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The family of slain 6-year old Dontay Lucas were at the Port Alberni City Council meeting last night, asking the city name a park or playground after the child. Dontay died in March 2018 after sufferi...
David Wiwchar Jan 30, 2024
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a group of Apple iPhone users whose devices allegedly slowed down after software updates says consumers would receive between $17.50 and $150 under a settlement agreement nego...
Jan 29, 2024
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As a provincial byelection approaches in a long-held Progressive Conservative riding in Newfoundland, there's something conspicuously hard to find on the Liberal candidate's campaig...
Jan 29, 2024
VANCOUVER - British Columbia saw a record-breaking 563 organ transplants last year from a record160 deceased organ donors and 77 living donors. Edward Ferre, provincial operations director for BC Tran...
Jan 29, 2024
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's post-secondary education minister says no new institutions will be allowed to enrol international students for two years as the province seeks to eliminate "exploitiv...
Jan 29, 2024
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of another torrent of heavy rain in southwestern British Columbia in the latest atmospheric river to wash over the region. The weather agency says another 100...
Jan 29, 2024
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Police in Coquitlam, B.C., are asking for the public's help in identifying two separate drivers suspected of hitting the same pedestrian in alleged hit-and-run crashes. A statement f...
Jan 28, 2024
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they're investigating the city's first homicide of this year. A statement from police says officers were called to a home near East 33rd Avenue and Knight Street ju...
Jan 28, 2024
VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier has apologized after he says a member of his staff posted an incorrect message in social media posts linking to his statement marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on...
Jan 28, 2024
VANCOUVER - A hops farm company and its director have been ordered to pay more than $1 million over an alleged fraud that a B.C. Securities Commission panel described as "near to the most serious type...
Jan 28, 2024