Each week at Global BC, we highlight our stories to bring a bright spot to your Friday and into the weekend. Here are the five stories we want to share: Canada’s first-ever commercial electric flight takes off in B.C.
It’s a historic day for Canadian aviation. Sealand Flight, based in Campbell River, B.C.
, conducted Canada’s first-ever commercial flight in an electric aircraft on June 14. Ian Lamont, a flying instructor, told Global News it’s a thrill and an honour. “The price of fuel (aviation) gas today is over $80 an hour for the fuel burn in (a Cessna) 172.
And this is going to be less than two dollars,” Lamont said. Story continues below advertisement He added they would like to convert their entire fleet to electric aircraft. To mark the occasion, Sealand held a contest for students to tell them why they wanted to pilot an electric aircraft.
1-bedroom rents in Vancouver dropped in 2023, data finds It’s a statistic many in Vancouver thought they’d never see. The average cost of a one-bedroom place in Vancouver was $2,650 a month in 2023, which was down about two per cent year over year. Vancouver was the only city in the top 10 priciest rental markets where the average cost of a one-bedroom decreased.
Other B.C. cities in the top 10 were Burnaby, Victoria and Kelowna.
Despite the improvement, prices in Vancouver remain the highest across Canada’s biggest cities, according to the rental website Zumper ‘s June rent report. 2:02 1-bedroom rent drops slig.
