BC First Nation to reclaim narrative from shadow of residential school | Vancouver Sun

In March 1995, Plint pleaded guilty to 18 counts of indecent assault between 1948 and 1968. For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a […]

Surrey police chief wants audit of city’s ‘inflated and mischaracterized’ costings | Vancouver Sun

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Arrest made in Valentine’s Day stranger attacks on women in Richmond | Vancouver Sun

Richmond man Ernesto Mendoza Malgapo, 41, was arrested on Friday near the 8000-block of Cook Road by officers from the Serious Crimes Unit, General Investigation Services and Organized Crime Unit. “The random attacks on women in our community is an affront to common decency and goodness. For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, […]

Surrey budget proposes 9.5% property tax increase for policing transition costs – Vancouver Sun

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B.C. Climate News for the week of Feb. 13 to Feb 19, 2023. – Vancouver Sun

The panel has issued a “code red” for humanity and last year it said the window to stop global warming from exceeding 1.5 C was closing. This plan comes as the federal and provincial governments have committed to nature protection targets following the global biodiversity conference in Montreal late last year. “We could come about embedding equity into our […]

‘I felt kidnapped’: journalist suing RCMP for alleged wrongful arrest | Vancouver Sun

Bracken, an award-winning journalist, had travelled from her home to the site several days prior to the arrest. “In that moment, I was both trembling and absolutely rooted in place,” she told reporters outside court. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is […]

Vancouver neighbourhoods being offered 250 free trees to boost canopy

The trees were chosen because they are resilient and grow well in the city’s soils, and include plums, figs, spruce, lilac and gingko. The neighbourhoods, which are in south-central Vancouver, were chosen because they have less than 15 per cent canopy cover. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive […]

Spy balloon shoot downs: UFO danger is mostly in rising political tensions, says B.C. expert

“They do appear to be balloons or small dirigibles of some kind, but whether they are connected to the first balloon incident is unclear at this point,” Sens said. At the time, the plane was flying at an altitude of 35,000 feet about 120 kilometres from Cranbrook in southeastern B.C. “China’s use of these balloons […]

Turkish Canadian Society calls for faster deployment of rescue crews after disasters | Vancouver Sun

Sina Kutluay, a spokesperson for the group, said members were disheartened that the Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue team from British Columbia, which went to Turkey on its own last week, will remain the only Canadian crew in the quake zone. “We are now in the process of finding impacted students who are studying in […]

Ex-Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart sends letter to party supporters, hints at electoral reform

Stewart and the six candidates who ran under his party, Forward Together With Kennedy Stewart 2022, were shut out in the November election. Three months later, Stewart has sent out a letter with the municipal party’s logo to wish recipients a Happy New Year and a hi from his dog, Fergus. The letter “indicates that […]

MySafe defends device security after reports some users selling drugs | Vancouver Sun

“Advocates for getting free drugs are mad,” Sturko said. “We always find Dilaudid in the samples. For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a […]

Two B.C. women sentenced to three weeks in jail for protesting pipeline | Vancouver Sun

It’s a new year with new policies aimed at tackling the inextricably linked climate and ecological crises. The panel has issued a “code red” for humanity and last year it said the window to stop global warming from exceeding 1.5 C was closing. The company he runs as chief executive, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., produces […]