate plan should not tax consumers but target major industrial producers such as the gas, oil, cement and aluminum industries.