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RCMP officer loses bid for appeal in sexual misconduct case

RCMP officer loses bid for appeal in sexual misconduct case

Surrey Jan 16, 2025 / 1:14 pm

A B.C. Mountie who allegedly engaged in a non-consensual sexual act with a city employee and was forced to resign has had his latest attempt to review the...

'Exuberance': One-bedroom Vancouver condo listed for $5,100/month

'Exuberance': One-bedroom Vancouver condo listed for $5,100/month

Vancouver Jan 16, 2025 / 11:36 am

A one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver has been listed for an exuberant monthly cost: $5,100. The rental is on the 19th floor of the new Butterfly building on...

Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk

Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk

Vancouver Jan 16, 2025 / 6:07 am

Lumpy Eye the chicken has made plenty of friends in her East Vancouver neighbourhood over the years, said owner Duncan Martin, with passersby regularly greeting...

Walmart Canada says underweight meat problem fixed by B.C. supplier

Walmart Canada says underweight meat problem fixed by B.C. supplier

Richmond Jan 15, 2025 / 7:27 pm

Walmart Canada says a third-party supplier that weighed and labelled meat products for its Richmond, B.C., store took immediate "corrective action"...

B.C. man jailed 18 months for child sexual abuse

B.C. man jailed 18 months for child sexual abuse

Vancouver Jan 15, 2025 / 7:22 pm

A Vancouver Provincial Court judge has ordered a man convicted on two counts of child sexual abuse to be jailed for 18 months. Judge Eugene Jamieson said Jay...

Green Party’s Adriane Carr resigns Vancouver council seat

Green Party’s Adriane Carr resigns Vancouver council seat

Vancouver Jan 15, 2025 / 1:23 pm

The Vancouver Green party’s Adriane Carr announced Wednesday that she is calling it quits. Council’s current longest serving councillor said she...

Decision final: SFU football program will not be returning in any capacity

Decision final: SFU football program will not be returning in any capacity

Burnaby Jan 15, 2025 / 1:22 pm

Any hope of Simon Fraser University's (SFU) football program returning is officially gone. Today, Jan. 15, the school announced its new strategy for...

'Bittersweet news': Metro Vancouver donut shop announces closure of both locations

'Bittersweet news': Metro Vancouver donut shop announces closure of both locations

Vancouver Jan 15, 2025 / 8:07 am

After four years in the mochi donut business, Mochido is shutting down both its Metro Vancouver stores. Mochido announced its original location at 107-8811...

Two hikers suffer broken bones on the same slippery section of West Vancouver trail

Two hikers suffer broken bones on the same slippery section of West Vancouver trail

West Vancouver Jan 14, 2025 / 6:03 pm

Safety conditions are really taking a slide on one particularly slippery section of trail in West Vancouver. North Shore Rescue responded to a call of a man...

Driver charged nine months after fatal crash in Vancouver

Driver charged nine months after fatal crash in Vancouver

Vancouver Jan 14, 2025 / 4:38 pm

A person has been charged with dangerous driving causing death after a woman died on a Vancouver road. After a nine-month-long investigation by Vancouver...

Marquee, Musk, merch: Vancouver strip club's controversial sign sparks Canadian pride, X suspension

Marquee, Musk, merch: Vancouver strip club's controversial sign sparks Canadian pride, X suspension

Vancouver Jan 14, 2025 / 11:43 am

Vancouver's Penthouse strip club may be more famous for its signs than anything else, especially after last week. That's when the venue's marquee...

B.C. tribunal dismisses groom's claims over seating chart, cornhole errors

B.C. tribunal dismisses groom's claims over seating chart, cornhole errors

Langley Jan 14, 2025 / 11:39 am

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has dismissed a groom’s claims that a Langley country club failed to provide wedding services as agreed for a...

B.C. driver pleads guilty in crash that killed teen

B.C. driver pleads guilty in crash that killed teen

Vancouver Jan 14, 2025 / 7:52 am

A B.C. man pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm in connection with an October 2023 incident that killed a teen. Vancouver...

Suspect charged in two North Vancouver Christmas Day stranger assaults

Suspect charged in two North Vancouver Christmas Day stranger assaults

North Vancouver Jan 13, 2025 / 4:17 pm

One man is facing a host of charges after police allege he assaulted strangers in public on Christmas Day and, later, set fire to an apartment building. North...

Court upholds approval of B.C. port expansion despite risks to whales

Court upholds approval of B.C. port expansion despite risks to whales

Delta Jan 13, 2025 / 1:59 pm

A legal challenge claiming the planned expansion of Canada’s largest port would threaten endangered southern resident killer whales has been struck down...

Police investigating after man injured in fire outside Vancouver SkyTrain station

Police investigating after man injured in fire outside Vancouver SkyTrain station

Vancouver Jan 13, 2025 / 1:57 pm

Police in Vancouver are looking for witnesses after a man was injured in a fire outside a SkyTrain station in the city. They say the 40-year-old man was found...

VPD catch speeder going almost triple the speed limit through Vancouver neighbourhood

VPD catch speeder going almost triple the speed limit through Vancouver neighbourhood

Vancouver Jan 12, 2025 / 4:46 pm

A driver has had their vehicle impounded and must pay hundreds in fines after they were caught speeding through a Vancouver neighbourhood. The Vancouver Police...

B.C. couple loses bid for $2,500 wedding caterer refund

B.C. couple loses bid for $2,500 wedding caterer refund

Vancouver Jan 11, 2025 / 9:40 am

B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal says a B.C. couple won’t be getting $2,500 back from a caterer they claimed did a poor job of serving their wedding...

Sexual misconduct allegations lead to limits on B.C. massage therapist

Sexual misconduct allegations lead to limits on B.C. massage therapist

Surrey Jan 10, 2025 / 7:30 pm

B.C.’s College of Complementary Health Professionals has placed limits and conditions on a Surrey massage therapist’s practice as it investigates...

Convicted B.C. killer charged with sixth probation breach

Convicted B.C. killer charged with sixth probation breach

Vancouver Jan 9, 2025 / 5:52 pm

A man who pleaded guilty to the one-punch manslaughter of a man in a Vancouver park has been charged with a sixth probation breach, this one allegedly on...

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