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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Jurors heard the recording of a 911 call on Tuesday as a coroner’s inquest into the drug death of an 18-year-old University of Victoria student entered its second day. Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of fentanyl poisoning in January 2024 after she and a friend collapsed in a university…
When the Vancouver Canucks hit the ice for training camp next fall, they’ll do so without Jack Adams Award-winning head coach Rick Tocchet. The club officially announced on Tuesday that Tocchet would not return next season after the two sides failed to come to an agreement on a contract extension. 1:39 Vancouver Canucks working on…
Police say a woman found dead in Chilliwack, B.C., on Monday morning was the victim of homicide. Chilliwack RCMP found the woman in the 7500 block of Vedder Road around 11 a.m. while responding to a report of a “suspicious occurrence.” The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has now taken over the case, and identified the…
Vancouver city council has unanimously approved the official development plan for a First-Nations-led project to build thousands of new homes in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighbourhood. The plan, which has been hotly contested by some area residents, envisions 13,000 new homes housing 24,000 people on the Jericho Lands site, a 90-acre former military garrison across…
Vancouverites can expect to soon see the city’s bright green shared e-scooters whizzing about the downtown core. Lime says it is expanding the service area for its scooter-share program into the downtown peninsula this spring. The company says it is beginning to install docking stations this week in locations “carefully selected” in collaboration with the…
A Duncan, B.C., business owner says he and colleagues are worried about the potential for a dangerous fire to get out of hand, under a new municipal policy that’s curtailed firefighter responses. Will Arnold owns Experience Cycling on the Trans Canada Highway near Alexander Street. He told Global News he and other business owners are…
Rahul Ranwa drowned around 3 p.m. last Thursday at the popular beach near UBC. The international student was studying business at Vancouver Community College. Source link
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Metro Vancouver drivers are being encouraged to fill up before the long weekend, as the region experiences a significant break in gas prices. The price of gas went down 10 cents per litre over the weekend, and is down 25 cents in a month. Patrick De Haan,…
British Columbia looks well-positioned to avoid the worst of early-season floods and fires this year, provincial officials said Wednesday. Representatives from multiple provincial ministries, as well as forecasters with the BC Wildfire Service and B.C. River Forecast Centre, delivered their flood and wildfire outlook for the season. Officials said the province’s overall snowpack, while about…
Vancouver city council has voted to approve major policy changes aimed at speeding up new hotel construction. The move comes amid growing concern about the city’s hotel capacity as the clock ticks down on Vancouver’s turn as host city for the FIFA 2026 World Cup. “We have the same amount of rooms today as we…
Scores of people have signed up to speak as Vancouver city council holds a public hearing on a planned Indigenous-led megaproject that stands to reshape a residential corner of the city’s west side. Councillors are set to debate the official development plan for the Jericho Lands proposal, an ambitious plan to redevelop the 90-acre site…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in West Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after what should have been a friendly round of golf turned into fairway fisticuffs on Monday evening. West Kelowna RCMP were called to the Two Eagles Golf Course around 6:45 p.m., to reports of a disturbance. Some of the altercation…
It’s tsunami preparedness week, and in one British Columbia community, they’re taking it particularly seriously. “Being prepared on the coast in Tofino is part of life, and the kids know, the families know, the visitors certainly are made aware,” said Tofino Mayor Dan Law. Located on Vancouver Island’s west coast, the popular tourist destination sees…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s civilian police watchdog has cleared officers of wrongdoing in the suicide of a Central Saanich police officer last year. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) said Monday it had concluded there was “no indication that there was a neglect in duty to care,” or reasonable grounds…
Vancouver police say a man is facing criminal charges for allegedly biting off a 62-year-old security guard’s fingertip. Police allege the violent incident happened on April 10 outside Granville Square, near Granville and West Cordova Street. The victim was on shift when he encountered the suspect in an outdoor plaza, police said. 2:08 Video shows…
