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New challenge to mandatory minimum sentences
Vancouver's Pivot Legal Society is calling on lawyers across the country to challenge mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes.Pivot lawyer Scott Bernstein says the Harper goverment's "tough on...
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Sperm donor case over
Canada's highest court will not hear an appeal from a B-C born woman -- fighting to learn the identity of her sperm-donor father.Olivia Pratten sought to take her case to the Supreme Court of Canada...
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Cougar shot
The search for a cougar in Coquitlam is over but the B-C Conservation Officer Service says the concern for public safety continues.Inspector Chris Doyle says officers shot the animal around eight this...
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Threat from SARS-like virus growing
The World Health Organization is calling it "a threat to the entire world."Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome -- or MERS -- has sickened about 40 people worldwide -- killing about half of them.There...
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Gun Amnesty announced for B-C
Police forces around B-C are giving people who have guns they don't want, a month long amnesty to turn them in.RCMP Assistant Commissioner Wayne Rideout says during the month of June you just call your...
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CUPE strike votes
Unionized Support Staff in schools around the province are in the midst of voting on strike action. Miriam Pulsifer is president of CUPE Local 15, which represents workers in the Vancouver School...
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Man assaulted, taken hostage and robbed
A man knocked unconscious and forced to withdraw money from his bank. Abbotsford police say the victim alerted the teller and the police were called about 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Sgt. Jeremy Lane has...
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Elections BC has one more riding to settle
The last riding left up in the air after the provincial election will be decided in a BC Supreme Courtroom next week. Â Elections BC spokesperson Don Main says a judicial recount for Coquitlam-...
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Sharks are more fascinating in the wild than in a soup bowl
A UBC study says the worlds sharks are a better net economic benefit int he ocean rather than in soup. Â University Fisheries Centre Professor Rashid Sumaila says the value of global shark fisheries is...
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Ferry ridership down while fares go up
The same month B-C Ferries hiked its rates, ridership tumbled on the major routes.On April 1st, the Ferry Corporation increased fares by an average of 4.1 per cent for all routes -- by the end of the...
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New area code for B-C takes effect tomorrow
BC's new area code takes effect tomorrow.2-3-6 will be province-wide, but will be given out gradually.It will only be available to residents or businesses acquiring new phone numbers in areas where...
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BC Formally rejects Northern Gateway Pipeline
The B-C Government has formally rejected the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal.In a statement issued at 10am, Environment Minister Terry Lake says B-C has made its final written submission to the...
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New Cabinet to be sworn in June 7th
Premier Christy Clark's new cabinet will be unveiled on Friday June 7th at a celebration in Vancouver.It will be officially sworn in the following Monday at a cermony at Government House in...
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Burnaby looking for sex offender
Burnaby Mounties are looking for a sex offender who may be on the loose.They say 35-year-old Ronald Currie Miljure is a person of interest to Vancouver Police -- but police believe he has ties to...
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Hazmat team at Delta Port
Operations at Delta Port have ground to a halt as a hazmat team works to find the source of a mysterious odour.Deputy harbour master of operations Chris Wellstood says the smell was first detected...
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Arson suspected in Burnaby
Arson is suspected in this morning's apartment fire in east Burnaby.It was put out after damaging a ground floor suite at 7086 Canada Way.RCMP Cpl. David Reid says the landlord heard a loud bang coming...
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Federal response to BC's rejection of Enbridge pipeline is careful
BC's senior cabinet minister seems to be closing the door on the Northern Gateway pipeline being forced through British Columbia.James Moore says Ottawa agrees with Premier Christy Clark's five...
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Teen survives being hit by a train in Burnaby
A teen is recovering in a Burnaby hospital after being struck by a train on Friday night.RCMP say it happened around Barnet Highway and Cariboo Road in North Burnaby, just east of the Barnet Marine...
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Less time to sue
A new law comes into effect in B.C. today that limits the amount of time people have to file lawsuits.B.C.'s old laws contained a garden variety of limitations on lawsuits to be filed.The government...
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Mayors gather in Vancouver
The federal minister responsible for transport and infrastructure has spoken to local government representatives gathered in Vancouver.At the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Denis Lebel said,...
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