Category Archives: British Columbia
B.C. civil rights group files complaint about RCMP arrest of man who later died
VANCOUVER - A civil rights group has filed a complaint with the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP, alleging officers told witnesses to delete cellphone video of the arrest of a ma...
Jan 17, 2018
Overdose deaths and medical responses in Vancouver reached new peak last year
VANCOUVER - The number of overdose deaths in Vancouver increased by 43 per cent last year compared with 2016. The city says there were 335 overdose deaths last year, compared with 234 the year before....
Jan 17, 2018
Lawyer says former B.C. government aide 'barely guilty' in ethnic vote scandal
VANCOUVER - A government communications director who pleaded guilty to breach of trust in connection with a plan to win votes from ethnic groups was “an instrument of others” including min...
Jan 17, 2018
Teen caught in gang shootout in Vancouver remembered as polite, friendly
VANCOUVER - A 15-year-old who was struck by a bullet when his family’s car passed a brazen gang shooting in Vancouver is being remembered as a polite, friendly boy who loved to swim and was trai...
Jan 17, 2018
A list of some bystanders hit with stray bullets
Vancouver police say an innocent 15-year-old boy was riding in a car with his family last weekend when he was shot as gunfire erupted outside. The boy later died in hospital. A man believed to be the ...
Jan 17, 2018
Island Health seeks solutions to discarded needles after three people pricked
VICTORIA - Island Health is taking steps to keep residents safe after a third incident involving a Victoria resident being pricked by a needle. The health authority is calling on its service providers...
Jan 17, 2018
Vancouver police officer's leg is broken while subduing agitated man
Vancouver police say one officer is recovering from a severely broken leg and a second officer has sprained fingers after subduing an agitated man near the city’s entertainment district. Sgt. Ja...
Jan 17, 2018
Canada, U.S. lead call for enforcement of sanctions against North Korea
VANCOUVER - Canada and the U.S. led calls Tuesday for the global community to step up its enforcement of sanctions against North Korea, even as they urged Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons and ...
Jan 17, 2018
Prosecutor tells hearing plan to get ethnic votes backfired for B.C. Liberals
VANCOUVER - A plan to win ethnic votes in British Columbia involved a “cynical purpose” with no aim to legitimately engage minority groups, says a special prosecutor at a sentencing hearin...
Jan 16, 2018
Michelle Obama to hold second speaking event in Vancouver, first sold out
VANCOUVER - Michelle Obama will be doubling up on her speaking engagements in Vancouver next month after tickets to her first keynote address were quickly snapped up. The Greater Vancouver Board of Tr...
Jan 16, 2018