Canada’s food safety agency doubts it could adequately protect the food supply in the next two years if the country is hit with several concurrent emergencies, such as animal disease outbreaks or food safety recalls. The problem is exacerbated by climate change, with the agency warning the crisis could impact its infrastructure while boosting the […]

The Town of Gibsons’ Corporate Administration and Legislative Services Department navigated a busy third quarter, with staffing transitions, legal reviews, and emergency preparedness training topping the agenda.  Chief administrative officer Emanuel Machado presented the report to council members at the Oct. 21 committee of the whole. Machado supported the reorganization of the Infrastructure Services Department […]

About one-third of the Vancouver Police Department’s frontline officers hadn’t completed training on decriminalization when the pilot project came into force and small amounts of drugs became legal in January 2023. B.C.’s Ministry of Health and Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General had put together a webinar called “Decriminalization in B.C.: Shifting to a […]