Sparked by frustrations over new short-term rental restrictions, a lobby group of short-term rental owners is attempting to influence B.C. Conservative and B.C. United partyleaders' housing policies.

A pillar of his First Nation and the local Port Alberni community, Richard Gus, 93, known as Cody, is remembered for the smiles he brought to those who encountered him on his long daily walks into town, his legacy as a boxer and his resilient advocacy work as a residential school survivor.

A new report shows the number of short-term rental listings in Canada increased more than 60 per cent between 2017 and 2023, with the highest growth in B.C. and Ontario. The report identified more than 100,000 short-term rentals that could be homes.