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A Halifax councillor says more designated tenting sites are needed in the city as the number of people sleeping rough has more than doubled since last fall. ....
Lynn Ellingsen, who testified at the trial of Robert William "Willy" Pickton in 2007, has been sentenced for uttering threats to her former employer, including one that specifically contained a reference to the Pickton case. ....
Track record As geotracking technology on our smartphones becomes ever more sophisticated, we re just beginning to grasps its capabilities (and possible pitfalls) Illustrations: Anthony Tremmaglia April 9, 2021 At 11:39 P.M. on the night of December 30, 2015, about 51 kilometers below the surface of the Haro Strait between Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands, the Juan de Fuca plate slipped. The response, in bedrooms up and down the coast of British Columbia’s mainland and island communities, was quintessentially modern: people reached for their phones. Within two minutes, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, maker of the LastQuake app, was already receiving eyewitness reports. From Victoria, 18 kilometres from the epicentre: “Like something rolled through the house.” From Delta, 60 kilometres away: “Sudden, hard jerk, but short.” From New Westminster, 74 kilometres away: “We were awoken by rattling.” ....