Weather records shattered across BC
It's another very warm day across bc and new weather records have been set in a number of communities.The Vancouver Airport got up to 21.2 degrees, beating the record set back in 1942.Pitt Meadows got...
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Langley Mayor wants more residential development at transit exchange
The Township of Langley is making changes to its development plan thanks to the success of the new Port Mann rapid bus. Mayor Jack Froese says the route is so popular the township is now looking to...
View ArticleUBC professor says NDP candidate's communist past not at all alarming
The NDP'S candidate for Richmond Centre says his past as a member of the Chinese Communist Party is being used unfairly as a smear campaign."Currently I am not a member of the Chinese Communist...
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Missing Person case now a homicide
RCMP say a missing person case on Vancouver Island is now a homicide.Police think 41-year-old Jennifer McPherson, who was reported missing on May 1st, was the victim of murder.Based on investigative...
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Faster way to get through customs
A new program at Vancouver International Airport will make getting through customs a whole lot faster.Instead of filling out a declaration card and waiting in line to answer a border agent's questions,...
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UPDATED: Polak says newly resigned campaign manager shared info with NDP
The campaign manager for BC Liberal candidate Mary Polak has quit.Todd Hauptman says Polak has always shown him "respect and love,” but he can't support a campaign "made up of people who think less of...
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Dix says Liberals running "fact free" campaign
The NDP leader made a campaign stop in Richmond today, where one of his candidates came under fire for once belonging to the Communist Party in China.Adrian Dix says it's just insulting to suggest...
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Worker killed by falling retaining wall
A worker has been killed in an industrial accident in Vancouver.It happened a short time ago in the 45 hundred block of Langara Avenue at a residential construction site.WorksafeBC says the man was...
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Advanced voting starts tomorrow
Voters can begin casting advanced ballots on Wednesday for next week's provincial election.Elections BC spokesperson Don Main says advanced voting stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until this...
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Clark dismisses questions about phoney caller to CKNW
Christy Clark is brushing off questions about a phony caller to a CKNW radio show.Clark was asked about a caller named Mike, who turned out to be a Liberal supporter named Kenneth Fung.During the call...
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Anti-pipeline protesters crash Liberal campaign event
Anti-pipeline protesters greeted Liberal leader Christy Clark at a campaign event in Kitimat today.They did not interrupt the event, but held up signs opposing the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline...
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BC Conservatives not taking Elections BC to court
The BC Conservative Party is throwing in the towel on taking Elections BC to court. Conservative Campaign Chair Rick Peterson says the party's lawyer told them they simply don't have a case. Peterson...
View ArticleKayaker rescued after coming out of kayak in Seymour River
District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue were called out to the Seymour River after a kayaker got into trouble. Assistant Chief Mike Cairns says it happened Tuesday evening."We had a report of an...
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Fare cheats still evading fines, six months after new laws
Getting transit fare cheats to pay their fines is still proving a problem for Translink.Between September 2012 and the end of January 2013 (six months), nearly 14,000 violation tickets were written by...
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Environmentalists seek court order against B.C. fish farm
The environmental group Ecojustice is seeking a federal court order declaring that a B.C. fish farm illegally moved diseased farmed salmon into waters shared with wild fish.Lawyer Margot Venton says...
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Police look for witness to Cambie pub stabbing
Vancouver police are looking for a man who witnessed a serious stabbing at a local pub last Wednesday.Dozens of witnesses have already been interviewed about what happened following an altercation at...
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Homicide investigators take over case of missing Richmond man
The integrated homicide team has taken over the case of a missing Richmond man.Police say Kiem Cuong "Steven" Yip has not been heard from since April 20.A family member reported him missing on...
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New information in Queen of the North trial about 'conversation' on bridge
While we wait for a verdict at the trial stemming from the Queen of the North sinking, we can tell you some information kept from the 12 jurors who are now deliberating in isolation.Five years ago,...
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Liberals refuse to take down attack ad against broadcasting agreement
It appears we have a standoff between the media consortium and the BC Liberals over their use of footage from last week’s televised leaders debate.The media consortium, which organized the debate, had...
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Confusion over Clark's ballot cast in advanced voting
Elections BC may have to investigate whether Christy Clark spoiled her ballot in advanced voting today.Clark was surrounded by media when she visited a polling station in Burnaby.She’s running in...
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