Burnaby RCMP investigating early-morning shots-fired incident
The Burnaby RCMP says it is investigating after a shots-fired incident early Friday morning. Mounties say they were called to Hastings Street near MacDonald Avenue shortly before 3:30 a.m. “Officers quickly arrived on scene and conducted a full sweep of...
Small boy rescued by bystanders after running onto HWY 10 in Surrey
Bystanders stepped in to rescue a small, naked boy who had run out onto a busy highway in Surrey earlier this week, police say. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) tells CityNews it received reports of the child almost being hit...
Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.’s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the province belch out thick smoke. Environment Canada has issued yellow and the more severe orange warnings from the U.S. border north to central B.C. and from near...
Opinion: Watered down — what FIFA is selling sponsors and fans
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion: Watered down — what FIFA is selling sponsors and fans Danny O’Brien: How much can you dilute the product before sponsors and fans start to ask what it’s worth? Consider the hydration breaks and the red-card...
B.C. researchers discover deadly bacterial disease in wild chinook
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. researchers discover deadly bacterial disease in wild chinook UBC and the Pacific Salmon Foundation scientists have found tenacibaculosis — a bacterial disease that causes lesions and death — in wild Pacific salmon. Author of the article:...
How a mother-daughter duo is building an empire, one scrunchie at a time
Breadcrumb Trail Links How a mother-daughter duo is building an empire, one scrunchie at a time From the kitchen table to Canada’s largest Indigenous-owned hair accessory brand. Author of the article: By Aleesha Harris Published Jul 24, 2026 Last updated...
Hit man in former Air India suspect’s murder gets 15 years for unrelated B.C. killing
A hit man who is already serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of a former suspect in the Air India terrorist attack has been sentenced to another 15 years for an unrelated killing that took place less than...
Sex offender wanted on Canada-wide warrant, found: VPD
A convicted sex offender who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant after he failed to return to his halfway house has been located and arrested, say the Vancouver Police Department (VPD). Fifty-nine-year-old Kenneth Nolan Kirton is currently serving a 10-year...
Police pick-up driver going 230km/h after investigation
BC Highway Patrol (BCHP) officers found that while a speeding driver was not stopped during roadside intervention, a continued investigation still caught the speeder. BCHP officers from Cranbrook were on patrol near Fairmont Hot Springs when they say they saw...
New study tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland
A new study from the Fraser Institute tracks municipal spending across the Lower Mainland and compares both spending and revenue. The study compares numbers from 2009 to 2024 and adjusts for inflation. On average, municipal governments across the Lower Mainland...
