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Opinion: We need to 'vaccinate' B.C.'s forests before it's too late

piquenewsmagazine.com – Researchers are calling on the B.C. government to scale up controlled burns in an effort to reduce wildfire risk. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1421640573748879361

News releases | Telefilm Canada announces its commitment to 10 English-language national feature film projects | Telefilm Canada

telefilm.ca – Telefilm Canada has selected 10 English-language national feature film projects from the 2021 selective process under the Production Program, with a total commitment of over $17 million. Telefilm rec… Tweeted by @ruth_atkinson https://twitter.com/ruth_atkinson/status/1420461073497354240

New Meager Creek Development Corporation looks to turn geothermal energy into hydrogen near Pemberton

piquenewsmagazine.com – Researchers heading south to investigate geothermal potential at Mount Cayley Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1421851966779572224

Mask mandate returns to B.C. region hit by COVID-19 outbreak

castanet.net – During a press conference Wednesday, Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Sue Pollock declared a new COVID-19 outbreak across the entire Central Okanagan region. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1420600218626641922

Letter to the Editor: RVs with AC a lesser evil

piquenewsmagazine.com – ‘Playing the generational difference game is a losing proposition’ Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1420750207122247680

Letter to the Editor: Hot times ahead!

piquenewsmagazine.com – OPINION – The forest fires currently burning in BC are mostly concentrated in the Interior, home to the province’s $2.7 billion-annually wine industry. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1420572032727719937

Fever Radio Presents DNBBQ

eventbrite.ca – Eventbrite – FEVER RADIO presents Fever Radio Presents DNBBQ – Saturday, 21 August 2021 – Find event and ticket information. Tweeted by @MissKosmiK https://twitter.com/MissKosmiK/status/1419909504372822059

Easing into Travel: Whistler, British Columbia

gettingontravel.com – Drive British Columbia’s spectacular Sea to Sky Highway to Whistler for a summer vacation that includes hiking, mountain biking, and museums. Tweeted by @irenelevine https://twitter.com/irenelevine/status/1421443008042524674

Cannabis pre-roll sales soar as Canadians share joints less during pandemic

piquenewsmagazine.com – TORONTO — Canadian cannabis users are doing a lot less puff, puff, pass during the COVID-19 pandemic, as people try to minimize their distance and contact with one another. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1420393607228387332

BC RCMP - 21-3347 Arrest led to seizure of large amount of Drugs

bc-cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca – 21-3347 Arrest led to seizure of large amount of Drugs Tweeted by @BCRCMP https://twitter.com/BCRCMP/status/1420477929562066945

B.C.'s premier wants you bang pots and pans again

piquenewsmagazine.com – On Aug. 2, Premier John Horgan is asking people to get out their pots and pans and make noise for our health-care heroes and everyone fighting wildfires. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1422018061008179200

B.C. reveals $5.5B deficit in 2020-21 fiscal year

piquenewsmagazine.com – Deficit was $2.7B below what the government had projected. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1420463931777187840

B.C. hits new 10-month low for COVID-19 hospitalizations

piquenewsmagazine.com – New infections returned to counts below 100 in each of the past three days. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1419804726976155662

B.C. company moves to suck jet fuel out of the atmosphere

piquenewsmagazine.com – Carbon Engineering plans to produce millions of litres of jet fuel by sucking carbon dioxide out of the air. Could it offer a buffer for a world struggling to electrify or is it an excuse to keep bur… Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1422048260110254084

'The industry is broken': Inside B.C.'s restaurant labour crisis (VIDEO)

piquenewsmagazine.com – A massive struggle to retain restaurant industry employees continues to grow in the province as the cost of living in Metro Vancouver continues to rise. Tweeted by @PiqueNews https://twitter.com/PiqueNews/status/1422002961723523074