Burnaby crews respond to fire in city’s southeast
Burnaby emergency crews are responding to a reported fire at a home in the Edmonds Park area on Monday night. Images from the scene show smoke coming from a home on 16th Avenue near Humphries Court, and firefighters have extended...
9.0 quake in B.C. would kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees
A British Columbia government report foresees more than 3,400 fatalities and more than 10,000 injuries if an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 strikes off Vancouver Island. The scenario of such a “megathrust” quake also describes costs of $128 billion,...
2025 Year in Review: RSOs frustrated with limitations in dealing with violence
The summer of 2025 saw some B.C. hospital security workers speak out about how they are allowed to deal with violence and drug use. That includes a relational security officer, or RSO, who approached 1130 NewsRadio with his frustrations over...
1 arrested after knife-slashing incident in Yaletown club
Vancouver police say a suspect was arrested after allegedly slashing a man with a knife at a Yaletown nightclub in the early hours of Monday morning. The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says officers were called to the club near Nelson...
Man found dead in B.C.’s Okanagan region on Christmas, foul play suspected
Police in the British Columbia Interior are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death on Christmas. Lake Country RCMP say officers were called to a location in the 16000 block of Gatzke Road in the Okanagan region on Thursday...
Coast Guard finds fuel in water after Port Moody marina fire
After five boats sank in a fire at the Reed Point Marina in Port Moody on Saturday, the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) announced that it spotted diesel fuel outside the marina. “Small, broken-up traces of fuel were seen outside the...
Cause of Nanaimo hotel fire still under investigation, closed indefinitely
After a fire on Boxing Day in a hotel in Nanaimo, authorities are still investigating the cause of the incident. Firefighters responded to the incident at the Value Lodge Motel on Nicol Street near Woodhouse Street on Dec. 26 after 3...
Whitecaps to settle class-action lawsuit with fans over Messi no-show
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over the non-appearance of soccer superstar Lionel Messi and other Inter Miami players in a match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC last year. The lawsuit stems from a May 25, 2024,...
B.C. wildfire season scorched more than 8,800 square kilometres
British Columbia’s 2025 wildfire season was about a third as destructive as the record-setting season two years earlier. The Ministry of Forests says in a statement that 8,864 square kilometres of land was scorched by more than 1,350 blazes since...
First sighting of rare bird in Canada sets off avian frenzy in Vancouver
Birders from across the continent have been descending on Vancouver for the chance to see a rare visitor. Vancouver birder Ethan Moon has the proud distinction of being the first person to document the Taiga flycatcher, a migratory bird that...
