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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Lower Mainland soccer club creates community for immigrant and refugee youth",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/little-stars-soccer-club-lower-mainland-9.7318061?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T13:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Little Soccer Stars Club offers immigrant and refugee youth a space to connect, build their confidence, and learn the sport during the summer. Currently run in Langley and Surrey, the six-week program marks its final session this weekend."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Can Kerry-Lynne Findlay keep B.C. Conservatives together amid caucus turmoil?",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kerry-lynne-findlay-keep-b-c-conservatives-together-caucus-turmoil-9.7325071?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T12:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Three months since Kerry-Lynne Findlay took over as leader, six MLAs have left and more could follow. Some are calling for a centrist option in B.C., while other conservatives are calling for unity."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "An island mysteriously appeared — then disappeared — on B.C.'s largest reservoir",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/floating-island-williston-lake-bc-9.7324586?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 07:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T11:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "B.C. Hydro says it's monitoring for the reappearance of a mysterious island first spotted by boaters 100 kilometres from the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in northeastern B.C."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Tens of thousands mourn King Harald V in Oslo as Norway enters a new royal era",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/29/tens-of-thousands-mourn-king-harald-v-in-oslo-as-norway-enters-a-new-royal-era/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:27:52 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T10:27:52+00:00",
      "description": "OSLO, Norway (AP) — Tens of thousands of mourners paid their respects to Norway's King Harald V on Saturday, placing flowers and condolence cards outside the royal palace in Oslo a day after the monarch died at 89."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Federal Court staff work weekends, on vacation to keep up with cases: chief justice",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/29/federal-court-staff-work-weekends-on-vacation-to-keep-up-with-cases-chief-justice/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 10:00:05 +0000",
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      "description": "OTTAWA — A massive increase in immigration cases in the last six years has created unmanageable workloads at the Federal Court, says Chief Justice Alan Diner."
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      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Was Dolly Parton a feminist? She wouldn’t say it, but fans heard it – in her life and her lyrics",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/was-dolly-parton-a-feminist-she-wouldnt-say-it-but-fans-heard-it-in-her-life-and-her-lyrics/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:07:34 +0000",
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      "description": "Smiling on the January 1987 cover of Ms., the magazine co-founded by feminism pioneer Gloria Steinem, are its 12 Women of the Year. They include a U.S. senator, a renowned novelist, a former nun who helped Central American refugees. And, smiling brightest of all, Dolly Parton."
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Severe drought conditions prompt new order limiting water use for irrigation in B.C. Interior",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bessette-creek-water-restrictions-9.7325312?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:25:19 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T03:25:19+00:00",
      "description": "A new water-restriction order has been placed on the Bessette Creek area in the southern Interior of British Columbia, after the province deemed chinook salmon at risk from drought conditions."
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      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "‘Changing the way we deliver services’: UVic researcher appointed Officer of the Order of Canada",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/changing-the-way-we-deliver-services-uvic-researcher-appointed-officer-of-the-order-of-canada-1344614/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:21:35 +0000",
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      "description": "Ceclia Benoit is shown. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Screenshot-2026-08-27-163441-e1787874211175.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> A researcher at the University of Victoria has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, in part due to her research and destigmatizing efforts into sex work in Victoria. The post ‘Changing the way we deliver services’: UVic researcher appointed Officer of the Order of Canada appeared first on CHEK ."
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      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Order Up: Kyoto Garden Japanese Teahouse",
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      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:11:53 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T02:11:53+00:00",
      "description": "Kyoto Garden Japanese Tea House is shown in this file photo. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/kyoto-garden-6-e1787951406467.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> A little piece of Japan has arrived in downtown Victoria. Kyoto Garden Japanese Teahouse is bringing the beauty, calm and tradition of Japanese tea culture to the capital city. The post Order Up: Kyoto Garden Japanese Teahouse appeared first on CHEK ."
