CityNews - Vancouver (11 hours ago)
Heads up to drivers: a stretch of East 1st Avenue at Highway 1 will be closed until Monday evening as crews complete repaving work, according to the City of Vancouver. From 5 a.m. Sunday until 9 p.m. Monday, East 1st will be completely closed in both directions between Boundary Road and Rupert Street. In addition, […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (16 hours ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays are making some changes in their bullpen ahead of Sunday’s series finale in Chicago. Relievers Brendon Little and Lazaro Estrada were optioned to triple-A Buffalo, the Blue Jays announced, with Joe Mantiply and Austin Voth selected to the major-league roster in their place. To make room for the new pitchers on the 40-man...
ReadCBC - British Columbia (21 hours ago)
For most people, recycling is a chore. But for Himmat Rai, a five-year-old living in Maple Ridge, B.C., he says it's his "favourite thing to do." And to celebrate his passion for recycling, Rai and over a dozen of his classmates celebrated his fifth birthday at the local recycling centre.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (A day ago)
A teacher who worked at Vancouver’s David Thompson Secondary School has been found guilty of misconduct after failing to observe professional boundaries in his dealings with students. A decision posted this week on the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation (BCCTR) website says long-time music teacher David Joseph Lamb had multiple...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
The Toronto Blue Jays will have to navigate the absence of their all-star catcher. Toronto announced Saturday that Alejandro Kirk has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left thumb fracture and that rookie backstop Branon Valenzuela has been recalled from triple-A Buffalo. Kirk exited Friday’s loss to the Chicago White Sox in […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
The prevalence of third-party sports gambling ads — which the BCLC itself attributes to Ontario allowing the practice in 2022 — is so overwhelming that the lottery corporation cites illegal operators as a major factor in its online gambling revenue plateauing in recent years.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (2 days ago)
Re: Ex-mayor calls for ‘results’ in DTES On a miserably cold and wet morning in mid-March, my wife and I rode the SkyTrain to downtown Vancouver to attend an appointment and then view an exhibit at the VAG. As we walked along West Georgia Street, we passed a motionless human body wrapped in a shroud-like […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, shows them accusing him of "absolute betrayal" and colonialism.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
Officials say they are monitoring the air quality after a barge fire in Surrey, B.C., sent large plumes of smoke into the air. Metro Vancouver Regional District said it's aware of a barge fire near the stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge, also known as Riverview Bridge, which connects Surrey and New Westminster.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
Details are being shared about a recent incident involving a B.C. Ferries vessel that veered off course near rock shoals off the northern coast on March 8. On Thursday, the company summarized what happened and confirmed an investigation is underway.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
Tania Warner and her 7-year-old daughter have been released from ICE custody in Texas after being detained on March 14. The woman, originally from Penticton, B.C., insists she is living in the United States legally and intends to fight for her right to stay.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (3 days ago)
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has extended a request to the Province of B.C. to secure a housing and infrastructure agreement with the federal government. The aim is to make development costs more affordable while having housing projects moving to completion. This happens after the federal government and the Province of Ontario signed an agreement with...
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
First Nations leaders say that B.C. Premier David Eby announced plans to pause some parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, known as DRIPA, in meeting this morning amid mounting feedback from more than 100 Indigenous groups opposed to any amendments.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (4 days ago)
As summer approaches, two Metro Vancouver municipalities are trying to reduce the risk of extreme heat. New Westminster is requiring landlords to maintain safe temperatures in at least one room in an apartment, and Vancouver is funding cooling retrofits in some SROs.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (4 days ago)
Two Kelowna, B.C., food establishments have been penalized for violating provincial liquor laws within a week of each other. In one case, the province's liquor regulator fined a Caribbean restaurant $11,000 for allowing alcohol off its premises. In another case, an Indian restaurant had its alcohol licence suspended for a week after serving a minor...
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