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More doctors needed

More doctors needed

Vancouver Aug 17, 2016 / 6:53 am

A study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is calling for more doctors across Canada to be formally trained to diagnose and treat...

Armed and dangerous

Armed and dangerous

Coquitlam Aug 16, 2016 / 5:27 pm

RCMP are warning the public to be on the lookout for a murder suspect who is considered armed and dangerous. James Ivan Meanny, 34, is wanted by police in...

Creep Catchers crash

Creep Catchers crash

Surrey Aug 16, 2016 / 5:06 pm

Vigilante justice can have serious ramifications, as a group of men found out in Surrey. Out to shame a man who allegedly tried to rendezvous with a 14-year-old...

Propaganda goes to trial

Propaganda goes to trial

Vancouver Aug 16, 2016 / 3:42 pm

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says the case against a British Columbia man charged with four terrorism-related offences will go directly to trial....

Surfs up in False Creek?

Surfs up in False Creek?

Vancouver Aug 16, 2016 / 3:32 pm

An ambitious proposal for Vancouver's False Creek could turn the downtown water body into a surfer's paradise. Reviver Sport+Entertainment, a...

Pawns in real estate game

Pawns in real estate game

Coquitlam Aug 16, 2016 / 3:12 pm

A Coquitlam family says they feel like pawns in a political game after the province introduced a foreign buyers' tax that put the sale of their home in...

Predator gets 8 years

Predator gets 8 years

Surrey Aug 16, 2016 / 12:57 pm

A Canadian who travelled to the United Kingdom with plans to sexually abuse children has been sentenced to eight years and eight months behind bars. Police in...

Fracking a risk to dams?

Fracking a risk to dams?

Vancouver Aug 16, 2016 / 9:42 am

Officials at British Columbia's public power utility have been raising concerns as early as 2009 that earthquakes caused by a controversial gas-extraction...

One clumsy cat burglar

One clumsy cat burglar

Vancouver Aug 15, 2016 / 4:37 pm

A Vancouver man may be the world’s worst thief after he had to call 911 during a botched break-in. The 51-year-old was trying to break into an Arbutus...

Police warn of sex offender

Police warn of sex offender

Vancouver Aug 15, 2016 / 4:27 pm

Vancouver Police are warning the public that a high-risk sex offender is now residing in the city. Larry John Takahashi is currently serving a life sentence for...

In 'good spirits' after attack

In 'good spirits' after attack

Port Coquitlam Aug 15, 2016 / 4:23 pm

A 10-year-old critically injured girl appears to be in good spirits just two days after being mauled by a mother black bear a conservation officer says. Murray...

Killed by flying log in crash

Killed by flying log in crash

Mission Aug 15, 2016 / 4:06 pm

Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle incident involving a logging truck in the Fraser Valley. The crash happened just before 12:30 p.m. on Lougheed...

Bear attack on hiking trail

Bear attack on hiking trail

North Vancouver Aug 15, 2016 / 2:11 pm

West Vancouver police say a man who came face to face with a bear managed to escape but scraped his legs as he scrambled to get away from the animal. Const....

45 firefighters battle blaze

45 firefighters battle blaze

Maple Ridge Aug 15, 2016 / 1:18 pm

About 45 firefighters on nine trucks battled a suspicious two-alarm blaze in Maple Ridge Sunday night. The fire started at 8:30 p.m. and when crews arrived the...

Border detention redux

Border detention redux

Vancouver Aug 15, 2016 / 10:05 am

Immigration holding facilities in Vancouver and Laval, Que., will be replaced as part of a $138-million overhaul intended to improve detention conditions for...

Exhausted hikers rescued

Exhausted hikers rescued

North Vancouver Aug 15, 2016 / 9:42 am

Three hikers suffering from heat exposure were plucked from a North Vancouver-area trail, Sunday afternoon. Another was airlifted from a North Shore trail after...

Mountie seriously injured

Mountie seriously injured

Langley Aug 14, 2016 / 2:23 pm

UPDATE: 2:23 P.M.: Police are looking for a witness to the collision, who is believed to have stopped briefly at the scene. Local RCMP said they have received...

Toddler falls from third-floor

Toddler falls from third-floor

Abbotsford Aug 14, 2016 / 11:40 am

A toddler is in hospital with serious injuries after tumbling out of a third-storey window. Abbotsford police say a four year old broke both femurs after...

Girl attacked, bear killed

Girl attacked, bear killed

Port Coquitlam Aug 14, 2016 / 6:34 am

A 10-year old girl is in hospital after being attacked by a female black bear in Port Coquitlam. A spokeswoman for the B.C. Ambulance Service described the...

Jack the porpoise dies

Jack the porpoise dies

Vancouver Aug 13, 2016 / 2:00 pm

A harbour porpoise at the Vancouver Aquarium has died. Jack's usual energy was lacking on Tuesday, according to Aquarium staff. Veterinary staff attempted...