OBGYN society presses province for timeline amid maternity diversions
As White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital deals with its sixth and longest maternity unit diversion this year, doctors are raising concerns over the impact on patients and health-care providers. The Fraser Health Authority says, due to a gap in obstetrician-gynecologists...
Metro Vancouver gas prices fall by 5 per cent amid volatile market
Gas prices in Metro Vancouver remain high this week, but experienced a notable drop overnight, and analysts say they may continue dropping. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.com, says the price is 38-cents-per-litre higher than one month...
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MP reveals Tumbler Ridge girl’s heroism, and how she passed on boy’s dying message
The MP representing Tumbler Ridge has described how a 12-year-old girl heroically tried to save two classmates shot in the mass killing in the community last month. Bob Zimmer told Tuesday’s National Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa that the girl, named...
B.C. woman and daughter, 7, detained at ICE jail in Texas, despite having visa
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. woman and daughter, 7, detained at ICE jail in Texas, despite having visa Tania Warner’s American husband is worried about the mental health of his wife and stepdaughter as they remain in immigration detention. Author of...
Several residents rescued after mudslide shuts Coquitlam road, knocks out power to thousands of homes
As the B.C. coast continues to be hammered by torrential rains from an atmospheric river, several people were evacuated Thursday by helicopter from their homes in the north end of Coquitlam after a mudslide hit the area. Two people at...
ICE guards ‘sadistic, inhumane and abusive,’ jailed Penticton woman says
The Canadian government is doing everything it can to help a B.C. mother and her seven-year-old daughter who were locked up after being stopped at a U.S. immigration checkpoint in Texas, says a provincial MLA. Amelia Boultbee, MLA for Penticton-Summerland,...
B.C. heli-skiing company says three of its guests died in Sunday’s avalanche
A Terrace-based heli-skiing company is halting service after three of its guests died and a guide was critically injured in an avalanche on Sunday. Michael Brackenhofer, heli-skiing and guiding manager for White Wilderness Heliskiing, said the avalanche occurred on March...
One of two hikers rescued near Lions Bay dies in hospital
A man who tried to help a fallen hiker on Mount Brunswick near Lions Bay during a weekend group hike has died in hospital, the B.C. Coroners Service said Tuesday. On Saturday, North Shore Rescue was called in to help...
Opposition mounts to hydrotherapy barge plan for public dock at Vancouver Maritime Museum
Close to 1,000 people have signed a petition opposed to the Vancouver Maritime Museum’s plan to allow a floating hydrotherapy spa in a public dock managed by the museum. The petition, organized by Vancouver filmmaker Elvira Lount, says the plan...