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    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "The ongoing fight to save Emily Carr’s historic House of All Sorts",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/the-ongoing-fight-to-save-emily-carrs-historic-house-of-all-sorts-1344873/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:05:36 +0000",
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      "description": "Willis says in the early days, the province was on board with the restoration. (CHEK News) \" data-image-caption=\" Emily Carr’s House of All Sorts in James Bay is shown in Victoria Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/IMG_3614-scaled-e1787969018317.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> It’s been a year since Emily Carr’s House of All Sorts owner Peter Willis publicly called on the B.C. government to take immediate action to preserve the historic site — and he’s still waiting for a response to address his concerns. The post The ongoing fight to save Emily Carr’s historic House of All Sorts appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Vancouver Island MP asks Ottawa to consider buying Crofton mill",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/vancouver-island-mp-asks-ottawa-to-consider-buying-crofton-mill-1344867/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:54:13 +0000",
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      "description": "The Crofton mill is shown on August 28, 2026. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Crofton-mill.jpg?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> The Member of Parliament for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford is calling on the federal government to explore how it could potentially use the Crofton mill. The post Vancouver Island MP asks Ottawa to consider buying Crofton mill appeared first on CHEK ."
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    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "‘Fantastic’: Port Alberni’s Hometown Takeover revealed",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/fantastic-port-albernis-hometown-takeover-revealed-1344864/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:48:59 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T01:48:59+00:00",
      "description": "Harbour Quay in Port Alberni has a new look thanks to HGTV’s Hometown Makeover, which was unveiled Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (CHEK NEws) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/vlcsnap-2026-08-28-18h47m36s031.png?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> Hundreds of people turned out at Harbour Quay in Port Alberni Friday to witness the unveiling of 12 weeks of work to revamp the popular gathering spot. The post ‘Fantastic’: Port Alberni’s Hometown Takeover revealed appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Family scrutinizes Victoria bylaw’s disposal of unhoused residents’ belongings",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/family-scrutinizes-victoria-bylaws-disposal-of-unhoused-residents-belongings-1344845/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:43:14 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T01:43:14+00:00",
      "description": "Some of the items seized from Pandora Avenue are shown. Aug. 28, 2026. (CHEK News) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/vlcsnap-2026-08-28-18h38m09s456.png?fit=780%2C439&ssl=1\" /> A mother is calling for a review of current of bylaw search and seizure practices in the capital city. The post Family scrutinizes Victoria bylaw’s disposal of unhoused residents’ belongings appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "B.C. legislator and Indigenous activist Joan Phillip dies at 74",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/joan-phillip-dead-74/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:28:36 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T01:28:36+00:00",
      "description": "The family of B.C. MLA Joan Phillip, Amshen, announced Friday afternoon that she has died."
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    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "‘We’ve been so worried’: Another B.C. couple missing after Nepal flash flooding",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12039701/another-bc-couple-missing-nepal-flash-flooding/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:05:59 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T01:05:59+00:00",
      "description": "Their daughter says they were on a guided pilgrimage in the region of Nepal and haven't been heard from since the morning of Aug. 26."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Gregor Robertson challenged on the Broadway Construction project",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12039357/gregor-robertson-challenged-broadway-construction-project/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:59:15 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T00:59:15+00:00",
      "description": "Fable Diner and SportChek are just two of the most recent businesses to shutter along Broadway near Main Street as construction continues."
