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Crown wants 90 days in jail for roadblock organizer who faces deportation

Crown wants 90 days in jail for roadblock organizer who faces deportation

The 22-year-old has been arrested 10 times since joining an Extinction Rebellion protest on the Burrard Bridge in 2019, the court heard.
Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver's first homicide of 2023

Police release photo of female suspect in Vancouver's first homicide of 2023

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they have gathered important evidence related to the city's first murder of 2023 and are releasing a photograph of a female suspect as they seek more clues.
Green Party MLA Olsen proposes scrapping BC NDP’s FOI application fee

Green Party MLA Olsen proposes scrapping BC NDP’s FOI application fee

A Green Party MLA tabled a private member’s bill Wednesday daring Premier David Eby to scrap the NDP-imposed $10 application fee for freedom of information requests.
North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire

North Vancouver mayor says former councillor and his daughter killed in house fire

VANCOUVER — Flags in the City of North Vancouver are at half-mast to mark a former councillor's death in a house fire.
Police watchdog called in to investigate fatal shooting on Granville Street Bridge

Police watchdog called in to investigate fatal shooting on Granville Street Bridge

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in following a fatal police-involved shooting in Vancouver. Vancouver police say they received a 911 call around 6:45 p.m.
Officers initially called for weapons complaint

Officers initially called for weapons complaint

BURNABY, B.C. — Five people have been arrested following an hours-long police standoff in Burnaby. RCMP were called to Ingleton Avenue near 1st Avenue just after 11:30 a.m. for a weapons complaint, finding the uninjured caller at the scene.
More than 10,000 people sign petition opposing B.C.'s Bill 36

More than 10,000 people sign petition opposing B.C.'s Bill 36

"It can politicize health care, and that's really worrying, because that is going to affect patient care," said physician Dr. Joshua Nordine
Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

Gap in services for Indigenous people in B.C. correctional centres: audit

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Provincial Health Services Authority must "do better," the auditor general said, after his office found it was not consistently providing services to Indigenous inmates with mental health and addictions diagnoses.
RCMP's shorter version of injunction prompts court's acquittal of B.C. protester

RCMP's shorter version of injunction prompts court's acquittal of B.C. protester

NANAIMO, B.C. — An old-growth logging protester accused of criminal contempt of court for blockading a forestry road has been acquitted because Mounties read out a short form of the court injunction.
John Horgan stepping down as MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca

John Horgan stepping down as MLA for Langford-Juan de Fuca

Horgan, 63, resigned as B.C.’s 36th premier in late November, saying it was time for a generational change.
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