It would be a mistake to repeal B.C. housing legislation, says UBC expert
A housing expert says the current glut of empty condos in British Columbia should not be seen as evidence that the housing market is working, and she warns against repealing key parts of the out-going NDP government’s housing legislation. Alexandra...
Conservation officer says multiple bears may be behind B.C. attack that killed two
The Conservation Officer Service in British Columbia says more than one grizzly may have been involved in a bear attack that relatives say left a mother and daughter dead in Bella Coola along the province’s central coast. The service’s Insp....
Fire beneath SkyTrain station in Burnaby halts Millennium Line service for several hours
A fire discovered beneath Gilmore SkyTrain Station in Burnaby early Wednesday had commuters scrambling after several stations were closed to deal with it. According to TransLink, Gilmore, Rupert, and Brentwood stations were all shut down as crews investigated. The Burnaby...
New West police investigate linked Halloween stabbing, pellet-gun shooting
The New Westminster Police Department (NWPD) says it is investigating a series of linked incidents that took place on Halloween involving multiple assaults. Police say that shortly before 7:30 p.m., they received reports of three suspects assaulting a man riding...
AI-generated athlete accounts raise concerns at UBC
Jordyn Hayes and Emma Ho are new players on the UBC women’s volleyball team. But you won’t catch either of them on the official roster, because they don’t exist. Instead, Hayes and Ho are AI-generated creations, pretending to be sexualized...
Update: Fire near Gilmore Station forces closure on SkyTrain Millennium Line
Breadcrumb Trail Links Update: Fire near Gilmore Station forces closure on SkyTrain Millennium Line Gilmore, Rupert and Brentwood stations were temporarily closed and bus bridges were in service throughout Wednesday morning Author of the article: By Joseph Ruttle Published Nov...
Adam Kai-Ji Lo, accused in Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day attack, pleads not guilty
The man accused of killing 11 people in a vehicle-ramming attack at the Lapu Lapu Day festival in Vancouver has pleaded not guilty to all 42 charges he faces. Damienne Darby, communications council with the BC Prosecution Service, says Adam...
Man critically injured after shooting in Central Surrey, police say
A 22-year-old man is in hospital in critical condition after a shooting Monday night in the Surrey Central area, police say. The Surrey Police Service (SPS) says it received reports of shots fired in the area of Snowdon Place and...
B.C. tribunal rules X can’t be fined for not deleting intimate image
A British Columbia tribunal has ruled it cannot penalize social media platform X for not deleting an intimate image of a person shared online against her will, and that blocking the image in Canada instead reasonably addresses its unlawful distribution....
B.C. hockey team says it wasn’t aware executive was being investigated for sex crimes when...
A junior hockey team in British Columbia says it was not aware of sexual exploitation allegations against an executive when he was hired. In an online statement, the Nanaimo Clippers say that when the organization found out about the RCMP...
