B.C. News

VANCOUVER — Mediated talks between the union representing HandyDART workers in Metro Vancouver and its employer, Transdev, are set to resume today as a strike that has stopped most services drags into a second week.

The BC College of Family Physicians and BC Family Doctors published a series of requests for whichever party forms the next government after the Oct. 19 provincial election, including a call for access to basic employment standards and benefits like other health-care workers.

SAANICH, B.C. — Police on southern Vancouver Island say they’ve arrested almost as many impaired drivers in the first eight months of this year than they did in 2023 in a concerning trend of people getting behind the wheel while drunk or on drugs.

Victoria police eventually arrested the naked woman in an upstairs suite after the unusual break and enter

The sale price has not been made public, but the six-storey building on 4.7 acres is assessed at $20.8 million.

Since Aug. 2, the public has not been able to weigh in on posts from the city on Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube or LinkedIn

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has declared a mistrial in the case of Kane Carter, who was accused of murdering a gang member and an innocent teenager who was passing by in his parents' vehicle.

SURREY, B.C. — B.C.'s police watchdog says an officer from the Vancouver Police Department might face charges in a shooting that killed a man two years ago.

WorkSafeBC is investigating the Saturday morning accident which injured two workers, one of them seriously.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia-based singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan's achievements are being honoured with a Canada Post commemorative stamp.