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    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Summerland’s Twisted Whiskers closing as owner says wildfire added to business struggles",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12040032/summerland-twisted-whiskers-closing-wildfire-business-struggles/",
      "pubDate": "Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:56:30 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T00:56:30+00:00",
      "description": "A Summerland thrift store will permanently close its doors in December, after two difficult years in business and a summer tourism season disrupted by the Bald Range wildfire"
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Victoria school board probing if 'financial benefits' went to opponents in dispute over police in schools",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-school-district-financial-benefits-school-liaison-officer-9.7324979?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:32:18 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T00:32:18+00:00",
      "description": "The Greater Victoria School District is alleging that opponents of its position on police in schools may have been given \"financial benefits.\""
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      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "B.C. NDP MLA Joan Phillip dead at 74",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/joan-phillip-dies-9.7325163?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:02:18 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-29T00:02:18+00:00",
      "description": "Joan Phillip, the NDP MLA for Vancouver-Strathcona and wife of Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, has died."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "B.C. legislator and Indigenous activist Joan Phillip dies",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/b-c-legislator-and-indigenous-activist-joan-phillip-dies-1344852/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:36:08 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T23:36:08+00:00",
      "description": "Joan Phillip, NDP candidate for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant in the upcoming provincial byelection, attends a gathering after the second annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men, Boys and 2S+ Memorial March, in Vancouver, on Friday, June 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/49e45286-64c3-4323-870b-06e4204dfd7f-scaled-e1787960101120.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs says B.C. legislator and Indigenous activist Joan Phillip has died. The post B.C. legislator and Indigenous activist Joan Phillip dies appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Third grizzly bear from same family is killed in B.C. after failed relocation",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/third-grizzly-bear-from-same-family-is-killed-in-b-c-after-failed-relocation-1344841/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:23:27 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T23:23:27+00:00",
      "description": "A grizzly bear is pictured at the Zoo Sauvage de St-Felicien, in Saint-Felicien, Que., Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/31793ddfd9b324c847ebf59137c8270ed79b1b5f142d0a81adb6df5054487421-e1787959353309.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> A third grizzly bear from the same family group has been killed after it was relocated away from Nelson, B.C., but then turned up with its sister at a recreational area and showed a \"high degree of comfort\" around people. The post Third grizzly bear from same family is killed in B.C. after failed relocation appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Seneca Nation calls for reversal of Trump’s ‘Lake America’ executive order",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/seneca-nation-calls-for-reversal-of-trumps-lake-america-executive-order/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:15:04 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T23:15:04+00:00",
      "description": "The leader of the Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing President Donald Trump's decision to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” saying it violates a more than 225-year-old treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Inquest recommendations after man shot near Tofino lack teeth, family says",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/reaction-julian-jones-coroner-s-inquest-9.7324752?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:57:35 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:57:35+00:00",
      "description": "Judith Sayers, president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council that represents 14 First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island, said she wishes the recommendations after an inquest into the death of Julian Jones had gone into more detail."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Federal government to match Red Cross donations for Summerland wildfire recovery",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/feds-to-match-red-cross-donations-for-summerland-recovery-9.7324984?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:57:30 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:57:30+00:00",
      "description": "The federal government says it will match donations made to the Red Cross for wildfire recovery efforts in Summerland."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Some Indigenous businesses are trying to avoid U.S. markets amid trade war",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/some-indigenous-businesses-are-trying-to-avoid-u-s-markets-amid-trade-war-9.7324885?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:29:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:29:00+00:00",
      "description": "Some Indigenous businesses in Canada are avoiding selling products to the U.S. in order to avoid uncertainty and hassle."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "West Kelowna RCMP seek witnesses in kidnapping, aggravated assault investigation",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/west-kelowna-kidnap-witnesses/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:28:41 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:28:41+00:00",
      "description": "West Kelowna RCMP are asking witnesses to come forward as they investigate an alleged kidnapping and aggravated assault that took place earlier this week."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "B.C. conservation officers hand out $19.5K in fines for illegal campfires",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/b-c-conservation-officers-hand-out-19-5k-in-fines-for-illegal-campfires-1344805/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:21:55 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:21:55+00:00",
      "description": "A prohibited campfire is pictured in a social media post by the BC Conservation Officer Service. (BC Conservation Officer Service/Facebook) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/786543809_1501927911962127_3634989275792701695_n-e1787955357803.jpg?fit=780%2C441&ssl=1\" /> The BC Conservation Officer Service says it handed out nearly $20,000 in fines for people having campfires amid a campfire ban that spans most of the province. The post B.C. conservation officers hand out $19.5K in fines for illegal campfires appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Calls for unity after wave of exits from B.C. Conservatives",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-conservative-unity-right-9.7324614?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:18:01 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:18:01+00:00",
      "description": "One of B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay's rivals in this year's race to lead the party is calling for unity amid a wave of departures."
