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B.C. phasing out single-use plastics, giving businesses six months to use inventory

B.C. phasing out single-use plastics, giving businesses six months to use inventory

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is phasing out the use of a range of single-use and disposable plastics with businesses being given six months to use up their inventory.
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Ibrahim Ali's health delays Burnaby murder trial

Ibrahim Ali's health delays Burnaby murder trial

Ibrahim Ali is on trial for first-degree murder in the death of a girl whose body was found in Central Park.
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Inside the Surrey policing war of words

Inside the Surrey policing war of words

A look at the heated text messages and emails between Surrey's Brenda Locke and NDP Deputy Premier Mike Farnworth over Surrey's police fight.
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Kelowna man says he was sexually assaulted on BC Transit bus

Kelowna man says he was sexually assaulted on BC Transit bus

"I did not consent to her disgusting hands touching me."
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Man found not guilty of cryptocurrency theft, judge notes difficulty in proving there was a crime

Man found not guilty of cryptocurrency theft, judge notes difficulty in proving there was a crime

Judge Ward Branch found Orion Alexander Holtby not guilty of theft, false pretences and defrauding Joelle Oman, saying he had reasonable doubt
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Metro Vancouver strata ordered to pay owner almost $13K for water damage

Metro Vancouver strata ordered to pay owner almost $13K for water damage

The problems had been ongoing for about 20 years. One room had mould, according to tribunal documents.
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Hop on it: B.C. SPCA offers half-off rabbit adoption fees

Hop on it: B.C. SPCA offers half-off rabbit adoption fees

The animal welfare organization says it’s seen an increase in the number of bunnies dropped off for adoption, including many pregnant rabbits
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Mother of Amanda Todd, victim of cyberbully, frustrated by Dutch sentencing delay

Mother of Amanda Todd, victim of cyberbully, frustrated by Dutch sentencing delay

RICHMOND, B.C. — The mother of Amanda Todd, the British Columbia teenager who took her own life after years of cyberbullying and sextortion by a man from the Netherlands, said the latest delay at a Dutch court has added to her "never-ending story.
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Dutch judges seek Canadian details about Amanda Todd case

Dutch judges seek Canadian details about Amanda Todd case

Judges at the Amsterdam District Court delayed the conversion hearing for Aydin Coban today (July 13).
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Widows of three construction workers latest to file lawsuits in Kelowna crane collapse

Widows of three construction workers latest to file lawsuits in Kelowna crane collapse

The manufacturer of the tower crane that collapsed at the Bernard Block construction site two years ago, killing five people, is the main defendant in three new lawsuits filed this week.
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