Cuts to lifeguards at Vancouver beaches prompts calls for water safety

Four Vancouver beaches will no longer have lifeguards on duty after a budget decision by the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation. Those beaches include...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

Vancouver airport voted best in North America

The Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is North America’s best airport in 2026, according to Skytrax, a UK-based consultancy company. Skytrax awarded its annual World Airport...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

RCMP video shows BC teen’s BMW joyride ends in crash with dump truck

The BC Highway Patrol released a video on Wednesday that shows a 16-year-old crashing a BMW into a dump truck after allegedly driving at a...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

Community under state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.’s coast

Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend’s home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls,...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

Vancouver Mayor requires staff to show caller ID in public communication amid rise in extortion

In a written statement, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says staff within the City’s Development, Buildings and Licensing Department are now required to make their phone...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

Loved ones honour lost Lapu-Lapu Day victim as tragedy’s anniversary nears

Twenty-seven-year-old Jendhel Sico was one of the 11 people killed in the car-ramming attack at a Filipino festival on April 26, 2025. While she is...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

‘Lead balloon’: Political scientist says budget behind Eby’s decline in polls

According to a new poll, Premier David Eby’s popularity has taken a nosedive compared to his provincial counterparts. The Angus Reid Institute finds Eby’s approval...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

B.C. intimate image abuse victims now eligible for $75,000 in damages

The B.C. government says victims of intimate image abuse can now receive more when suing for damages. Since 2024, the province has enforced the Intimate...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local

Parts of B.C. see hundreds of millimetres of rain with atmospheric river event

The ongoing atmospheric river event in British Columbia has dumped more than 200 millimetres of rain in some coastal areas since it began earlier this...

Mar 19, 2026 | Local