    },
    {
      "source": "CHEK News",
      "title": "Campbell River man charged in connection with Centennial Pool break-in",
      "link": "https://cheknews.ca/campbell-river-man-charged-in-connection-with-centennial-pool-break-in-1344799/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:05:15 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T22:05:15+00:00",
      "description": "The Centennial Outdoor Pool is pictured in this file photo. (City of Campbell River) \" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Centennial-Outdoor-Pool-IMG_0028-City-of-Campbell-River-e1784931399649.jpg?fit=780%2C440&ssl=1\" /> A Campbell River man has been charged in connection with a break-in at the city's Centennial Outdoor Pool last month. The post Campbell River man charged in connection with Centennial Pool break-in appeared first on CHEK ."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "‘We don’t know what is going on’: Family of Canadian couple missing in Nepal clinging to hope",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/family-of-canadian-couple-missing-in-nepal-clinging-to-hope/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:46:11 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T21:46:11+00:00",
      "description": "For Seema Rawla the last few days have been filled with questions and pain. Her brother Sumit Rawla and her sister-in-law Shubhakshi Rawla were in the epicentre of the flash flooding along the Himalayan border on Wednesday preparing to take part in a mountain hike. “He called us up at 7 a.m., he actually facetimed us,” she tells CityNews. […]"
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Construction begins on BCIT campus to improve accessibility and infrastructure",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/new-bcit-infrastructure/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 21:45:22 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T21:45:22+00:00",
      "description": "Construction is underway at the British Columbia Institute of Technology's Burnaby campus as part of a major project to upgrade infrastructure and improve accessibility."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "Privacy watchdog takes Google to court in long-running ‘right to be forgotten’ case",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/privacy-watchdog-takes-google-to-court-in-long-running-right-to-be-forgotten-case/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:50:19 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T20:50:19+00:00",
      "description": "Canada's privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog’s recommendations."
    },
    {
      "source": "CityNews Vancouver",
      "title": "‘Surrey Six’ killer loses bid to throw out murder convictions",
      "link": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/08/28/surrey-six-killer-loses-bid-to-throw-out-murder-convictions/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:33:13 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T20:33:13+00:00",
      "description": "One of the men found guilty in the so-called \"Surrey Six\" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Popular Surrey potato farm has lease extended for another year",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12039492/popular-surrey-potato-farm-lease-extended-heppell-farm/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:10:39 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T19:10:39+00:00",
      "description": "Every year, the Heppell family grows roughly 50 million servings of potatoes and other crops on a 220-acre parcel near 192nd Street and 36th Avenue."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Ladysmith calls on province to take action to protect its drinking water",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12039388/ladysmith-province-take-action-protect-drinking-water-forest-service-road/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:33:41 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T18:33:41+00:00",
      "description": "The Town of Ladysmith obtains its drinking water from the Stocking Lake and Holland Lake watersheds, which are accessed via the Banon Creek Forest Service Road (FSR)."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Junior hockey players in Western Canada, Ontario can seek compensation for alleged abuse, court says",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/chl-players-compensation-abuse-9.7324283?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:35:35 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T17:35:35+00:00",
      "description": "The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved an opt-in process for current and former players in the Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League who allege they were victims of abuse or hazing."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Summerland wildfire that forced thousands out of homes now being held",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/summerland-bc-wildfire-being-held-9.7324182?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:02:40 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T16:02:40+00:00",
      "description": "The B.C. Wildfire Service says the blaze is expected to remain within its current perimeter of about 252 square kilometres west of Summerland."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Interprovincial trade barriers are falling. But rewriting old rules will take time",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/interprovincial-trade-barriers-9.7323970?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:14:49 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T14:14:49+00:00",
