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Cohen report says future "uncertain" for Fraser River sockeye
More than three years after the worst returns in British Columbia in decades, review that took more than two years to complete has determined the future of Fraser River sockeye salmon is 'uncertain.'...
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Dhaliwal answers questions about controversial letter
Saying he believes in the leadership of Premier Christy Clark, Sukh Dhaliwal has made it official: he wants to be a BC Liberal MLA for the riding of Surrey-Panorama. The former Liberal MP is finally...
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NDP MLA defends his travel expenses
The New Democrat who has spent the most on travel of any MLA so far this fiscal year says there's a good reason for the big tab. Skeena MLA Robin Austin says about 19-thousand dollars worth of his...
View ArticleGenesis Security investigating after confrontation between man and guards
A lawyer with the Pivot Legal Society says a video of three security guards and a man in a wheelchair raises definite questions about use of force. Doug King says the tape shows a man in a wheelchair...
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NDP accuse the Feds of undermining the Cohen Inquiry report
The federal opposition is urging the Conservative government to act on the recomendations in the Cohen Inquiry report. However West Coast Fisheries critic Finn Donnelly says the Conservative government...
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Emergency responders satisfied with behaviour on Halloween
It seems the rainy weather may be to thank for giving fire crews in Vancouver and Surrey a fairly quiet Halloween night. Vancouver Fire Captain Gabe Roder describes the evening as having been,...
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Man gunned down in East Vancouver
A 21-year old man is dead in what appears to be a gang hit in East Vancouver. Police say it happened at 10:30 last night in the 3200-block of East 6th Avenue, between Windermere and Rupert. The victim...
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Survey says: Tax and regulate marijuana
A new survey suggests more British Columbians favour ending the prohibition of marijuana. The Angus Reid poll shows three out of four people support taxing and regulating the drug. That's up a whopping...
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Too many food carts?
The BC Restaurant and Food Services Association is calling for a halt to the expansion of Vancouver's food cart program. The city has about 100 food carts right now, and plans to add on another 30....
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Dix: no public money for partisan ads
You can put it down as a campaign promise from opposition leader Adrian Dix, who says an NDP government would not use public money for partisan ads. Dix says it's not the way taxpayer dollars should be...
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No charges following on-ice rough stuff
RCMP say no charges will be laid against a 14 year old bantam hockey player from Nanaimo, following two serious on-ice incidents. One incident involved a brutal body-check. In the other, the boy used...
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Murder victim had been facing multiple charges
The man who was shot dead last night at his East Vancouver home was Alexander Julian Liang. Police have now confirmed his identity as the victim of the city's 8th homicide of the year. The targeted hit...
View ArticleBC health science pros taking strike vote
After seven months of bargaining, BC's health science professionals are taking a strike vote. They provide diagnostic, clinical, and rehabilitation services. Talks with the Health Employer's...
View ArticleICBC eliminating 250 positions
ICBC says it is restructuring. Five members of ICBC's executive have had to leave, and two executive positions have been eliminated. Four vice-president roles have been cut. The company says once the...
View ArticleTonnes more potentially toxic ash now being tested in Cache Creek landfill
Metro Vancouver says the potential fly ash problem at the Cache Creek landfill might be much larger than initially thought. 1800 tonnes of ash that failed hazardous waste tests was shipped from a...
View ArticleAn extension for BC Hydro
B-C Hydro is getting some more time to develop its integrated resource plan, which will lay out how it plans to meet BC's electricity needs for the next 20 years. The utility was supposed to submit the...
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NEW UPDATE: Explosive device shut down Surrey skytrain today
Transit police have just confirmed the device on the skytrain tracks was an explosive. They can't say what damage if any it may have caused if it had detonated on the tracks. RCMP bomb experts will...
View ArticleICBC and COPE 378 have a deal
ICBC and COPE Local 378 have a tentative contract in place. Members of the union, representing inside workers, staged a few rounds of job action earlier in the year. Workers still have to vote. The...
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Minister tells health care workers to get flu shots, or wear mask
BC Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid wants health care workers to either get a flu shot, or be wearing a mask, as of December first. "Steps will have to be taken if people won't cooperate with that,...
View ArticleCoquitlam Mountie sues to clear his tarnished reputation
A Coquitlam RCMP officer who claims he suffered public humiliation when pictures of him on a fetish website were made public has filed what his lawyer is calling the 'biggest breach of privacy case in...
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