Workers’ group calls for enhanced safety on anniversary of a woman’s death
A workers’ group is demanding better safety regulations at construction sites on the first anniversary of a fatal crane incident at Vancouver’s Oakridge Park development. In a post to its website, the Workers’ United Front of Canada is calling for...
VPD officer who used Taser on man after 2024 hammer attack acted reasonably: IIO
B.C.’s civilian police oversight agency says a Vancouver Police Department officer who used a Taser on a man after a hammer attack last year acted reasonably. Just after 1:30 p.m. on May 9, 2024, the VPD responded to reports of...
Vancouver police locate missing man with autism
The Vancouver Police Department is thanking the public for help finding an missing man with autism. Police say the man had been in the hospital when he left on his own without taking required medication. He has been located and...
Vancouver’s Jewish Book Festival returns amid rising antisemitism and the fragile Gaza ceasefire
Vancouver’s Jewish Book Festival returned this weekend for its 40th year amid the backdrop of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Festival director Dana Camil Hewitt says, much like last year, security around the event has been stepped up as the...
Multi-vehicle collision in Surrey sends 2 to hospital; intersection closed for several hours
A three-vehicle crash in Surrey sent two people to hospital with serious injuries Sunday morning, police say. Police responded to the scene of the crash at the intersection of 96th Avenue and 140th Street just after 10:30 a.m. The driver...
Delta emergency room to close for the second consecutive night Sunday
Delta Hospital’s emergency room will be closed overnight Sunday, Fraser Health announced late afternoon, citing staffing challenges. This will be the second night in a row that the facility’s ER is shuttered. “Emergency-trained nurses will be on-site and available to...
Proposed changes to Vancouver Aquatic Centre sparks petition
Planned upgrades to the Vancouver Aquatic Centre (VAC) have sparked community pushback due to the size of the pool. For half a century, the centre has been a hub for the local swimming community, but the crumbling structure is ready...
B.C. ends take-home ‘safer supply’ for drug users to stop diversion
British Columbia’s health minister has announced that the province is changing its Prescribed Alternatives Program to a witnessed model, in which users will be watched as they consume the drugs. Minister Josie Osborne says the “significant” change to end the...
Old-growth logging was ‘goal’ of Interfor: B.C. Forest Appeals Commission decision
British Columbia’s Forest Appeals Commission has upheld a finding that forestry giant Interfor violated provincial legislation when it harvested cut blocks that overlapped with proposed old-growth management areas meant to be preserved. The commission’s panel found Interfor committed eight contraventions...
B.C. tree fruit growers get new $10M fund from the province
British Columbia has launched a new $10 million fund to help tree fruit farmers facing proposed U.S. tariffs on the heels of years of devastatingly low crop yields. A statement from the Ministry of Agriculture says the money will be...