The RCMP said the officers were taken to hospital as a precaution for injuries sustained in the crash. Source link
It’s not just Vancouver Canucks fans feeling the blues about the team’s early exit from playoff contention this year. The city’s bars and restaurants are also lamenting the loss of millions of dollars in revenue a playoff run could have generated. “It hurts because definitely the city was electric last year,” said Murray Saunders general…
A new exhibit is harnessing the work of an iconic Vancouver street photographer to help unearth some of the untold stories of the city’s Chinatown. Vitality: Iconic Images, Hidden Stories at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre pairs 16 of Fred Herzog’s lush Kodachrome images captured in the historic Chinatown, Strathcona and Hastings neighbourhoods. Those images are…
Another Vancouver Island homeowner has come forward with a story about a frightening home invasion, not far from where a Parksville, B.C., family was traumatized last month. The incident happened on March 31 as the family was asleep, Parksville area resident Nigel Gray told the Regional District of Nanaimo on Tuesday. 2:16 Parksville home invasion…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Metro Vancouver’s board has approved a plan to slash $364 million in operating costs and $1.1 billion in capital spending over the next four years. It comes as homeowners face big tax hikes due to cost overruns on the North Shore Wastewater Treatment plant and scrutiny over…
Some emotional comments by one of ABC Vancouver’s unsuccessful byelection candidates have once again raised concerns about antisemitism in B.C. politics. It comes as Jewish groups in Vancouver take aim at one of the city’s new councillors-elect over a 2021 social media post. Candidate Jaime Stein, who finished sixth in the race for two vacant…
The mother of an Indigenous woman who was fatally shot by police nearly five years ago was in Victoria Tuesday to highlight ongoing work with law enforcement to prevent tragic stories like her daughter’s. “It’s a big step for me,” Martha Martin said, as she appeared with Victoria Police Chief Del Manak. “I never imagined…
A Vancouver Island family who lived through a terrifying home invasion says they’re dumbfounded the suspect has been released on bail. The suspect, 32-year-old Robin Nicholas Wakeling, is facing seven charges including assault with a weapon, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and breaking and entering. 1:59 New information on terrifying Parksville home…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conservationists are celebrating the birth of a new calf among the endangered southern resident killer whale population. The baby, born to J-Pod, was first spotted by a field biologist with the Center for Whale Research near Victoria Harbour on Sunday. 0:30 New orca calf spotted in Salish…
Should the Vancouver Island cities of Victoria and Saanich amalgamate? It’s a question that will likely be on the ballot for voters during the 2026 municipal election. That’s after a citizens’ assembly formally recommended the merger following eight months of study and dozens of hours of deliberation. “They weighed lots of concerns, lots of different…
The City of Vancouver is testing out a new one-way traffic plan in a bid to cut down on vehicle conflicts in an area regularly flooded with tourists and pedestrians. The one-way pilot will affect Canada Place between Howe and Burrard streets from the middle of April until December. The move comes ahead of the…
Vancouver’s mayor says the city will do “anything we can” to help keep the Major League Soccer (MLS) Whitecaps in town. Ken Sim made the comments Monday, as the city and the club both confirmed they are in high-level talks about the possibility of building a new stadium on the PNE grounds in East Vancouver….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is set to make his first public comments since voters dealt his ABC Vancouver party a blow in Saturday’s municipal byelection. Sim is scheduled to hold a press conference unveiling a new business growth task force task force at noon on Monday. Global…
The British Columbia government is taking fire after the province saw its credit rating downgraded again by a pair of key rating agencies. On Wednesday, S&P Global Ratings cut the province’s long-term issuer credit rating to A-plus from AA-minus, while Moody’s Ratings downgraded its baseline assessment to AA2 from AA1. The agencies pointed to B.C.’s…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Vancouver Whitecaps FC says it is in talks with the City of Vancouver about building a possible stadium. In a statement, the club said the talks involve the possibility of a stadium at the PNE fairgrounds site in East Vancouver. 4:51 Vancouver Whitecaps FC up for…
