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Fernando Verde claims the police used excessive force against him during his arrest, after he suffered near-fatal injuries from the police service dog.

Anthony Jackson of BridgeMark Financial Corp. successfully sought a further delay to a B.C. Securities Commission hearing wherein executive director Peter Brady alleges he committed illegal insider trading and transactions contrary to the public interest.

Commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky: "It's a bad thing for the city — it's an erosion of democracy."

The three admitted slashing tires on three vehicles in the parking lot of West Shore Town Centre in Langford in August

VANCOUVER — Mayor Ken Sim says he's moving to abolish Vancouver's elected Park Board, which is the only such body in any Canadian city.

Six of seven commissioners belong to mayor's ABC Vancouver party.

Fire Chief Karen Fry: "[The calls] are spread out everywhere, but the majority are still where most of our vulnerable people are living."

The number of foreign-educated nurses newly registered in British Columbia this year has more than doubled from last year, as the province makes progress on a $1-billion, multi-year plan to attract more health-care workers.

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Coast Guard says it's trying to identify the source of a diesel smell and sheen covering Vancouver's False Creek. It says it received a report of the apparent pollution around 6:20 p.m.

Xotta has held various roles with the port authority nearly two decades