British Columbia

Police interactions with those identified by the program are down 50 per cent in the program’s 18-month life to date
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“The impact is far-reaching for people’s safety in their neighbourhoods and downtown cores, with violent offenders being better monitored and kept off our streets for longer,” Nina Krieger, minister of public safety and solicitor general, said in a statement.

Dolphins have often been considered “pesky critters” who steal fish from the orcas, according to Sarah Fortune, assistant professor of oceanography at Dalhousie University in Halifax and Canadian Wildlife Federation chair of large whale conservation.

But that’s not what was happening — on deep, deep dives below, the dolphins and orcas were communicating.

The reef, which spans about 1,800 square metres, at the Lynn Creek Estuary in North Vancouver, was completed earlier this month in a partnership between Neptune Terminals and the University of B.C.

Matt Simmons, execution planning lead for Neptune, said four barges worth of rocks — about 4,000 tonnes — travelled by barge and tug from Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford to the terminal for the reef, which is intended to create a more complex habitat for marine life down in the reaches of the estuary.

The deal follows other contracts recently signed with the government, which include wage increases of three per cent in each year, and the Facilities Bargaining Association says it also has gains in support for recruitment, retention and workplace safety.

A statement from the Finance Ministry says the workers will also receive wage comparability adjustments in response to the 15 per cent wage cuts made in 2004 by the former Liberal government.

A vacancy rate around four per cent wouldn't be big news in most of North America — but in Vancouver it just happened for the first time in four decades.