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The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a religious group that sought a property tax exemption on its 31-acre island near Swartz Bay, B.C., arguing the island is a "place of public worship."

A religious group that owns a B.C. island has lost its appeal of a decision denying a property-tax exemption on the island’s assessed value of $7.8 million

A religious group that owns a B.C. island has lost its appeal of a decision denying a property-tax exemption on the island’s assessed value of $7.8 million

A religious group that owns a B.C. island has lost its appeal of a decision denying a property-tax exemption on the island’s assessed value of $7.8 million

The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a religious group that sought a property tax exemption on its 31-acre island near Swartz Bay, B.C., arguing the island is a "place of public worship."

Discover BC's rich cider heritage! Explore craft cider on Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands. Taste the essence of farm-to-table apples.

Arts writer Mike Devlin picks his favourite upcoming shows, including Baltimore Consort at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church on Saturday, Jan. 27.

The discovery that silver-haired bats sing is allowing bat biologists to record their locations, so they aren’t killed by wind-power development

THE STRATEGIC engagement of young people in vulnerable communities in St James continues to evolve with the partnership between the Sandals Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to introduce Workforce...

His beloved 10-acre property on Salt Spring Island, affectionately named Trauma Farm, inspired a memoir that won the 2009 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, one of several major literary awards he received