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Partner charged with murder after missing woman’s remains found in Maple Ridge

A man has been charged with second-degree murder after investigators found the remains of his partner, Jessica Cunningham, in their shared Maple Ridge home last August. Forty-three-year-old Cunningham was last seen in early June and first reported missing in July...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

Vancouver Mayor Sim sends apology to Chinese media over drug slur of his opponent

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is filling the gaps left in his apologies to fellow Coun. Sean Orr, whom he falsely accused of distributing illegal drugs after being shown a photo that he didn’t verify. The mayor’s office says Sim’s apology...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

Vancouver to create pedestrian zone along Granville Street during FIFA World Cup

The City of Vancouver will convert part of Granville Street in the city’s downtown core to a pedestrian zone during this summer’s FIFA World Cup between  June 11 and July 20. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim made the announcement at a press conference...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

Solomon tells OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that Tumbler Ridge deserves apology

Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says he met with the CEO of OpenAI and told him the people of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., deserve an apology for the tech firm’s role in events leading up to the mass shooting there...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

Maya, 12-year-old Tumbler Ridge shooting victim, showing small signs of improvement: parents

The parents of twelve-year-old Maya Gebala, who was shot in the head and neck during the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, say that their daughter is showing small but steady signs of improvement. David Gebala, Maya’s father, says in a...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

RCMP roundup: Breaking Bad-esque drug RV busted in New Westminster | Good Samaritan bitten in...

Breadcrumb Trail Links RCMP roundup: Breaking Bad-esque drug RV busted in New Westminster | Good Samaritan bitten in Surrey assault A roundup of emergency incidents around B.C. this week. Author of the article: By J.J. Adams Published Mar 04, 2026...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

Douglas Todd: ‘Trying to be a voice for the scared’: China researchers under fire in...

Breadcrumb Trail Links Douglas Todd: ‘Trying to be a voice for the scared’: China researchers under fire in B.C. The work of independent Chinese-language researchers investigating the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in Canada has prompted a high-profile complaint and a...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

B.C. judge certifies class-action lawsuit alleging prison guard sexually assaulted inmates

Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. judge certifies class-action lawsuit alleging prison guard sexually assaulted inmates Court ruled this week lawsuit likely representing at least 200 inmates in one of four B.C. prisons Roderic MacDougall worked at between 1976 and 1996 can...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

This stretch of Granville Street will be car-free during the World Cup

Breadcrumb Trail Links This stretch of Granville Street will be car-free during the World Cup The stretch of Granville Street between Georgia and Davie streets in downtown Vancouver will be turned into a traffic-free, pedestrian only zone during the World...

Mar 5, 2026 | Local

Surrey will host free public watch parties for FIFA matches

With 100 days to go until the FIFA World Cup arrives in Vancouver, the City of Surrey announced on Tuesday that it will organize live public screenings of the matches this summer. Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke says that these screenings...

Mar 4, 2026 | Local