B.C. housing program scrapped as NDP prepares for carbon tax losses
The BC NDP is starting to make cuts as it braces for looming financial losses from an unstable trade relationship with the U.S. and axing the provincial carbon tax, which is set to vanish within weeks. One of the first...
Lillooet ER closed until Friday; paramedics note troubling conditions
Patients needing emergency care in Lillooet are looking at a two-hour commute to the nearest hospital in Kamloops, with the town’s ER closed yet again for a two-day stretch until Friday morning. Ian Tait from the Ambulance Paramedics of BC...
Quebec to expand religious symbol ban, force students to uncover faces
The Quebec government has tabled a bill that would expand the province’s religious symbols ban to school staff beyond teachers. The bill would update Quebec’s Education Act to also require students and staff to have their faces uncovered at school. ...
B.C. book stores bracing for potentially devastating tariffs
Canadian booksellers are looking very closely to see if the federal government is going to go through with retaliatory tariffs against the United States on April 2. The Canadian book industry, and the supply chain that they are in, is...
‘Lessons learned’: Cypress off-path skier rescued after overnight search
North Shore Rescue (NSR) says a skier came close to death before an overnight rescue on Cypress Mountain. NSR says the skier had gone out of bounds off the ‘Glades’ run at the resort when he realized he was lost...
Protestors rally in Vancouver after Israel launches deadly airstrikes on Gaza
Protestors gathered outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Tuesday afternoon to voice their opposition to the actions of the Israeli government. Israeli Defense Forces launched airstrikes into Gaza Tuesday morning, subsequently ending a 2-month-long ceasefire. Palestinian community organizer Tamer Aburamadan, with...
More than 200 UBC applicants received incorrect admission emails
Opening up a post-secondary acceptance letter can be one of the most exciting moments in the lives of young adults. For some soon-to-be high school graduates who applied to the University of British Columbia, that moment quickly turned sour. “I...
Canucks, Boeser get massive dose of positivity at key time: ‘A building block’
Brock Boeser said the week of the National Hockey League trade deadline earlier this month was the second-longest week of his life. “The first was the week my dad passed away,” Boeser said Tuesday night. “And the second was that. I...
16-year-old arrested after taxi driver stabbed in Downtown Eastside
The Vancouver Police Department says it’s investigating an alleged stabbing of a taxi driver in the Downtown Eastside on Tuesday night. In a statement to 1130 NewsRadio, Sgt. Steve Addison says the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. at Main and...
TSB to release preliminary report Thursday on Delta plane crash in Toronto
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) will release its preliminary report Thursday on the Delta Air Lines crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport in February. The flight from Minneapolis, which was carrying 76 passengers and four crew, was attempting to land just...
