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Port Mann apology after sluggish morning
An apology after commuters faced traffic chaos on the Port Mann bridge this morning.Drivers faced long delays after crews blocked off a westbound lane until quarter after six.Project spokesperson Greg...
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Ladysmith man pleads guilty to lesser offense in child porn case
A 65-year-old Ladysmith man facing child porn charges has been sentenced to an eighteen month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to a lesser offense.Bruce Alexander Rogers plead guilty October...
View ArticleSurrey businessman sues TheDirty.com
A Surrey-based businessman is taking a website to court for publishing what he says is defamatory material.Robin Lee Dickson is suing TheDirty.com for posting what he says is false information about...
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UPDATES: Obama declared winner in US election, gets 2nd term
With Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" playing, a victorious Barack Obama took the stage at his headquarters in Chicago early Wednesday morning, shortly after being re-elected to the White...
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Huge barn fire in Abbottsford
 (photo courtesy of Kevin MacDonald)No injuries are reported after a huge barn fire in rural Abbotsford early this morning.The 80 foot by 50 foot barn near Ross Road and 58th Avenue burst into flames...
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Newly appointed civic watchdog welcomed
A prominent Vancouver City Councillor says his main concern about BC's new watchdog for municipal governments was who's paying her salary.Now that's been settled, so Raymond Louie says he's confident...
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On tonight's menu: grilled Mayor
Vancouver's Mayor was grilled at a West End town hall meeting.On Kinder Morgan's pipeline plans, Gregor Robertson says the city is looking at a new bylaw he calls a game changer.Robertson says the...
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Will 'Super Sam' return to politics?
Former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan is staying mum over rumours of a possible BC Liberal nomination bid in Vancouver-False Creek. Â Sullivan did drop a hint something will be announced soon, "Oh, I am...
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RV fire causes injury
Abbotsford Fire-Rescue was called just after 7 pm Wednesday for a fire involving an R-V at Myrtle and Lefevre. Staff Sergeant Amar Kingra: "We responded to a report of a motor home on fire at the 27...
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Robertson looks to special oil tanker bylaw
Vancouver City Council is pondering a new bylaw that could be a "game changer" when it comes to oil pipelines running to and through the city. Â Mayor Gregor Robertson says the bylaw, if passed, would...
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Closing a section of Robson St could come with a cost
A Vision Vancouver town hall in the West End was mostly a friendly affair but not when it came to closing off a section of Robson Street for the one block by the Vancouver Art gallery.A shouting match...
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Revoked BC Tories seek Court time
The bitter internal struggle in the BC Conservative Party has not only gone public it is about to play out inside a Court room. Â Three so-called dissidents whose memberships have been revoked have...
View ArticleICBC could be on the hook for millions in severance as they trim staff
While ICBC cuts staff to reduce costs they could be on the hook for millions of dollars in severance payments.  Seven executives were sent packing last week, and ICBC says over a million and half...
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Major Police incident in New Westminster
Police continue to say little about what is going on near the Starlight Casino in the Queensborough Landing area of New Westminster.Dozens of police officers converged on the area a few hours ago and...
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Update on New West standoff
A tense situation continues near the Starlight Casino in the Queensborough landing area of New Westminster.Just over three hours after this incident began, New Westminster Police have just briefed the...
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Premier calls ICBC severance payments "ridiculous"
Premier Christy Clark calls the massive payouts toICBC executives 'ridiculous.'The corporation has reduced its executive and announced it plans to chop an additional 250 positions, which would save...
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Highway of tears case continues
More than six weeks after a link between a suspected serial killer from the U-S was drawn to BC's Highway of Tears murders, the search continues for new --solid-- evidence.Since police revealed the...
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Smart meter installations nearing completion
BC Hydro is a month or so away from installing all the new, and controversial, smart meters in homes and businesses across the Province.Spokesperson Cindy Verschoor says they are 90-percent done with...
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Municipal Auditor-General well received in many circles
It seem the Union of BC Municipalities is warming to the idea of an Auditor General for local governments.UBCM President and Quesnel Mayor Mary Sjostrom says there was some initial hesitation, "It was...
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IHIT has been called to Surrey after a body was found
Surrey mounties called in the Intigrated Homicide Investigation Team Thursday night.IHIT's Corporal Adam MaCintosh says the case is in its early stages and there isn't much he can make public."Shortly...
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