Jon Hernandez

The Storm Crow Alehouse is closing its doors at the end of the week amid challenges from the pandemic and ongoing construction, and its owners have put up iconic items for sale and auction.

Industry leaders say businesses could have been open on New Year’s Eve but were in the dark about their options, including serving food from nearby restaurants.

Camping reservations for provincial parks go live Monday as B.C. Parks launches a new online booking system in hopes of fixing glitches that have plagued its website in the past.

Below average temperatures in April and May means some crops in the Fraser Valley are several weeks behind. Some farmers say the delay could be costly as it will mean more competition from international growers.

Nearly 7,000 Chileans settled in Canada after the democratically elected government was overthrown in a coup d’état led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet in 1973. Their experiences vary, with many coming to terms with trauma they endured during the violent transfer of power in their home country.

B.C. leaders say although they welcome Ottawa’s affordable housing funding pledge, they worry it will amount to few projects over the next four years, while co-op housing advocates say they’re disappointed by the plan’s lack of urgency.

A program by the Vancouver Hospice Society is serving as a supportive gathering for people who are grieving. Organizers say enrolment has near doubled in what can be a hard time of year for people experiencing grief.

B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered Maple Ridge to change an intersection and bus stop, and pay a woman $35,000 after it found recent changes to infrastructure did not accommodate people with visual impairments.

Hefty markups and competition are among the challenges plaguing shop owners five years into legalization. Municipalities have yet to see promised tax revenue, and businesses hope provincial and federal governments will ease regulations.

The federal government recently announced it will cap the number of international student permits over the next two years. Ottawa says the measure is to stabilize the number of international students, who often arrive without “the proper supports they need to succeed.”