One person has died after a helicopter crashed into the ocean Monday on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, according to the RCMP.A Kaman K-Max K-1200 helicopter is pictured during tree felling works in Zurich, Switzerland on Dec. 17, 2019. A K-Max helicopter similar to the one pictured crashed on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast on Monday. (Arnd Wiegmann/REUTERS)One person…
A new era in highway safety regulation begins in Canada on Saturday as electronic logging devices that track a driver’s hours behind the wheel become mandatory in semi trucks travelling between provinces.Veteran Manitoba truck driver Jesse Scobie has been using an electronic logging device (ELD) for years. (Gary Solilak/CBC)A new era in highway safety regulation begins in…
Conservationists say the province continues to log part of a southwestern B.C. watershed that’s home to the last breeding pair, and a third solitary owl.The Government of Canada says spotted owls in Canada are “highly vulnerable to extinction.” (Ecojustice)Only three spotted owls are known to still live in the wild in B.C. Despite this, conservationists…