2025 Year in Review: Labour disputes hit Canada Post and Air Canada
Businesses and travellers both dealt with the fallout of labour disputes in 2025. Canada Post workers abruptly walked off the job and set up picket lines across the country on Sept. 25, leaving federal officials and businesses scrambling. That announcement...
1 in 3 Canadians plan to change jobs in 2026: Study
A third of professionals in Canada are planning to look for a new job in the coming year, according to a study by the talent management firm Robert Half. In a survey of nearly 2,000 working and job seeking Canadians...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named CP Male Athlete of the Year for second time
There’s no debating it: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had one of the best years an athlete could have. Gilgeous-Alexander was named The Canadian Press’s Male Athlete of the Year on Saturday in balloting by editors, writers and broadcasters from across the country, easily winning...
Canucks Schedule: ‘Not ready to play’ at home is tiresome tale of poor preparation
Breadcrumb Trail Links Canucks Schedule: ‘Not ready to play’ at home is tiresome tale of poor preparation ‘Sometimes, you just have to get pucks behind guys and do that all night. We were turning for pucks a lot (Saturday). It...
2025 Year in Review: BC NDP faces backlash over controversial major projects legislation
It was a busy year for the BC NDP. On the one hand, a number of bills were designed to expedite infrastructure projects. On the other hand, the provincial government balanced competing demands in response to the Trump presidency. “The...
7 people taken to hospital after blaze in Nanaimo hotel
Seven people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at the Value Lodge Motel in Nanaimo early Friday morning, BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) tells 1130 NewsRadio. Emergency crews were called to the hotel, located...
Police investigating fatal collision in Chilliwack
The Chilliwack RCMP says it is investigating a fatal single-vehicle collision in the intersection of Yale Road and Banford Road on Boxing Day. Police say a 27-year-old man was the only occupant inside the vehicle when he lost control and...
Charges laid, warrant issued for Burnaby shooting suspect
The Burnaby RCMP says charges have been laid and a warrant has been issued in connection with a shooting that sent a man to hospital with gunshot injuries. Mounties were called to the area of Phillips Avenue and Woodbrook Place...
2025 Year in Review: B.C. ostrich farm makes international headlines while battling cull order
2025 was the year an ostrich farm in British Columbia caught the attention of people across Canada and the U.S., as a large flock of the birds was destroyed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) in early November. It...
Police watchdog looking into death of Merritt woman in intimate partner violence case
British Columbia’s police watchdog agency is investigating the death of a woman in Merritt earlier this month in a case allegedly involving intimate partner violence. The Independent Investigations Office says they are looking into the case after an advocacy group...
