Category Archives: British Columbia

Metro Vancouver residents scramble for another ride as bus strike drags into Day 2
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of thousands of Metro Vancouver residents are without a bus ride again today as striking transit supervisors carry on with their 48-hour strike. The dispute between more than 180 ...
Jan 23, 2024

Port Pub renovation ordered
Port Pub owner Peter Wang has been given 30 days to restore his building to a liveable condition. City Council voted unanimously yesterday to declare the building a nuisance property, and force its cl...
Jan 23, 2024

Ontario preparing 'back to basics' curriculum for kindergarten
TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is extending his "back to basics" curriculum push into kindergarten. The government plans to spend the next year consulting on new mandatory learning...
Jan 23, 2024

Cross-examination of Forcillo continues at coroner's inquest for Sammy Yatim
TORONTO - A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar more than a decade ago is taking the stand for a second day at a coroner's inquest. Cross-examination for James Forcillo...
Jan 23, 2024

Metro Vancouver says stench from Burnaby refinery didn't breach air quality limits
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver says an acrid odour that blanketed parts of the region on Sunday contained elevated contaminant levels, but didn't breach pollution standards. The regional federation of mu...
Jan 22, 2024

West Fraser Timber permanently closing Fraser Lake, B.C., sawmill
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says it's permanently closing its sawmill in Fraser Lake, B.C., after an orderly wind-down. The Vancouver-based company says it's unable to access economically ...
Jan 22, 2024

Nanaimo woman pleads not guilty to murdering & dismembering former boyfriend
VANCOUVER - A highly anticipated murder trial is underway in BC Supreme Court for a woman accused of killing her former boyfriend then dumping his body parts around Nanaimo.On Monday, Jan. 22 Paris Ja...
Jan 22, 2024

Police watchdog wants review of B.C.'s officer's punishment for sexual advances
VICTORIA - B.C.'s police complaint commissioner has ordered a review into how an officer was disciplined for misconduct, saying it didn't fit the seriousness of allegations that he made inappropriate ...
Jan 22, 2024

Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, 'no way out' from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the b...
Jan 22, 2024

Port Pub called nuisance unsightly hazard
City Council is preparing to put the Port Pub back on the nuisance property list, and force improvements for the tenants. According to a report from the Manager of Community Safety, the property is in...
Jan 22, 2024