CBC - British Columbia (14 hours ago)
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a case about applications for access to personal information held by Jehovah's Witnesses congregations that withheld information from two former members who applied under B.C.'s Personal Information Protection Act for records about themselves, on the basis it was confidential religious communication.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (17 hours ago)
Earlier this week, Vancouver-headquartered company Lululemon revealed its designs for Team Canada for next year’s Winter Olympics. The selection of garments, to be worn by our athletes at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Italy, range from puffer jackets to toques priced from $18 to $498. The opening and closing...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (18 hours ago)
A crime blog, that helped orchestrate a crime. Web hits, that turned into a real hit. Those are among the allegations the co-founder of the The Dirty Newz website, Gursewak Singh Bal, 33, of Mississauga, is facing after he was among seven Canadians arrested Wednesday as part of the FBI’s Operation Giant Slalom — an […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (A day ago)
Island Health says the intensive care unit (ICU) at West Coast General Hospital in Port Alberni, B.C., has been closed indefinitely due to a shortage of specially trained doctors and nurses. While the emergency department remains open, patients requiring intensive care will be transferred to another hospital.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
A man who committed a violent home invasion to steal cryptocurrency in 2024 has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Police in Port Moody say Tsz Wing Boaz Chan was arrested and charged after the home invasion in the city on April 27, 2024. Investigators say Chan’s motive for the violent robbery was stealing […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
An Abbotsford, B.C., man remembers feeling shocked and confused after walking up to his business early one morning and seeing the glass entrance riddled with bullet holes. Later that day, he says he received a chilling phone call from a man demanding $1 million.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
The report said the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner is currently building a program to carry out "systemic investigations" after its mandate was expanded under the Police Act last year, in hopes of reducing complaints and improving public confidence in law enforcement.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Re: The slow unravelling of higher education in B.C. has begun Trevor McFadyen made several key points. One was student access to post-secondary education outside Metro Vancouver, and another was the vital role played by college campuses across the province. If you live in Terrace, Cranbrook, Port Alberni, Kamloops, Vernon or dozens of other...
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