CBC - British Columbia (A day ago)
A B.C. provincial court judge has slapped the owners of four Lower Mainland sex shops with a precedent-setting $1-million penalty for advertising, selling and packaging prescription-only erectile dysfunction drugs under the guise of "natural health products."
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (A day ago)
Toronto police are investigating a mass shooting in Scarborough that left at least 12 people injured Friday evening. Officers say the shooting happened at the Piper Arms Pub near Scarborough Town Centre at approximately 10:30 p.m. At least 12 people were reportedly shot. Their conditions vary from minor to critical, paramedics tell CityNews. Police...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (A day ago)
While Canadians are fighting in a trade war against hefty tariffs that seem to be changing by the hour, a small American town of just over 1,000 people is feeling the pain firsthand. Businesses in Point Roberts, Wash., — which is located on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula — have been weathering a […]
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (2 days ago)
In that classic line in all affairs of the heart, the guilty partner tries to lessen the blow of his/her leaving by saying it's all their fault that this relationship is over. Not in this case. The guilty party is guilty on many levels. Most people wanting to get out of relationships wish to do […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
Another case of measles has been identified in B.C., this time within the Fraser Health region. The case comes as Canada's chief public health officers warns of the danger posed by a rise of infections at home and abroad, coupled with a declining vaccination rate.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
Brock Boeser is staying in Vancouver — at least until the end of the 2024-25 campaign. Amid a wave of changes that have swept up a Vancouver Canucks core that looked set in stone as recently as last season, much was made of the potential of the future for the longest-serving Canucks player. Headed to unrestricted free agency […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
After a reasonably sunny week, much of B.C.’s South Coast, including the Lower Mainland, is set for a drenching. An atmospheric river is on its way to the region, settling in over Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley beginning early Saturday. 1130 NewsRadio meteorologist Michal Kuss explains the “downright stormy” weather will bring up to...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
It’s been about a month since 1130 NewsRadio first told you about the Surrey business owner who said his sales have been hit as British Columbians avoid travelling south amid growing tensions with the United States. Peter Raju, president and owner of the Peace Arch Duty Free by the Highway 99 border crossing, tells 1130 […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (2 days ago)
Laken Pavan travelled to occupied Ukraine to volunteer for an aid group and ended up being recruited as a Russian agent. The then 17-year-old was sent to Poland to spy on its military, but confessed to police. Now his family hopes to bring an early end to his 20-month jail sentence.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
B.C.’s farmers and ranchers say they are resilient and they will get through all the uncertainty around United States President Donald Trump’s tariff deadlines. “The way we are looking at it is we are currently in a transition period, we are in a holding pattern,” said Jennifer Woike, president of the BC Agriculture Council (BCAC), […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (2 days ago)
Carson Soucy wasn't a mistake for the Vancouver Canucks. The defence just got better around him. The mobile, six-foot-five defenceman was a significant add for the Canucks two summers ago when he signed a three-year, $9.75-million contract in free agency. But after Soucy struggled in the first half of this season to play elevated minutes in the...
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The Surrey Police Service says the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash on the Pattullo Bridge that killed three people has been arrested and released. “The investigation is ongoing at this time, and no charges have been forwarded to Crown Counsel for approval,” the SPS said in a statement to CityNews Vancouver on […]
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (2 days ago)
The provincial government's requirement to increase density, by allowing the building of fourplexes on single family lots, means B.C. is going to experience a demolition crisis, says Glyn Lewis of Renewal Development. "From an environmental and economic perspective, demolition is not a wise choice.” Currently 2,700 homes are demolished each year...
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
B.C.'s director of civil forfeiture is suing a man who was allegedly at the wheel of a Tesla that may have been racing across the Pattullo Bridge with a Nissan Altima on Valentine's Day when the Nissan slammed into a semi-truck, killing three people and injuring one more.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (3 days ago)
The British Columbia and federal governments have signed a four-year, $670-million pharmacare agreement, giving universal access to contraceptive and diabetes medications. The plan will support nearly 550,000 B.C. residents with diabetes and provide 1.3 million people with a range of contraceptives. The agreement, signed Thursday, will also mean...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (3 days ago)
The provincial budget set aside almost $16 billion for transportation and transit projects over the next three years, but none of it was direct funding for TransLink services. A Metro Vancouver mayor tells 1130 NewsRadio that it’s the second straight year that the transit agency has come up empty. “We’ve been told that as a […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (3 days ago)
He was speaking about Elias Pettersson when Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet told reporters on Tuesday that if the struggling centre is good enough over the final 22 games, people might not remember the first 60. To an extent, the same applies to the entire team. Look, nobody is going to forget this wildly erratic, plot-twist of a season...
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (3 days ago)
It is a message for drivers everywhere — slow down and pay attention to your surroundings. Some neighbours are speaking out after a three-year-old child was hit and killed by a vehicle Wednesday morning in Chilliwack. It happened around 10 a.m. on Vedder Road at Petewawa Road, close to a park and daycare. Elizabeth Wilde […]
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