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Vancouver council passes symbolic ban against coal shipments
Vancouver city councillors have voted to ban coal from being transported within the city limits – a move that is much more about the future than the present.Coun. Kerry Jang says the decision does not...
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NDP want transit funding model sooner rather than later
The NDP’s Translink critic says yesterdays Expo line breakdown is another sign of the Provincial government mismanaging the transit utility.George Heyman says funding shortfalls might not be entirely...
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Couple facing terrorism charges appear in B.C. Supreme Court
It will be another month before the couple accused of building and planting bombs at the legislature will be back in court. Sitting just two seats apart at BC Supreme Court in Vancouver this morning,...
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Special prosecutor looks at RCMP report into B.C.'s polygamist community
A new development in the long-running probe into B.C.’s polygamist community of Bountiful.The RCMP has now delivered its report to special prosecutor Peter Wilson, who will likely spend the next...
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Judge signals she will accept 11-14 years in prison for UN gangsters
A BC Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on the sentences for the UN gang members who plotted to kill the Bacon brothers.But Justice Janice Dhillon has signalled she will accept a joint...
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RCMP looking for Colony Farm patient
Coquitlam RCMP are asking for help finding a man who is an out-patient at the colony farm forensic psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam. Corporal Jamie Chung says 43 year old Christopher Todd Taylor was...
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Transit cops face more charges
More charges have been laid against two Transit Police officers, accused of assaulting a man at the Granville SkyTrain station.Constables Alfred Wong and Bruce Shipley face charges of breach of trust,...
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VPD's new ride
A ride in the back seat probably won't look or feel any different, but Vancouver's fleet of police cars is getting an upgrade.The familiar Ford Crown Victoria, no longer in production, is being phased...
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Controversy continues over BC government endorsement of Champix
While BC's Health Minister continues to defend a controversial drug used to help smokers quit, a woman from Sechelt is demanding the government stop endorsing Champix. Alicia Pickering says she became...
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Update on fatal plane crash near Pemberton June 29th
The names of all four people killed when a small plane collided with a glider near Pemberton over the long weekend have now been released by the BC Coroner's Service. The pilot of the Cessna was...
View ArticleSome bubbly on the beach a possibility
BC's new Attorney General says she's been getting an earful about one touchy subject since she started her new job and she's not about to take any sides, just yet.It's too late for this summer, but...
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Abbotsford Police search for missing man
The search for a missing Abbotsford man has been expanded to cover land and sea after his vehicle was found near the Fraser River.41 year old Baljinder Sahota left his home yesterday at noon carrying...
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Toddler survives fall from two-storey window
It is a situation every parent fears, a child falling out of a window.RCMP say that is what happened to a two-year-old boy in Maple Ridge yesterday afternoon.Mounties say the toddler fell from a...
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Group aims to help set North American skinny-dipping record
Skinny dipping enthusiasts and naturists are teaming up in South Surrey to help break North America’s skinny dipping record.How many bare bums does it take to break the record?Don Pitcairn with Surrey...
View ArticleBella Bella scrambles to bring in food after sole grocery store burns down
One day after a fire destroyed its lone grocery store, the remote B.C. community of Bella Bella is improving ways to rebuild.Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk First Nation, says the...
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Ridge Meadows RCMP searching for men who shot at officer
Ridge Meadows RCMP are looking for two men after a Mountie was shot at early this morning.The officer approached the men, who were in the ditch, and when they fled on foot, he hopped in his car.It was...
View ArticlePolice investigating fatal crash in Campbell River
Two men are dead after an early morning car crash on Vancouver Island.Mounties say the fatal crash occurred on Nursery Road around 2 this morning.They're calling it a single vehicle rollover, so it...
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BC firefighters will help douse Yukon forest fires
BC is sending 29 firefighters north to the Yukon to help fight forest fires.Fire Information Officer Navi Saini says the Northwest Fire Centre, the Cariboo Fire Centre and the Prince George Fire Centre...
View ArticleA horse's death at the Calgary Stampede sparks outrage
Animal rights activists in Vancouver are calling on the Calgary Stampede to put an end to some traditional events.The call comes after a 12-year-old thoroughbred collapsed and died after a chuckwagon...
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'Glee' star Cory Monteith found dead in a downtown Vancouver hotel
Fans around the world are in shock at the sudden death of actor Cory Monteith.The actor's body was found in his room on the 21st floor of the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in downtown...
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