Jesse Tomas

"It's scorching hot. My makeup is falling off my face."

Costs have gone up significantly with things like inflation and population growth, but there are several other factors when it comes to why policing is expensive.

It's an odd poll considering polling in a smaller city is rarely done, and even more rare that it was shared publicly.

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The response to downtown owners' concerns was swift and thorough. That's not what happens in Rutland.

British Columbians are either taking a “flight” or "fight" mentality when dealing with their finances.

“People want that authenticity. They want to have the cartridge in their hands. They want to have the movie on their shelf. They want the CD for their car. They want to own it."

Results from an Angus Reid poll show that British Columbians want to change more than bail laws and push for a harsher sentences. 

The City of Kelowna owns the 10-acre gravel pit on Westlake Road in West Kelowna. The city has owned the pit since the 1960s and uses the 80,000 metric tons produced a year for city projects like road maintenance. 

"The cold coming into the Okanagan and Kamloops, it doesn't seem like a repeat of what we had in January 2024."

The pollsters at Angus Reid checked in with a broad sample of British Columbians to ask them just how they feel about safety.

“Residents and business owners are telling us clearly that the current approach isn’t working, and they deserve to be heard.”

“Social disorder is not a policing issue alone. It is tied to complex and intersecting factors such as untreated mental health challenges, addiction, homelessness, and repeat offending.”

British Columbians are pretty clear: No more tinkering with legalization of harder drugs.

“Video footage from both incidents indicates the same alleged suspects may be responsible for both fires.”

"When opportunities like this come up, that's what will advance this."

“Organized crime and the drug trade affect every part of our community."

"While demand remains below levels from recent years, a seasonal improvement is anticipated to begin in January."

There's a lot of activity for this time of year.

“There's a network of us... we're ready to fight and we're not gonna back down.”

It’s not a perfect nor an exact metric, but it gives a good idea of which cities are trending.

“The maximum speed of a North American elk is about 70 km/h, so they are just as athletic as they are majestic, but if you feel the need to get away, you still have plenty of room to spare in a 100 km/h zone.”

“That's not unusual. That's most usual.”

Some of these projects are still in the early phases and these dollar amounts could go up, they could go down too, but that’s a rare case when it comes to government spending.