CityNews - Vancouver (4 hours ago)
Ahead of a major road closure in Vancouver, community members have been invited to a town hall meeting about the impact it will have on drivers, pedestrians and businesses. Beginning next month, the area around Broadway and Main Street will be closed for up to four months as crews remove the traffic deck and rebuild […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (5 hours ago)
One of the first tests of the strength of the B.C. Greens under its new leadership is renegotiations on an agreement with the NDP — and whether they can secure commitments from the government on key priorities including taxing the rich, the climate and electoral reform.
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (5 hours ago)
George Springer’s three-run homer in the seventh inning of Game 7 of the AL Championship series against the Seattle Mariners is a moment that will live forever in Blue Jays lore, right up there with Joe Carter’s World Series home run and Jose Bautista’s bat flip. Eight-year-old Michael Gomes was in the crowd at Rogers […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (19 hours ago)
Two high school students are calling for improved traffic safety around their school after their classmate was struck by a speeding car last year. Road safety improvements had eventually been installed outside of Vancouver’s Lord Byng Secondary School after the incident. However, Victoria and Minsung say the nearby intersection still lacks proper...
ReadCBC - British Columbia (21 hours ago)
Dozens of people gathered on Saturday to honour 21-year-old Alexa Knodel, a young mother, gymnastics coach and lash technician, who was shot and killed in Penticton, B.C., in June. RCMP say they are investigating the case as a homicide but so far no charges have been laid.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (24 hours ago)
The B.C. government is issuing new guidance for physicians treating youth with overlapping mental health and substance use issues. It directs doctors to notify parents and potentially involuntarily detain youth if they're unable or unwilling to seek care themselves.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
Prince Rupert residents are celebrating the holidays this year with coastal flair — instead of decking the halls, they're stacking crab traps to create a tree on the docks of Rushbrook Marina. The towering display of more than 160 traps is complete with lights, ornaments and decorations.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
The IIO has released a report into the death of 42-year-old Chris Amyotte, who died in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in 2022 after a police officer shot him with a beanbag shotgun. Bystanders said Amyotte had been acting like he had been pepper-sprayed and needed help.
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
B.C. Premier David Eby says he is open to revising the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). His comments come after B.C.'s Court of Appeal found that the legislation is incompatible with the province's current system used to grant mineral rights because it fails to ensure First Nations are notified when claims are...
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (3 days ago)
Re: B.C. NDP still dodging tough questions even as it announces new limits on safer-supply drugs Since 2020, B.C. has been running what amounts to a province-wide experiment — giving out prescription opioids like hydromorphone under the banner of "safer supply.” The goal was to save lives, which we all support. But saving lives isn't […]
ReadCityNews - Vancouver (3 days ago)
Police say a road in Abbotsford closed Friday morning after a driver struck and killed a pedestrian. The Abbotsford Police Department (AbbyPD) says it was called to the crash on McCallum Road near Busby Road around 5:30 a.m. First responders found a pedestrian suffering from life-threatening injuries after colliding with the driver of a pickup...
ReadCBC - British Columbia (3 days ago)
Two people are dead after separate crashes in the Lower Mainland Friday morning. Burnaby RCMP say a fatal crash happened around 8 a.m. in the area of Sprott Street and Kensington Avenue. Hours earlier, a pedestrian died after being struck by a pickup truck in Abbotsford.
ReadVancouver Sun - Local (3 days ago)
The Cowichan Tribes ruling has rapidly become the most significant land title case in Canada. It has sparked intense and competing arguments in private, in public and in the legislative assembly in Victoria. Premier Eby was grilled mercilessly about his defence of private property rights, his government's slow response to file a stay and what […]
ReadCBC - British Columbia (4 days ago)
Families traveling to receive medical care in northern B.C. now have a new option for support, with the opening of a Ronald McDonald House family room in Prince George. The charity will provide free stays for families of children in the hospital, and will serve some of the most rural communities in B.C.
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