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"My message to everybody ... is look up from your phone, take your earbuds out. Listen," he said.

Ottawa and the province are setting up a $5-billion fund that municipalities can tap into to pay for new homes, and the infrastructure and transit needed to keep up with growing communities.

But there are strings attached.

Municipalities must lower the fees that developers pay to local governments, which the prime minister and British Columbia's premier say can hinder new construction.

When development was booming a few years ago, interest rates were low, population growth was high, and so was market interest, he said. Since then, interest rates have risen and population growth has slowed, which has caused prices to fall dramatically.

"They aren't the best neighbours," said Grace McGregor, a director with the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, representing the small municipality of Christina Lake, about DMG Blockchain Solutions.
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"Frankly, we try to talk to them. They don't want to talk ...They don't answer us," said McGregor.

"So we removed bricks and [got] a head inside with a flashlight and [took] a peek into this sort of weird chamber that hadn't seen sunlight in a long time."

"Pretty unreal. I can't say I ever held a baby moose before," said Duane Hogberg, of his experience. "It was super soft ... like kitten fur."

It’s 6:59 a.m. PT on a chilly spring morning exactly three months before the day you’ve decided you want to go camping. You’ve chosen a campsite and your mouse is hovering over the reserve button on the B.C. Parks website, heart racing as the seconds tick down to 7 a.m., when the sites become bookable.

The process behind cancelling sailings due to weather is a high-stakes calculation that involves a high-tech nerve centre, a 28-year navy veteran and a strict mathematical matrix designed to survive the volatile waters of the Salish Sea.

It all happens in the B.C. Ferries Operations and Security Centre, which is run by Jason Boyd. He's not your average transit manager. He spent 28 years in the Royal Canadian Navy commanding a warship and running a military base before taking the helm of the command centre.

The B.C. Wildfire Service (BCWS) will rescind a campfire ban that was in effect across B.C.'s South Coast since last Thursday, saying current and forecasted weather conditions have meant wildfire risk has reduced.

In a statement, Blouin said the change is due to evolving defence modernization priorities and military priorities. He said this shift includes the divestment of the legacy artillery systems that are used to manage Rogers Pass.

"We need something that can function in low light, poor weather conditions, and it can sort of withstand our West Coast weather," James said.

One 2023 study estimated that generating between 10 and 50 medium-sized responses with AI chatbot ChatGPT used half a litre of water, while a separate study by the International Energy Agency, estimated data centres used 140 billion litres of water globally just for cooling in 2023.