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A South Surrey resident captured photos of a visual phenomenon called Fata Morgana, taken looking from Crescent Beach toward Tsawwassen and Ladner Thursday (July 6) evening. (Don Pitcairn photo)

B.C. resident captures unique visual phenomenon called Fata Morgana

Sunset optical illusion ‘the weirdest thing we’ve ever seen’

A South Surrey resident captured photos of a visual phenomenon called Fata Morgana, taken looking from Crescent Beach toward Tsawwassen and Ladner Thursday (July 6) evening. (Don Pitcairn photo)
Former HMCS Saskatchewan shipmen Don Reid and Gary Robertson, during a reunion event June 17 at Nanaimo’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256, take a look at the names on an HMCS Saskatchewan banner that was displayed at the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in 1994 in Esquimalt. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

HMCS Saskatchewan, now on B.C.’s ocean floor, was once ‘best in the west’

Retired shipmen gather for 60th anniversary of Royal Canadian Navy vessel’s commissioning

Former HMCS Saskatchewan shipmen Don Reid and Gary Robertson, during a reunion event June 17 at Nanaimo’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch 256, take a look at the names on an HMCS Saskatchewan banner that was displayed at the ship’s decommissioning ceremony in 1994 in Esquimalt. (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
This rental in Saanich is 300 square feet, but is going for the cost of a full one-bedroom apartment. (Screenshot/Craigslist)

‘Glorified shed’ renting at the full one-bedroom rate irks B.C. applicant

Renters looking for some sanity as Victoria market lands on dubious list

This rental in Saanich is 300 square feet, but is going for the cost of a full one-bedroom apartment. (Screenshot/Craigslist)
FILE - Britney Spears appears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 12, 2018, left, and San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball first round draft pick Victor Wembanyama speaks during a news conference in San Antonio on June 24, 2023. Wembanyama said Thursday, July 6, 2023, that he believes Britney Spears grabbed him from behind as he was walking into a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino, and that the security detail he was with pushed the pop star away. (AP Photos by Chris Pizzello, left, and Eric Gay, File)

Spears inadvertently hit herself in Vegas Wembanyama security encounter

Police say video shows pop star was struck by her own hand during highly publicized encounter

FILE - Britney Spears appears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 12, 2018, left, and San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball first round draft pick Victor Wembanyama speaks during a news conference in San Antonio on June 24, 2023. Wembanyama said Thursday, July 6, 2023, that he believes Britney Spears grabbed him from behind as he was walking into a restaurant at a Las Vegas casino, and that the security detail he was with pushed the pop star away. (AP Photos by Chris Pizzello, left, and Eric Gay, File)
A crew prepares to lift the iconic F-104 Starfighter for its move from the Comox Heritage Airpark to the B.C. Aviation Museum in Victoria. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

VIDEO: ‘Fastest aircraft to ever serve’ in Canada landing at B.C. museum

The F-104 Starfighter is moving to the BC Aviation Museum in Victoria

A crew prepares to lift the iconic F-104 Starfighter for its move from the Comox Heritage Airpark to the B.C. Aviation Museum in Victoria. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
Oak Bay Fire Department Lt. Kyle Beaumont asks people to leave the pets at home, while using ‘Sparky’ as an example. (District of Oak Bay/Instagram) Oak Bay Fire Department Lt. Kyle Beaumont asks people to leave the pets at home, while using ‘Sparky’ as an example. (District of Oak Bay/Instagram)

Don’t leave dogs in hot cars, B.C. firefighters plead in short video

Leave Sparky at home, with a friend or at least use dog mode

Oak Bay Fire Department Lt. Kyle Beaumont asks people to leave the pets at home, while using ‘Sparky’ as an example. (District of Oak Bay/Instagram) Oak Bay Fire Department Lt. Kyle Beaumont asks people to leave the pets at home, while using ‘Sparky’ as an example. (District of Oak Bay/Instagram)
Black Press Media digital editor John McKinley and VIFD/PQB News editor Philip Wolf. (File photo)

PODCAST: Debating the big winners, losers of the NHL’s off-season

NHL UPDATE: Black Press insiders McKinley, Wolf talk free agency, draft, Canucks and more

Black Press Media digital editor John McKinley and VIFD/PQB News editor Philip Wolf. (File photo)
Bone will be leaving on his cycling journey to Vancouver on Aug. 1, and estimates he’ll arrive in three weeks’ time. He says he has some supporters who plan to join him for stretches of the ride, and is hoping to have a group ride into downtown Vancouver with him at the end. (Richard Bone/Contributed to Black Press Media)

Alberta man once given 5% chance of survival to cycle 1,500 km to Vancouver

Funds raised will be donated to the SickKids Foundation

Bone will be leaving on his cycling journey to Vancouver on Aug. 1, and estimates he’ll arrive in three weeks’ time. He says he has some supporters who plan to join him for stretches of the ride, and is hoping to have a group ride into downtown Vancouver with him at the end. (Richard Bone/Contributed to Black Press Media)
Most Canadians prefer to pay for things with credit cards, and even though 51 per cent of survey respondants say they’re happy with the current legal tender in Canada, 49 per cent said introducing new methods of payment would be a point of interest. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Money, money, money: Canadians show interest in new payment methods

