CBC - British Columbia (4 hours ago)
Many people with advanced prostate cancer are living much longer due to new treatments, leading prostate cancer doctors say. Though not often a cure, these innovations are turning a disease once considered a death sentence into a chronic illness that can be managed for years in some patients.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (12 hours ago)
A runway construction issue is causing delays and cancellations at the Vancouver International Airport Friday afternoon. YVR says travellers are asked to check the latest flight information with their airline after an “unforeseen equipment issue” with a overnight paving work on the north runway. In a statement to 1130 NewsRadio, a...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (12 hours ago)
A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her “part-time” job as a councillor after a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives came into effect. Misty Van Popta represents Langley-Walnut Grove in the provincial legislature, but lost her job as a municipal councillor in the Township of Langley in the...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (13 hours ago)
Almost one year after serial killer Robert Pickton died following an assault by another inmate in a Quebec prison, there have been no charges against the alleged assailant and few answers about what happened. Pickton died in hospital on May 31, 2024, after being assaulted at the Port-Cartier maximum security prison 12 days prior. The […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (14 hours ago)
A B.C. man who was awarded $8 million after being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault and spending 27 years in prison says he’ll be left “homeless and penniless” if forced to pay civil damages to victims who won a lawsuit against him. The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled this week that five victims who were […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (16 hours ago)
A B.C.-based two-week global campaign in support of men’s mental health kicks off Sunday. ‘Step Up For Him,’ started by HeadsUpGuys.org, encourages participants to walk, run, or bike while raising money that will provide men with self-check tools and connect them to qualified therapists. Dr. John Ogrodniczuk, a professor of psychiatry at UBC...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (17 hours ago)
Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack suspect Kai-Ji Adam Lo made an appearance at a Vancouver provincial court Friday. This comes after being previously ordered to undergo a mental health assessment to determine his fitness for trial. Lo appeared virtually, wearing a stained dark grey and black sweater. He didn't speak throughout the appearance and at...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (17 hours ago)
In her final year of high school last year, Pitt Meadows resident Alex Paterson attempted to burn her old work shoes to celebrate her last restaurant shift. With her dad, a firefighter, they set up a bucket in their backyard with dirt, rocks, and rubbing alcohol. “I went down to light it, and it wasn't […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (18 hours ago)
The city’s much-anticipated plan to dissolve the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is facing another long delay. In December 2023, city council passed a motion asking the provincial government to help transition Park Board responsibilities to council. The Park Board has most recently been challenging the move, voting to remain an elected...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (20 hours ago)
1130 NewsRadio has won two regional 2025 Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) awards. The awards were in the Radio Newscast – Audio – Large Market category. The U.S.-based RTDNA says our breaking news coverage of the Oct. 19, 2024, atmospheric river and our continuing coverage of last fall’s provincial election were the best...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (21 hours ago)
Bouquets of flowers are slowly piling up, as a makeshift memorial grows for a four-year-old boy struck and killed by a transit bus in Horseshoe Bay on Wednesday afternoon. The collision happened around 3:30 p.m. at the corner of Keith Road and Bay Street, right outside the BC Ferries Terminal. At least three people were […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (21 hours ago)
This weekend’s massive outdoor Vancouver Whitecaps viewing party for the CONCACAF Champions Cup is sold out. Fans say they are excited, while the Vancouver Police Department says it will have a visible presence at the Terry Fox Plaza at BC Place. Peter Czimmermann is president of the Whitecaps fan group, Vancouver Southsiders, and he tells […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (22 hours ago)
A month after delivering their stillborn child, a couple received an invoice for her autopsy addressed to her by name. It revealed her remains had been waiting for pick up two weeks longer than necessary in the morgue. An expert says this is what can happen when you lack a clear system to care for families after stillbirth.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (22 hours ago)
Google's new AI video tool, Veo 3, is designed to be astonishingly realistic, generating its own dialogue, sound effects and soundtracks. Some AI experts say that level of technology is unsettling and makes it more difficult for people to discern what's real and what's fake.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (23 hours ago)
Pickton died in hospital on May 31, 2024, after being assaulted at the Port-Cartier maximum security prison 12 days prior. The 74-year-old was convicted in 2007 of six counts of second-degree murder but was suspected of killing dozens more women at his pig farm in Port Coquitlam.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
The jackpot will continue to grow! Meteorologist Michael Kuss missed the mark on Thursday’s Guaranteed High. In the 4 p.m. hour, we announced the name of an Insider Club member who had 11 minutes and 30 seconds to call in to claim the $4,600 prize. That person didn’t call in to collect their winnings, so […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
It’s been six years since Stephen Chong was found dead inside his own business in Richmond. The 58-year-old notary public was killed in 2019 and was discovered at the business on Granville Avenue near No. 3 Road. At the time, the Lower Mainland’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said Chong had no criminal record and the […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
There are staggering new numbers that show the ripple effect on Canada’s bottom line if B.C. got rid of trade barriers with other provinces. “If British Columbia were to adopt a similar bill to those of Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island, or sign mutual recognition agreements with all Canadian provinces, the country’s economy...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
There’s some good news if you need to fill up your tank on Thursday, as gas prices dropped about a dime overnight, with some stations selling a litre of regular gas for $1.66. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, tells 1130 NewsRadio that ongoing refinery issues along the U.S. West Coast have […]
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