Man convicted after 2023 fatal stabbing on Surrey bus
A Burnaby man has been found guilty of manslaughter in the 2023 stabbing of a teenager on a Surrey bus. On April 11, 2023, the Surrey RCMP responded to a report of a teenager suffering from life-threatening injuries after a...
Liberals’ vow to cut GST for homebuyers may not cut it in Vancouver
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s promise to scrap the GST for first-time homebuyers who purchase a home with a sale price at or below $1 million might not change much in major markets like Vancouver. Carney made the announcement Thursday in...
Langara College cuts 200 instructors as student visa numbers fall
Another Metro Vancouver post-secondary school is seeing big staff cuts. The Langara Faculty Association says at the beginning of next semester, there will be 200 fewer instructors than there were in 2023. Many of those positions are temporary, who can...
Trade war windfall for B.C. food bank — hundreds of kilograms of unsold U.S. produce
The trend toward buying Canadian has created a silver lining for a food bank in Nanaimo which has been flooded with hundreds of kilograms of American produce. Peter Sinclair, executive director of Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank, says a...
Upwards of 80 Tesla cars damaged at Hamilton dealership
Hamilton police said upwards of 80 Tesla vehicles were damaged at a dealership on Wednesday. Authorities were called to the Tesla dealership at 999 Upper Wentworth Street near Upper Sherman Avenue and Mohawk Road East for a report of damage...
Vancouver should not cancel contracts with U.S. suppliers, city manager says in memo
The City of Vancouver’s manager says that despite tariff impact uncertainty and the push to “Buy Canadian,” the city should not terminate any existing contracts it has with suppliers in the United States. The determination comes after city council directed...
B.C.’s free IVF program start date pushed back
After the B.C. government announced a free publicly funded in vitro fertilization (IVF) program during last year’s budget, there appears to be a setback. Originally, the application process was set to get underway in April, but now, the B.C. government...
TSB preliminary report cites ‘high rate of descent’ in Delta plane crash in Toronto
A preliminary report into a Delta Airlines plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport last month says the aircraft’s alert system indicated a high rate of descent less than three seconds before touchdown. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)...
3 in serious condition after early morning Burnaby apartment fire, 15 taken to hospital
A stretch of Kingsway in Burnaby is still closed as crews remain on the scene after an early morning fire at an apartment building sent 15 people to hospital. Burnaby Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief Ian Hetherington tells 1130 NewsRadio...
Spring has sprung: Metro Vancouver warming up into next week
Spring was officially ushered in at 2:01 a.m. Thursday morning, turning the page on winter and welcoming in longer and warmer days ahead. While Thursday will continue to look grey and wet, 1130 NewsRadio meteorologist Carl Lam says Metro Vancouver...