      "description": "The collapse of talks with the United States has added urgency to reducing trade barriers within Canada. But experts say it's not a simple fix."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "B.C. to pilot forestry model to assist industry, improve wildfire mitigation",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-forestry-model-wildfire-mitigation-9.7323776?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T14:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "A proposed new provincial forest model aims to assist B.C.’s struggling forestry industry and aid in wildfire mitigation, but environmentalists worry it may lead to conservation problems."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Plan for Abbotsford sports park hits setback after failed land-swap proposal",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/abbotsford-sports-park-plan-9.7323649?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T13:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "The City of Abbotsford’s plan to turn a parcel of farmland into an enormous sports complex has hit a setback, after B.C.’s Agricultural Land Commission denied an application by the city."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Subway restaurant owner in Quesnel fined for trying to suppress worker injury claim: WorkSafeBC",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/quesnel-subway-restaurant-owner-9.7321716?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T12:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "The owner of a Subway restaurant in Quesnel, B.C., was fined $2,500 after WorkSafeBC found they tried to get a worker to retract their injury claim after being burned on the job."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "How Trump’s lumber tariffs made a bad situation worse in B.C.",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trump-lumber-tariffs-british-columbia-tariffs-9.7323107?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:00:00 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T11:00:00+00:00",
      "description": "Donald Trump is hardly the first U.S. president whose government has imposed steep duties on Canadian lumber. The tariffs are the latest chapter in a dispute that's been going on for more than four decades. Here’s how we got here."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Surrey Six killer loses court battle to have conviction overturned",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038597/surrey-six-killer-loses-court-battle/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:43:34 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T03:43:34+00:00",
      "description": "In 2014, Red Scorpion Cody Haevischer was convicted of six counts of first-degree murder in the October 2007 killings at Surrey's Balmoral Tower."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "A painful homecoming: Faulder residents return to see what the Bald range fire left behind",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038712/a-painful-homecoming-faulder-residents-return-to-see-what-the-bald-range-fire-left-behind/",
      "pubDate": "Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:24:02 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T03:24:02+00:00",
      "description": "Residents of Faulder were finally allowed to return to their properties, getting their first chance to walk through the areas hit by the Bald Range wildfire"
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "3rd grizzly in family of 4 killed in B.C.'s West Kootenay",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nelson-third-grizzly-yearling-killed-9.7323563?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:36:56 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T01:36:56+00:00",
      "description": "A third grizzly in a family of four well-known bears in the West Kootenay has been killed."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Bruce Banman joins exodus from B.C. Conservative caucus",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bruce-banman-bc-conservative-caucus-departure-9.7323534?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:19:11 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-28T00:19:11+00:00",
      "description": "The Abbotsford South MLA says he has heard that leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay is unelectable, and it is a reason for his departure."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Another MLA leaves BC Conservative Party as Bruce Banman announces exit",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038522/mla-leaves-bc-conservative-party-bruce-banman-exit/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:43:02 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:43:02+00:00",
      "description": "'The goal in politics is to make the tent bigger. To listen to the majority. It’s not about left or right. It’s about doing what’s right,' Bruce Banman said in a statement."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "B.C. ends provincial state of emergency declared due to wildfires",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038505/bc-ends-provincial-state-emergency-wildfires/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:31:26 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:31:26+00:00",
      "description": "This cancellation does not affect current evacuation orders, evacuation alerts or local emergencies put in place by local governments or First Nations."
    },
    {
      "source": "Global BC",
      "title": "Canada recruits dozens of foreign scientists and researchers, many from U.S.",
      "link": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12038490/canada-foreign-scientists-us/",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:01:31 +0000",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T23:01:31+00:00",
      "description": "The researchers are being hired by universities across the country, including the University of British Columbia, McGill and the University of Toronto."
    },
    {
      "source": "CBC British Columbia",
      "title": "Judge rejects application by 'Surrey Six' killer to stay convictions",
      "link": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-six-application-rejected-9.7323084?cmp=rss",
      "pubDate": "Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:10:56 EDT",
      "published_utc": "2026-08-27T20:10:56+00:00",
      "description": "A B.C. Supreme Court judge has rejected an application by one of the \"Surrey Six\" killers to stay the convictions against him."
    }
  ]
}