2025 Year in Review: Killing of Kelowna woman brings national change
The family of a slain Kelowna woman is pushing for new laws targeting intimate partner violence, after she was allegedly murdered by her estranged husband. Police found Bailey McCourt fatally injured in a hammer attack in a parking lot on...
Boxing Day causes congestion in area of Vancouver airport, mall
Traffic in the area of Vancouver International Airport (YVR) was heavily congested Friday, as one of the year’s busiest travel days coincided with one of the busiest shopping days. YVR Communications Manager Alyssa Smith says the roads are jammed every...
North Shore Rescue volunteers successfully save hiker stranded over Christmas night
North Shore Rescue (NSR) crews spent Christmas night saving a stranded hiker from a mountain top amid snow, wind, freezing temperatures, and avalanche risk. In a post to social media around 9 p.m. Thursday, NSR announced it had been called...
What the restaurant industry is cooking up for 2026 to help boost profits
Amid a shaky economy, the country’s restaurant sector is not hiding the fact that it faces numerous challenges in turning a profit. Mark von Schellwitz, vice-president for Western Canada at Restaurants Canada, tells 1130 NewsRadio that at the beginning of...
Mission ER to close nightly for over a week
More temporary closures are coming to a B.C. hospital’s emergency department as the province continues to suffer a shortage of health-care workers. Starting Monday, Mission Memorial Hospital’s ER will operate only from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily — with...
2025 Year in Review: Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy shakes Vancouver
2025 was the year Vancouver was shaken by the deadliest attack in the city’s history. What began as a celebration of Filipino culture, ended in tragedy for countless families and the tens of thousands of people who attended the Lapu-Lapu...
Mexico seizes motorcycles, Olympic medals in raids likely connected to Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding
Breadcrumb Trail Links Mexico seizes motorcycles, Olympic medals in raids likely connected to Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding Authorities said the four properties searched were connected ‘a former Olympic athlete and one of the 10 most wanted fugitives by U.S. authorities’...
Obituary: ‘Fearless’ Vancouver painter, sculptor Gathie Falk dead at 97
Breadcrumb Trail Links Obituary: ‘Fearless’ Vancouver painter, sculptor Gathie Falk dead at 97 One of her best-known works, Cement With Poppies, 1982, was a painting of the poppies that spilled out over the sidewalks that encircled her home in Kitsilano...
Traffic alert: Highway 3 reopens ahead of schedule after major washout | First lane on...
Breadcrumb Trail Links Traffic alert: Highway 3 reopens ahead of schedule after major washout | First lane on new stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge opens The stretch of highway between Hope and Princeton opened Christmas Day Author of the article: By Cheryl Chan...
What’s open and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Metro Vancouver
Breadcrumb Trail Links What’s open and closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Metro Vancouver Here’s a list of what’s open, closed or operating on a holiday schedule for Christmas and Boxing Day 2025 in Vancouver. Author of the...
