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Port Mann toll account information possibly compromised
More than 270 people who opened tolling accounts for the new Port Mann Bridge should expect letters in the mail this week warning their personal information--including credit cards--may have been...
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Officers gather to remember fallen comrades
Police forces from across the Province gathered in Stanley Park to remember those who have died on duty for the 15th Annual BC Police and Peace Officer's Memorial. While no officers died in the line of...
View ArticleVotes by Licensed Practical Nurses still yet to be counted in union battle
With two unions battling over licensed practical nurses, the counting of ballots LPN's cast back in June, still, has yet to start. BC's Health Minister Margaret Macdiarmid was asked if she has...
View ArticlePatient logjams at Royal Columbian Hospital improving, but more needs to be done
BC's new Health Minister has Royal Columbian Hospital on her priority list. Margaret MacDiarmid was asked if any progress is being made on reducing wait times, and patient backlogs, not to mention...
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BCTF wants 5800 more teachers hired
The B-C Teachers Union wants the Provincial Government to spend half-a-billion dollars more on education. BCTF President Susan Lambert is urging the province to adopt a plan to begin to bring BC's...
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Remains of Albert Chretien found
(photo courtesy of Reuters) The remains of a B-C man missing more than 18 months have been found in Nevada. A couple of hunters found Albert Chretien's remains on Saturday. The 59-year old disappeared...
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Man charged in connection with attempted suicide
Abbotsford Police say a man has been charged with counselling to commit suicide. They started investigating after they encountered a local woman with ligature marks on her neck. The woman suffers from...
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Cost of BC Ferry service going up
Ferry travellers in BC will soon pay more for the service, and within three years, rates will rise as much as 12 per cent. The British Columbia Ferry Commission has approved a 4.1 per cent hike in...
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More transit fare checks; fewer tickets issued
Transit Police have stepped up fare checks but the number of tickets they're writing is down. 230 thousand fare checks were made last month, resulting in 29-hundred tickets. A year ago in the same...
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UPDATED: Clark's meeting with Redford described as "frosty and short"
The meeting was short, and both sides say the atmosphere was "frosty". Premier Christy Clark met in Calgary today with Alberta Premier Alison Redford. They spent a grand total of 15 minutes...
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More job action at ICBC
The union at ICBC has announced more job action in its on-going contract dispute. COPE local 378 has issued 48-hour notice that it's returning to 1996 workload levels for adjustors - the last time the...
View ArticleMayor wants to know where offender is living
It's been a week since a convicted child sex tourist was released on several conditions from police custody, but we still don't know where he's living. Christopher Neil was arrested after he flew in...
View ArticleTreaty Commissioner sees progress
A more upbeat annual report from the BC Treaty Commission today. Last year, chief commissioner Sophie Pierre said without signs of progress, the billion dollar enterprise might as well be shut down....
View ArticleBREAKING: Twists and turns for BC Conservative Party
A looming "high noon" showdown has become a game of "wait and see" for the embattled BC Conservative Party. Leader John Cummins told dissidents within the party to either get on board, or get lost, by...
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Government says it's taking action on domestic violence
The BC government says it's taking action to reduce domestic violence. It's released a so-called "Action Plan" in response to a scathing report by the Child and Youth representative into the 2008...
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Embattled leader Cummins says the books are in great shape
With his leadership under attack, BC Conservative Party leader John Cummins has now issued a statement. But the statement focuses on the bottom line, not the turmoil within the party. Cummins has...
View ArticleEnbridge: offshore spills not our responsibility
While insisting the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline will be safely built and operated, an Enbridge executive says tanker spills are not her company's responsibility. After speaking to a Vancouver...
View ArticleCummins; dissidents deadlocked
The leader says he's staying. The so-called dissidents say he has to be gone, by the weekend. It's been a truly topsy-turvy day for the embattled BC Conservative Party. John Cummins has issued a couple...
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Residents spoke their minds over pipeline expansion
People from all over Metro Vancouver attended a town hall in Burnaby opposing local pipeline expansion. They're concerned over potential damage to their homes and disruption to their day to day...
View ArticleBieber message scrawled on Rypien memorial
A local Justin Bieber fan appears to have sparked some intense online anger, after a message about the singer’s concert appeared on the memorial for a former Vancouver Canuck. A photo of Rick Rypien's...
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