Surrey house explosion sends one person to hospital
Firefighters in Surrey responded to a house explosion and fire shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Friday. A two-storey structure was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived at the scene on Jersey Drive in Cloverdale. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO...
Vancouver Island police investigating goat suspected killed by dogs
The Nanaimo RCMP is investigating after a goat was killed in what’s believed to be an attack by dogs earlier this month. Allegedly, two large dogs entered an unfenced property in the village of Cedar, southeast of Nanaimo, and attacked...
Vancouver-based Iranian expatriates alarmed over regime’s crackdown on protest, plan demonstration at city’s art gallery
As protests in Iran continue, the governing regime has been cracking down, banning access to the internet and international calls in the Middle Eastern country. The crackdown has left Iranians in Canada increasingly worried about the well-being of their friends...
B.C. climate update: Province’s zombie wildfires still burning underground | Roberts Bank not an easier...
Breadcrumb Trail Links B.C. climate update: Province’s zombie wildfires still burning underground | Roberts Bank not an easier option for Alberta’s pipeline, say conservationists | Trump deals climate blow by exiting crucial UN bodies Here’s all the latest local and...
How a Vancouver neurosurgeon is working to improve depression, cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson’s...
Breadcrumb Trail Links How a Vancouver neurosurgeon is working to improve depression, cognitive decline in patients with Parkinson’s disease Dr. Stefan Lang already uses deep brain stimulation to help motor symptoms. Now his team is researching how to use this...
‘Deceitful and unfair’: Vancouver municipal workers’ union files complaint alleging bad-faith negotiation
Breadcrumb Trail Links ‘Deceitful and unfair’: Vancouver municipal workers’ union files complaint alleging bad-faith negotiation Union leader says City of Vancouver knew before collective agreement was completed that they ‘intended to eliminate hundreds of members’ positions, and that was deceitful...
Judge reserves ruling on whether to throw out B.C. murder conviction over delays
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision on whether to throw out the case against a man convicted of first-degree murder in a killing police have linked to organized crime. Brandon Teixeira’s lawyers have filed a so-called...
Canada’s unemployment rose in December, B.C.’s held steady
Canada’s economy added 8,200 jobs in December, but Statistics Canada says the unemployment rate still rose 0.3 per cent compared to the previous month as more people were looking for work. In Friday’s Labour Force Survey, StatsCan said the national...
New Westminster police investigating after discovering shooting victim
The New Westminster Police Department (NWPD) says it shut down Columbia Street Friday morning after an officer found a man on the ground suffering from gunshot wounds. Police say the officer was on patrol near the SkyBridge around 3 a.m.,...
IIO recommends charges against Abbotsford police officer after 2025 crash
British Columbia’s police watchdog agency has recommended charges against an officer nearly one year after three people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Abbotsford. The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) of BC says the crash happened near the intersection of...
