4 h. ago Lions Bay landslide sparks lawsuit from deceased couple’s children, neighbours

Their children and two neighbours allege that illegal construction of roads and a reservoir on provincial land above the Enns' home caused or contributed to the slide.

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4 h. ago Lions Bay state of emergency remains in place four months after deadly landslide

The emergency measure is meant to provide access to private property to allow the village to complete a public safety study, says the province.

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52 h. ago B.C. government sued by family, neighbours of Lions Bay landslide victims

The plaintiffs are also suing the Village of Lions Bay and Steven Vestergaard, who built roads and a small reservoir high above the properties of the couple and their neighbours

Politics

1 week ago U.K. lawmakers approve rescue of British Steel in emergency parliamentary session

LONDON — U.K. lawmakers returned to Parliament from their Easter break on Saturday to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that makes steel from scratch. Prime Minister Keir Starmer summoned lawmakers for the unusual Saturday sitting, only the sixth since the Second World War, to back a bill primarily aimed at […]

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3 w. ago B.C. judge allows appeal in $6 million crash case 18 months past deadline

Both men in truck that rolled into ditch outside Fort St. John insisted the other was driving that night but judge found one mostly responsible for crash that left his friend paraplegic.

Economics

4 w. ago Fire at ski resort hotel in Turkey kills Olympic skier and his father

ISTANBUL — A fire at a closed ski resort hotel in northwest Turkey killed an Olympic skier and his father Thursday, two months after a blaze at another Turkish winter resort left 79 dead. The victims were named as Yahya Usta, president of the Turkish Ski and Snowboard Teachers Association, and his 25-year-old son Berkin, […]

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