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Housing for drug users with mental health issues to be offered in Nanaimo

Housing for drug users with mental health issues to be offered in Nanaimo

NANAIMO, B.C.
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Two injured still in hospital following fatal SUV crash into West Vancouver wedding

Two injured still in hospital following fatal SUV crash into West Vancouver wedding

West Vancouver Police are continuing to investigate the crash at the Keith Road address, which left multiple people injured. Police are reviewing video and will file a search warrant application to examine the 'black box' of the 2016 Range Rover.
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B.C. strata owner sneaks in dog in bag, tribunal upholds $200 bylaw fine

B.C. strata owner sneaks in dog in bag, tribunal upholds $200 bylaw fine

A man claimed his family member's dog was his and was protected under old bylaws that allowed pets. B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal disagreed.
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Richmond teen, Vancouver man fly flag for B.C. at Canada Summer Games

Richmond teen, Vancouver man fly flag for B.C. at Canada Summer Games

Golfer Tina Jiang was accompanied by Vancouver’s Leo Sammarelli, from athletics, at the closing ceremony in Niagara, On.
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Seal-pup birth hopeful sign for CFB Esquimalt seabed-remediation work

Seal-pup birth hopeful sign for CFB Esquimalt seabed-remediation work

The harbour seal pup was born at the site of what was once a marine railway, one of several locations where contaminated material was excavated from the seabed and adjacent shoreline
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Nurse on lam after assault conviction committed professional misconduct: college

Nurse on lam after assault conviction committed professional misconduct: college

James Edward Christie fled Canada in July 2017 during the appeal of his convictions for assaulting three residents of Selkirk Seniors Village
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'Our hearts stay in Odesa, but we must leave': Seeking refuge in Vancouver from war in Ukraine

'Our hearts stay in Odesa, but we must leave': Seeking refuge in Vancouver from war in Ukraine

"We just relax and close our eyes and think about how it's possible that we are Vancouver but we feel that we are in Odesa."
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BC Chamber of Commerce calls for end to pickets lines and de-escalation of BCGEU job action

BC Chamber of Commerce calls for end to pickets lines and de-escalation of BCGEU job action

The BC Chamber of Commerce wants a de-escalation of job action at affected liquor and cannabis distribution centres.
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Teacher who said he wanted to hurt students hired at Prince George school

Teacher who said he wanted to hurt students hired at Prince George school

Joshua Frederick Roland Laurin had his teaching license suspended for a day, following a 2018 incident on Vancouver Island where he told students “if he was going to die the next day, he would want to hurt students.”
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$118M to support B.C. family doctors, keep clinics open until new pay model: Dix

$118M to support B.C. family doctors, keep clinics open until new pay model: Dix

VANCOUVER — Family doctors in British Columbia will be eligible for an average $25,000 each to help tide them over until a new compensation model is established this fall, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Wednesday.
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