Almost a majority amount of Canadians said they would like new forms of legal tender

Most Canadians prefer to pay for things with credit cards, and even though 51 per cent of survey respondants say they’re happy with the current legal tender in Canada, 49 per cent said introducing new methods of payment would be a point of interest. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
FILE - The view of Mount Rushmore located just a few miles away from Under Canvas Mount Rushmore tent cabins near Keystone, S.D. More than 10.5 million North American households took a glamping trip in 2022, up from 9.6 million in 2021. (Jim Holland/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)

More travelers get cozy with glamping, even amid high costs

As camping demand fades, people looking to its less-rustic cousin

FILE - The view of Mount Rushmore located just a few miles away from Under Canvas Mount Rushmore tent cabins near Keystone, S.D. More than 10.5 million North American households took a glamping trip in 2022, up from 9.6 million in 2021. (Jim Holland/Rapid City Journal via AP, File)
The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is lowered into the water during the expedition to the proposed Tang. ɢwan-hacxwiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protection Area. (Nicole Holman/Fisheries and Oceans Canada)

Expedition explores supervolcanoes and deep-sea firsts in B.C. waters

Footage of superheated geysers, novel images of species behaviour caught off Vancouver Island

The remotely operated vehicle ROPOS is lowered into the water during the expedition to the proposed Tang. ɢwan-hacxwiqak-Tsig̱is Marine Protection Area. (Nicole Holman/Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
A general view shows the 2023 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Eating legend Joey Chestnut shakes off rain to defend hot dog title

Champ gobbles down 62 to win annual Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog contest

A general view shows the 2023 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Greyston Holt of Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Supplied photo)

PODCAST: Actor Greyston Holt has long resume of movie, TV roles

TODAY IN B.C.: New dad has been nominated for several Leo Awards

Greyston Holt of Salt Spring Island, B.C. (Supplied photo)
A security guard wearing an electric fan on his neck wipes his sweat on a hot day in Beijing, Monday, July 3, 2023. Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a brief respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

July 4 set unofficial record for hottest day on Earth, July 5 may break it

Globe’s average temperature reached 17.18 C on Tuesday, highest in at least 44 years

A security guard wearing an electric fan on his neck wipes his sweat on a hot day in Beijing, Monday, July 3, 2023. Heavy flooding has displaced thousands of people around China as the capital had a brief respite from sweltering heat. Beijing reported 9.8 straight days when the temperature exceeded 35 C (95 F), the National Climate Center said Monday. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Niky Furtado of Furtado Contracting Ltd. (HAVAN photo)

PODCAST: Smart Kitchens, by Design

TODAY IN BC: HAVAN’s podcast ‘Measure Twice, Cut Once’

Niky Furtado of Furtado Contracting Ltd. (HAVAN photo)
FILE - Coral on Moore Reef is visible in Gunggandji Sea Country off coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations in July 2023, that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition. Conservationists worry that ecosystems will be damaged by mining, especially without any environmental protocols. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)

Deep sea mining permits may be coming: What are they, what might happen?

Years long negotiations are reaching a critical point; authorities will soon need to begin accepting permits

FILE - Coral on Moore Reef is visible in Gunggandji Sea Country off coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations in July 2023, that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition. Conservationists worry that ecosystems will be damaged by mining, especially without any environmental protocols. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil, File)
Transport Minister Omar Alghabra holds up a pair of his Adidas shoes as he poses for a photo in Ottawa on Thursday, June 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canada’s MPs embrace comfort, style in office footwear trend

‘I like the idea of making connections that aren’t political and seeing each other as human beings’

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra holds up a pair of his Adidas shoes as he poses for a photo in Ottawa on Thursday, June 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
In this 1976 file photo, pop artist Andy Warhol smiles in New York. Artist Any Warhol and the musician Prince were both center stage Wednesday in a case at the Supreme Court, a copyright case that had the justices discussing topics from Cheerios to the Mona Lisa. (AP Photo / Richard Drew)

Guilty pleas entered in Warhol, Pollock burglary ring in U.S.

The thefts included Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock artwork taken in 2005 from the Everhart Museum in Scranton

In this 1976 file photo, pop artist Andy Warhol smiles in New York. Artist Any Warhol and the musician Prince were both center stage Wednesday in a case at the Supreme Court, a copyright case that had the justices discussing topics from Cheerios to the Mona Lisa. (AP Photo / Richard Drew)
Some of the harshest judged behaviours fell into the “during flight” category, with things such as leg room and arm-rest sharing being a hot debate. (File photo)

What flies, what doesn’t: Travel company releases airport etiquette list

The clapping-when-the-plane-lands debate ends here

Some of the harshest judged behaviours fell into the “during flight” category, with things such as leg room and arm-rest sharing being a hot debate. (File photo)
Campsite demand has been increasing in B.C., and the feature seeks to improve visitor experience and to improve on campsite turnover rates. (File photo)

British Columbians can now get alerts about open campsites

The feature will allow campers a chance to book sites of interest once they become available

Campsite demand has been increasing in B.C., and the feature seeks to improve visitor experience and to improve on campsite turnover rates. (File photo)