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OPINION Cash no longer king as COVID-19 rewrites purchasing behaviour

Pandemic makes credit card king for buyers

In February 2019, when few would have predicted that a pandemic would alter our lives so massively, Glacier Media and Research Co. asked Canadians about the way they had paid for things in the previous four weeks. At the time, the methods that Canadians relied upon for purchases were fairly equally allocated between debit cards (34 per cent of the time), cash (31 per cent of the time) and credit cards (24 per cent of the time).…

Feds pursuing talks with provinces ‘without delay’ for 10 paid sick days

Rent relief program also begins accepting applications

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the federal government “will continue discussions with the provinces without delay” to secure paid sick leave for Canadians. Ottawa will be looking to ensure workers can land 10 paid sick days a year, Trudeau said Monday (May 25) during his daily media briefing outside his home in Ottawa.…

B.C. campsite booking website crashes soon after reservations opened today

System for booking opens today for B.C. residents only

While BC Parks opened its camping reservations site Monday morning (May 25), few people have been actually able to book a site. The Discover Camping portal is crashing repeatedly.…

B.C. Ministry of Education offers free coding workshops for kids

Canada Learning Code to host a virtual coding conference for students this summer

The B.C. Ministry of Education is partnering with Canada Learning Code to offer live workshops for students to learn how to code starting Monday. Workshops are being offered for kids ages nine and up with topics ranging from website creation, online games, generative art and more.…

Where to go in February

boardinggroup.one – If you’re looking for an ideal place to visit in February, we’ve put together a mini-guide series to share our favourite destinations for each and every month of the year. Having visited them, we’ll …

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No sign of dog swept over North Vancouver waterfall

District of North Vancouver firefighters are warning the public after a dog was swept over a waterfall in Lynn Canyon and is presumed drowned. The department was called to the creek just north of the suspension bridge around 4:30 p.m.…

Two-year-old boy struck by a vehicle in Squamish Saturday

Child suffered soft tissue injuries; released from hospital

A toddler suffered minor injuries when a vehicle struck him on Saturday afternoon in the Garibaldi Highlands, according to a police news release. The child was riding his bike into the intersection at The Boulevard and Highlands Way North at about 2:30 p.m. when he was hit by an oncoming vehicle.…

Employers worry about safety, cash flow, second wave in COVID-19 restart

VICTORIA — Chef Kreg Graham says he’s been doing a lot of thinking about washing dishes now that some COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted and he can start serving meals again. The executive chef at the Victoria-area Oak Bay Beach Hotel said much of the time he’s spending in the kitchen preparing for a restart has been on safety protocols, not the menu.…

When you can’t board the ferry despite being fourth in line

When Leeanne Mueller pulled up to the Pender Island ferry terminal Wednesday, she knew she wasn’t a priority passenger. She didn’t get sent to the lane reserved for residents with medical appointments in Victoria.…

B.C. Ministry of Education offers free coding workshops for kids

The B.C. Ministry of Education is partnering with Canada Learning Code to offer live workshops for students to learn how to code starting Monday. Workshops are being offered for kids ages nine and up with topics ranging from creating websites, online games, generative art and more.…

Squamish General Hospital recognized for environmental initiatives

American non-profit showcases green hospitals

Squamish General Hospital was recognized by an American non-profit for its strides in environmentally friendly-practices. The 2020 Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards showed off healthcare facilities that are doing their part to help the planet.…

Do ‘murder hornets’ pose a serious buzzkill?

As if we didn’t have enough to contend with, now we’re facing a “murder hornet” invasion-but it’s more an invasion of newsfeeds than an actual descending plague of killer insects. Numerous media outlets have carried ominous stories about whether the giant hornets will pillage honeybee hives.…

Scare those bears

LETTER: For the week of May 21

OK, I’ve had it. I’m officially pissed off.…

Awesome Andalusia:

Sipping sherry in a triangle and watching the horses dance

Say sherry and some think, “That’s your British granny’s drink.” Think again.…

Whistler’s community gardens open this week

Program boasts more than 200 participants—and myriad benefits

there is a pair of gardening quotes that Cheakamus resident Olwen Kuiper always falls back on, both more relevant today than they may have been last year. One, by Geoff Lawton, posits that, “all the world’s problems can be solved in a garden.”…