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Surrey Memorial Hospital ER opening again soon
Surrey Memorial Hospital's Emergency Room will be back to business as usual Monday, December 3rd.Construction-related flooding on November 19th shut down the ER and most medical imaging areas. Since...
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Man charged in downtown hostage incident
Three charges have now been laid in yesterday’s hostage-taking at a downtown Vancouver convenience store.Koyes Ahmad is facing one count each of unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon and uttering...
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Federal NDP Leader speaks at BC Fed Convention
The leader of the federal ndp took the federal Conservative government to task as he addressed delegates at the BC Federation of Labour convention.Thomas Mulcair critcised the Harper governement for...
View ArticleState of Burnaby Hospital questioned
CKNW has obtained a controversial report painting a damning picture of Burnaby Hospital's ability to meet the needs of its patients. The 141 page document by a citizens committee chaired by BC Liberal...
View ArticleMetro Vancouver may halt spraying for West Nile virus
A motion's going before the Metro Vancouver Board to discontinue mosquito control for West Nile virus.The main reason for wanting to discontinue the program is because there was no west nile virus...
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Mulcair: Unions don't influence my party
After speaking to the BC Federation of Labour Convention in Vancouver the leader of the Federal NDP says unions have no influence on his party. Â Thomas Mulcair says his party is working for better...
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State of Burnaby Hospital questioned
BC's Health Minister has accepted complete responsibility for resolving ongoing problems at Burnaby Hospital.This, as a new report details overcrowding, lack of resources and unequal treatment at the...
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CN worker killed by derailment identified
The CN worker killed by Wednesday's derailment in northern BC was a 30-year old from Dawson Creek.Bryan Giesbrecht was in a remote area nearly 250-kilometres northwest of Fort St. John when a car...
View ArticleHIV AIDS pilot project gets a boost
A made in BC pilot project will get new funding and be expanded as of april first after it showed dramatic results in the fight against HIV - AIDS.Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid says bc is the...
View ArticleLatest BC Teacher discipline decisions
Another batch of discipline decisions from BC's Teacher Regulation Branch.In this one: a teacher with a chainsaw, an photograph with a lollippop, and a misuse of school funds to buy snow tires.  First...
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Dangerous driver found guilty
A guilty verdict has come down in the case of a driver who fatally injured an elderly man waiting for a bus in Surrey more than three years ago.Gurjit Singh Dhillon was charged with one count of...
View ArticleTemporary agreement over provincial flu shot policy
After various health worker unions kicked up a fuss over the new mandatory flu shot policy there has been a compromise reached.Fraser Health Spokesperson Roy Thorpe-Dorward was asked what happens now...
View ArticleKits base Canadian Coast Guard member speaks out
A retiring Canadian Coast Guard member who has spent almost 20 years at Kitsilano Base says it is time the federal government took the blinders off and stopped gagging its employees.Gerry Moores scoffs...
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Deadline looms for Port Mann Bridge toll discount
Thousands of drivers hoping to catch a break on tolls for the new Port Mann Bridge waited until the last minute to register."It's been all hands on deck. It's been very busy here," says Max Logan, who...
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Elderly man injured in hit and run
A hit and run in Surrey has left a man in his 70's in hospital with serious injuries, but he is expected to recover.It happened just before 7 Friday night on 132nd street and Huntley Avenue.RCMP...
View ArticleResidents South of Fraser River still waiting for transit expansion
While the City of Vancouver pushes for a rapid transit line down Broadway, people south of the Fraser continue to wait for transit expansion.Langley City Mayor Peter Fassbender says it is not a matter...
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New Port Mann bridge now open to eight lanes of traffic
As of this Saturday morning, the new Port Mann Bridge is open to eight lanes of traffic.The bridge actually has ten lanes, but the remaining two won't open until demolition of the old span is finished....
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UPDATES: Maple Batalia's ex-boyfriend one of two men charged in her death
Homicide investigators have now released the names of the men charged in the death of 19 year old Maple Batalia.Superintendent Kevin Hackett."Charged with the first degree murder of Maple Batalia, is...
View ArticleHandyDART employees protest funding freeze
HandyDART employees held a small protest at Broadway and Commercial in Vancouver on Saturday to protest Translink's funding freeze of their service over the next three years.Mark Beeching, a training...
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RCMP looking for two men accused of being involved in kidnapping
Mounties want your help in finding two men from Mission, accused of being involved in the kidnapping of a 44 year old man last Sunday.Police say 41 year old Gurdev "Dave" Hair and 41 year old Steve...
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