British Columbia

Advocate fears mental health stigma after Vancouver festival tragedy

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia advocate says people with mental illness and those who work with them are afraid of the consequences that could come in reaction to the festival tragedy that killed 11 p...

May 01, 2025

TransLink to expand Metro Vancouver bus service with newly approved investment plan

BURNABY - Metro Vancouver's transportation authority says a plan is in place to fund the largest increase in bus service in the region since 2018, in addition to expansions and improvements approved l...

Apr 30, 2025

Mental health trouble leads to public safety issues, Vancouver's mayor says

VANCOUVER - People are "sick and tired" of inquiries and reviews into a recurring pattern of people in a mental health crisis becoming involved in violent incidents, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Wedne...

Apr 30, 2025

Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy 'will not define us'

Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street festival in Vancouver on Saturday but took a nap instead, exhausted by a funeral earlier in the da...

Apr 30, 2025

Event planners across Canada rethinking security practices following Vancouver attack

TORONTO - Event organizers across Canada say they're combing over their security practices in the wake of Saturday night's deadly attack on a Vancouver street festival, hoping to fill any gaps to prot...

Apr 30, 2025

Collective trauma after festival attack could ripple for months, experts say

VANCOUVER - Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that killed 11 people last weekend will likely persist for months, mental health experts in British Columbia...

Apr 30, 2025

As deadlines near for Hudson's Bay and its leases, there are glimmers of hope

TORONTO - The clock is ticking down on two deadlines that may determine the fate of Hudson's Bay. Anyone interested in buying Canada's oldest company or assets like the rights to its iconic Stripes br...

Apr 30, 2025

Ontario, Prairies blocked Liberals from an election-night majority blowout

OTTAWA - The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney in a stunning reversal of fortunes this year, but the party's failure to sweep many of the ridings it sought Monday night den...

Apr 29, 2025

Questions swirl around decimated NDP in former British Columbia strongholds

VANCOUVER - Questions are swirling around the fate of the federal New Democrats in British Columbia, including the matter of leadership, after devastating election losses in the former provincial stro...

Apr 29, 2025

Black bear killed after attacking woman in Whistler, B.C.

WHISTLER - Conservation officers in British Columbia say they killed a black bear after it attacked a woman walking her dog in Whistler. A statement posted online by the Conservation Officer Service s...

Apr 29, 2025